400 HAMAMELIDEE,.—HALORAGEA, 
Order L. HAMAMELIDE. 
Hamanelice Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 664, 
About thirty-six arboreous and shrubby species, belonging to sixteen or eighteen 
genera. They are natives of the temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, South 
Africa, North America, and Europe. 
1. LIQUIDAMBAR. 
Liquidambar, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1076; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 669. 
Besides the American species, one or two are found in China, one in Japan, and one 
in Asia Minor. 
1. Liquidambar macrophylla, Girst. L’ Amér. Centr. t. 10, 11. 
CenTRaL America (sted). 
2. Liquidambar styraciflua, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1418; GErst. L’Amér. Centr. t. 11. 
ConneEcTicuT and ILLINoIs southward to—Sourn Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba 
(Miller, 1432), region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2412), Hb. Kew. 
3. Liquidambar, sp. | 
GuaTEMALa ? (Warszewicz). Hb. Kew. 
Order LI, HALORAGEA. 
Haloragee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 6738. | 
About eighty species of herbs and dwarf shrubs, belonging to nine or ten genera. 
Many of them are aquatic plants having a wide range of distribution. | 
1. PROSERPINACA. 
Proserpinaca, Linn, Gen. Plant. n. 102; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 675. 
Two species of aquatic herbs, restricted to North America and the West Indies. 
1. Proserpinaca palustris, Linn. in Act. Ups. 1741, p. 81; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 67. 
Eastern side of Norta America from CanaDa to—Souta Mexico, marshes near 
Jalapa (Linden, 642), in sluggish streams near Jalapa (Schtede).—Also in some of the 
West-Inpian Istanps. Hb. Kew. 
[Hippuris vulgaris, Linn., a widely dispersed aquatic, may be looked for in Mexico.] 
