162 GERANIACEZ. 
3. TROPZOLUM. 
Tropeolum, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 466 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 274. 
A genus of between thirty and forty trailing and twining herbaceous species, restricted 
to America, and, with few exceptions, to South America. 
1. Tropeolum peregrinum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, i. p. 490, nec Hb. Linn.; Jacq. 
Hort. Scheenb. t. 98; Bot. Mag. t. 1351. 
Tropeolum aduncum, Sin, Tour, i. p. 158. 
SoutH Mexico, roadsides near Santa Fé (Bourgeau, 1176). Hb. Kew. 
This South-American species is probably only an escape from cultivation in Mexico. 
2. Tropeolum emarginatum, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1858, i. p. 425. 
South Mexico, San Bartolo (Linden, 848); %GuaTeMaLa, without locality (Savage). 
Hb. Paris. 
8. Tropzolum pendulum, K1. in Otto et Dietr. Allg. Gartz. xviii. p. 377. 
CENTRAL AMERICA. 
4. Tropzolum, sp. 
Panama, Volcano of Chiriqui (Warszewicz). Hb. Kew. 
5. Tropxolum, sp. (aff. 7. tuberoso). 
GUATEMALA, cultivated in | gardens i in Duefas (Salvin & Godman). Ub. Kew. 
Tribe OXALIDE A. 
Besides the two following genera, three others are referred to this tribe. They com- 
prise only five species, one Bolivian and four Asiatic. 
4. OXALIS. 
Oxalis, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 582; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 276. 
A genus of upwards of 200 species, with few exceptions herbaceous plants. One or 
two species have a wide range in temperate regions, one or two in the tropics, and nearly 
all the others are divided between South Africa and America, very few occurring north 
of Mexico. 
1. Oxalis acuminata, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1859, i. p. 427. 
SoutH Mexico (Galeotti, 3990). 
2. Oxalis albicans, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 244, 
Sour Mexrco, Moran &c., 8040 to 8880 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland)—And Prrv. 
3. Oxalis angustifolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 249. 
SourH Mexico, on the western declivity near La Venta del Peregrino, 600 feet 
(Bumbotdi & Bonpland). 
