436 LYTHRACEA, 
1. Ammannia dentifera, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 55. 
Nortn Mexico, Santa Cruz, Sonora (Wright). 
2. Ammannia latifolia, Linn. Sp. i. p. 119. 
Nortu Mexico, Guadalupe, Chihuahua (Zhurber).—A very widely dispersed plant 
TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAL COUNTRIES. 
3. Ammannia sanguinolenta, Sw. FI. Ind. Occ. i. p. 272. 
SourH Mexico, in wet places near Hl Estero (Schiede & Deppe).—West Inpius and 
Souta AMERICA. 
4, Ammannia wrightii, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. i. p. 55. 
Texas.—NortH Mexico, Sonora (Wright, Thurber). 
Tribe LYTHREAL. 
3. ADENARIA. 
Adenaria, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 185; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant.i. p. 777. 
One or two arboreous species, restricted to Tropical America. 
1. Adenaria lanceolata, Beurling in Vetensk. Akad. Hand. 1854, p. 124. 
Panama, in fields (Billberq). 
2. Adenaria purpurata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 185. 
Panama, Paraiso railway-station (S. Hayes, 125), Chagres (Fendler, 313).—CoLomBia, 
Ecvuapor, and Perv. Hb. Kew. 
4, CUPHEA. 
Cuphea, P. Browne, Nat. Hist. Jam. p. 216; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 778. 
A large genus of herbs and dwarf shrubs, restricted to America, ranging from the 
Southern States of North America to Chili and Uruguay, but most numerous in Mexico 
and Brazil. Bentham and Hooker estimate the number of species at about ninety ; 
and Koehne enumerates 145 in addition to those described here. 
1. Cuphea equipetala, Cav.Ic. t. 382.fig.2; Koehne in Fl. Bras. fase. Ixxiii. p.235. 
Cuphea virgata, Cav. loc. cit. fig. 1. 
Cuphea scabrida, H. B. K. 
Cuphea floribunda, Lehm., nec Hook. 
Cuphea violacea, Regel. 
Cuphea ocimoides, Decaisne. 
Cuphea atrosanguinea, Warsz. 
Nortn Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 241 
and 242); Sour Mexico, Tacubaya (Bilimek, 282; Schaffner), around Toluca 
(Andrieux, 381), Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 700), valley of Mexico 
(Bourgeau, 354, 124; Schaffner, 403), Totutla (Linden, 1298), Morelia, 7000 feet 
(Galeotti, 3004), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 140), Zimapan (Coulter, 159 and 160), Misteca 
