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4, Securidaca tomentosa, St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. merid. ii. p. 68, t. 96. 
PANAMA, open places near the city (Seemann, S. Hayes, 722).—BRaziL, GUIANA, 
VENEZUELA. Hb. Kew. 
5. Securidaca volubilis, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 992; Jacq. Am. t. 183. 
S. pubescens, Seem. nec DC. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 467); Panama, shady woods, Lion-Hill railway-station 
(S. Hayes, 647), Isle of Taboga (Hinds), on the outskirts of woods (Seemann, 454).— 
Widely dispersed in Tropical Sourn America, and in TRinipap and Sr. Tuomas. Hb. Kew. 
3. MONNINA. 
Monnina, Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. Syst. i. p. 169; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 139. 
Herbs, shrubs, or small trees, comprising about fifty species, all natives of South and 
Central America. © 
1. Monnina angustifolia, Schl. in Linnea, xiv. p. 380, not of DC. Prodr. i. 
p. 340. 
South Muxico, near the city of Mexico (Hegewisch, Mihlenpfordt), mountains of 
Oaxaca (Aschenborn, 427). 
2. Monnina bifurcata, DC. Prodr. i. p. 339; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 41. 
Mexico (Mocino & Sessé). 
3. Monnina ciliolata, DC. Prodr. i. p. 340; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 42 
(=. ralapensis). 
Mexico (Mocino & Sessé). 
_ 4, Monnina evonymoides, Schl. in Linnea, xiv. p. 380. 
Sourn Mexico, Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2831), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1876), Vera 
Cruz (Linden, 177), Cordillera of Oaxaca, 4000 to 6000 feet (Galeotti, 885), near 
Chiconquiaco (Schiede), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miiller, 1116). Hb. Kew. 
5. Monnina pterocarpa, Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. i. p. 174. 
Panama (Cuming, 1176). Hb. Kew. 
Southward on the western side to CHILI. 
6. Monnina sylvatica, Schl. et Ch. in Linnea, v. p. 231. 
Sout Mxxico, in woods, Jalapa (Schiede). 
7. Monnina xalapensis, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 414. 
Nort Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2154), Zacatecas (Hartweg) ; Sourn MzExico, 
Vera Cruz (Linden, 173), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 619), Mexico (Graham), Jalapa 
(Galeotti), Cafiada (Bilimek, 337), Orizaba (Botteri, 968), Chalco (Lourgeau, 350), 
