CARYOPHYLLEA. 73. 
Tribe POLYCARPEA. 
11. DRYMARIA. , 
Drymaria, Willd. ex Roem. et Schultz, Syst. v. xxxi; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 152. 
There are about twenty-five species indigenous in Tropical and Subtropical America ; 
and one of them has also a wide range in the tropics of the Old World. There is also 
one endemic Australian species. 
1. Drymaria arenarioides, Willd., Roem. et Schultz, Syst. v. p. 406. 
Drymaria frankenioides, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 21, t. 515. 
Norra Mexico, plains near the city of Chihuahua (Zhurber), Arroyo, near the Rio 
Grande, in Chihuahua (Parry), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry 
& Palmer, 49); Sourn Mexico, in sandy places near Pachuca, 7620 feet (Humboldt 
& Bonpland), Zimapan (Coulter, 698). Hb. Kew. 
2. Drymaria cordata, Willd. in Rem. et Schultz, Syst. Veg. v. p. 406. 
Common in Subtropical Norta America and Mexico and Centra America, including 
the following collectors’ numbers :—Parry & Palmer, 51; Galeotti, 4416; Bourgeau, 
2659: Coulter, 706, 709, 710; Miller, 120; Tate, 431; Friedrichsthal, 6; S. Hayes, 
197; Seemann, 349. Hb. Kew. 
Also generally dispersed in Tropical and Subtropical Sourn AmERica and the West 
InprEs, as well as in Asta and AFRICA. 
Var. pilosa, Schl. in Linnea, xxvi. p. 374. 
Mexico (Schiede). 
3. Drymaria effusa, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 19. 
Norti Mexico, hills near Santa Cruz, Sonora (Thurber). Hb. Kew. 
4. Drymaria glandulosa, Bartl. in Presl, Reliq. Henk. ii. p. 9. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 51) ; 
Sout Mxxtco, west coast (Hanke), province of Mexico (Aschenborn), Pedregal, valley 
of Mexico (Bourgeau, 283). Hb. Kew. 
5. Drymaria gracilis, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 232. 
Sour Mexico, in shady places near Jalapa (Schiede & Deppe), cultivated specimen 
(Hb. Kew.), Toluca (Berlandier). Hb. Paris. 
6. Drymaria grandiflora, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 209. 
Mexico (Schiede & Deppe). 
7. Drymaria hirsuta, Bartl. in Presl, Reliq. Henk. ii. p. 8. 
Costa Rica, San José, Rio Reventazon, and Angostura (Polakowsky).—PERU. 
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