56 BIXINE. 
along mountain-streams, Rancho Desierto (reg), San Luis Potosi to San Antonio 
(Parry, 37).—Cotompia. Hb. Kew. 
A. schiedeana, Planch., is certainly the same as ‘the original A. palmatifida. 
3.. Amoreuxia wrightii, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 26. 
Sout Mexico, near Tantoyuca (Ervendberg, 124). 
; 3. BIX AL 
Biza, Linn, Gen. Plant. in. 654; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 125. 
One (or two?) species, a small tree, native of the warmer parts of America. 
1. Bixa orellana, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 730; Sloane, Hist. Jamaica, ii. p. 52, t. 181, 
fig. 1. 
Widely dispersed in Tropical and Subtropical America, and cultivated and naturalized 
in the tropics of the Old World. Common on the coast-region from MazaTLAN 
to Panama (Seemann), Chagres (Fendler); Nicaracua (Lévy), cultivated ; Costa Rica, 
Angostura, both wild and cultivated (Polakowsky). Hb. Kew. 
| 4, AZARA. 
Azara, Ruiz et Pav. Prodr. p. 79, t. 36; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 127. 
Shrubs or trees, natives of Chili; A. umbellata probably belongs to some other 
genus. About a dozen species are known. 
1. Azara umbellata, Presl, Relig. Henk. ii. p. 92. 
Sour Mexico, on the west coast (Henke). 
Tribe ONCOBEZ. 
5. MAYNA. 
Mayna, Aubl. Pl. Guian. p. 921, t. 352 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 125. 
Trees or shrubs, natives of the warmer parts of America. There are about seven 
species. 
1. Mayna laurina, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii. p. 80. 
Lindackeria laurina, Presl, Reliq. Henk. t. 65. 
Sourn Mextco, western coast (Hanke); Panama, Carbonera (Seemann, 561), railway 
route (S. Hayes, 408)—Cotompia. Hb. Kew. 
Tribe FLACOURTIEA. 
6. LATIA. 
Letia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 661; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 126. 
About ten shrubby species, natives of Tropical Anierica. 
