SAMYDACEZ. 471 
8. Banara mexicana, A. Gr. in Proc. Am. Acad. v. p. 174. 
Sourn Mexico, near Tantoyuca, Huasteca (Ervendberg, 121, 247). Hb. Kew. 
4. Banara mollis, Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, vii. p. 288. 
Panama, in woods near the city of Panama (8. Hayes, 675).—Nearly all over Tropical 
America.- Hb. Kew. 
Tribe HOMALIEA. 
4, HOMALIUM. 
Homalium, Jacq. Amer. p. 170; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 800. 
About thirty species, natives of Asia, Africa, North Australia, Fiji Islands, and 
Tropical America. 
1. Homalium racemosum, Jacq. Amer. p. 170, t. 183. 
Panama, in damp thick woods, Frijoli railway-station (S. Hayes, 488).—Widely dis- 
persed in the West-Inp1An Islands and Tropical Sourh America. Hb. Kew. 
2. Homalium senarium, DC. Prodr. ii. p.54; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 293. 
MEXICO. 
Order LIX. LOASE. 
Loasee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 801. 
A small family of herbaceous or, rarely, shrubby plants, comprising eleven genera 
and about 100 species. With the exception of the monotypic genus Kissenia, which 
has a wide range in Eastern Africa and Arabia, all are endemic in America, ranging 
from the warmer parts of North America to Chili. 
1. GRONOVIA. 
Gronovia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 282; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 802. 
The only species :— 
1. Gronovia scandens, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 292; Jacq. Ic. Rar. ii. t. 338; Hook. et 
Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. t. 97. 
Trxas.—Norta Mexico, Victoria de Tamaulipas (Berlandier, 2267); Sour Mexico, 
near Tantoyuca (Ervendberg), on the sea-coast, Campeche (Bonpland) ; Panama (5. Hayes, 
71).—Also in VENEZUELA and Peru. Hb. Kew. 
2. CEVALLIA. 
Cevallia, Lag. Nov. Gen. et Sp. p. 11; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i, p. 803. 
_ Also a monotypic genus. 
