ROSACEA. 867 
7. Hirtella racemosa, Lam. Dict. iii. p. 133. 
PanaMa, in dark woods, very common between Panama and Chagres (Seemann).— 
Northern part of Sour Amurica ; Sr. Vincent and TRINIDAD. 
8. Hirtella triandra, Sw., ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 230. 
Panama, Bay of Solano (Seemann)—From Cupa. and Jamaica to Trintpap, and 
BRAZIL. | | 
5. LECOSTEMON. 
Lecostemon, Mog. et Sessé, in DC. Prody. ii. D. 639; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 609. 
_ About six species, natives of Mexico, Guiana, and Brazil. 
1. Lecostemon terniflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 639 ; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 
311 et xvi. B. | | a 
Mexico (Mocino & Sessé). 
3 : oe 6. COUEPIA. 
Couepia, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. t. 519; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. i. p. 668. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus, consisting of about thirty species, most 
numerous in Brazil. 
1. Couepia kunthiana, Benth. MSS. in hb. Kew. 
Moquilea kunthiana, Mart. et Zucc., ex Walp. Rep. i. p. 6. 
Hirtella polyandra, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 246, t. 565. 
SoutH Mexico, Acapulco (Humboldt & Bonpland), Teapa, ‘Tabasco (Linden, +1603). 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Couepia, sp. 
NIcaRAGUA, environs of Granada (Levy, 42). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe PRUNEZ. 
~ Trees and shrubs. Almost confined to the temperate and subtropical regions of the 
the northern hemisphere. 
7. PRUNUS. 
Prunus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 620; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 609. 
About eighty species, generally dispersed in the temperate and subtropical regions of 
the northern hemisphere, a few extending to South America. 
1. Prunus brachybotrya, Zucc. Pl. Nov. fase. ii. p. 40. 
MEXICO. 
2. Pronus capuli, Cav. in Spreng. Syst. ii. p.477; Schl. in Linneea, xiii. pp. 89. 
404. : 
Cerasus capuli, Ser. in DC. Prodr: ui. p. 541. 
Cerasus capollin, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 539; Zucc. Pl. Nov. fase. 3 ii. p. 37, t. 8. 
