VOCHYSIACEA, 65 
Order XVI. VOCHYSIACE. 
Vochysiacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 975. 
Trees, often very large, rarely climbing shrubs, all natives of Tropical America, 
chiefly of the eastern side of South America. About 100 species, belonging to seven 
genera. Apparently not represented in any of the West-Indian islands. 
1. VOCHYSIA. 
Vochysia, Juss. Gen. Plant. p. 424; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 976. 
Nearly forty species are known; they inhabit Brazil, Guiana, Eastern Peru, and 
Colombia. | 
1. Vochysia ferruginea, Mart. Nov. Gen. iii. p. 151, t. 92. 
Vochysia tomentosa, DC. 
Panama, Lion-Hill railway-station (S. Hayes), in woods near the towns of Cruces 
and Gorgona, and in the island of Coiba (Seemann).—CotomBia to Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
2. TRIGONIA. 
Trigonia, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. p. 390, t. 149, 150; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 977. 
Climbing or twining shrubs. About twenty-five species. 
1. Trigonia floribunda, CErsted in Vidensk. Meddel. 1856, p. 38. 
NicaraGua, in the neighbourhood of Granada (Grsted). 
2. Trigonia levis, Aubl. Guian. i. p. 390, t. 150? 
Nicaragua, without any special locality (Tate); Panama, in swampy places near the 
city (S. Hayes, 720).—CoLomBIA to GUIANA. Hb. Kew. 
3. Trigonia rigida, CErsted in Vidensk. Meddel. 1856, p. 38. 
Nicaragua, in the vicinity of Granada (Grsted). 
4. Trigonia rugosa, Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. p. 74. 
CentRAL America (Sinclair, Barclay).—Stares of COLOMBIA. Hb. Kew. 
Order XVII. FRANKENIACE.. | 
Frankeniacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 140. 
A small Order of perennial herbs and undershrubs, consisting of one genus and about 
twelve marked species, though more than thirty forms have been described. They 
inhabit the sea-shore and rocky places in both hemispheres. 
BIOL. CENT.-AMER., Bot. Vol. 1, Sepé. 1879. k 
