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3. Mentzelia oligosperma, Nutt. in Bot. Mag. t. 1760. 
Texas; New Mexico.—Norta Mexico, pass of the Chiricahui Mountains, Sonora 
(Wright). Hb. Kew. 
4. Mentzelia stipitata, Presl, Relig. Henk. ii. p. 40. 
Mexico. 
This may be the same as MW. hispida. 
5. Mentzelia strigosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 120. 
South Mexico, near the Rio Sarco, 5900 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland). 
6. Mentzelia, sp. 
SourH Mexico, Oaxaca, woods at 7000 feet (Galeotti, 3682). Hb. Kew. 
7. Mentzelia, sp. 
Sourn Mexico, region of Orizaba, Escamella (Bourgeau, 3286). Hb. Kew. 
8. Mentzelia, sp. 
Sovrn Mexico, Cuernavaca, Iturbide (Bourgeau, 1389). Hb. Kew. 
6. LOASA. 
Loasa, Juss. Gen. Plant. p. 322; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 804. 
About fifty species, spread over Tropical America, with the exception of North 
Brazil and Guiana. 
1. Loasa rheeadifolia, Schl. in Linnea, xiv. p. 382. 
Sour Mexico, Cuesta Grande de Chiconquiaco (Schiede). 
2. Loasa rudis, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 75. 
GuaTEMALA, Santa Maria (Hartweg). Hb. Kew. 
8. Loasa, sp. (“L. chelidonifolie, Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph, p- 101, proxima, sed 
differt.”—Planchon, MSS. in hb. Kew.) 
GuatTEMaLa (Skinner); Costa Rica (Endres, 42), _ Hb. Kew. 
4. Loasa, sp. 
Soutn Mexico, Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght). Hb. Kew. 
7. TLLATREA. 
Illairea, Lenne et Koch, ex Planchon in FI. des Serres, sér. 1, ix. p. 145. 
The only species, doubtfully referred to Loasa by Bentham and Hooker (Gen. Plant, 
i, p. 805):— 
‘1, Tairea canarinoides, Lenne et Koch in FI. des Serres, t. 913; Bot. Mag. 
t. 5022, 
CentraL AMERICA, introduced into European gardens by Warszewicz. 
BIOL. CENT.-AMER., Bot. Vol. 1, August 1880. 3 p 
