RUBIACEZ. 61 
localities (Bernoulli, Salvin); Nicaragua, between Sapoa and Tortuga (@rsted).— 
Common nearly all over Tropica, AmERIcA and the West Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
27. Spermacoce virgata, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, iii. p. 324 (sub Borreria) ; 
Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. 1, p. 128. 
Sours Mexico, Jalapa and Mirador, 3000 to 4000 feet (Galeotti, 2618).—Braziu. 
Hb. Kew. 
69. HEXASEPALUM. 
Hexasepalum, Bartl., ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 561; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 145. 
An obscure genus of one shrubby species. 
1. Hexasepalum angustifolium, Bartl., ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 561. 
South Mexico, Real del Monte (Henke). 
70. MITRACARPUM. 
Mitracarpum, Zucc. in Schultes’s Mant. iii. p. 210; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 146. 
Thirty species of herbaceous plants, the greater part Tropical American, the remainder 
in Tropical and South Africa. 
1. Mitracarpum breviflorum, A. Gr. Pl. Wright. ii. p. 68. 
North Mexico, Sonora (Wright, 1120), Sonoita valley (Rothrock). 
2. Mitracarpum pallidum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 430. 
Nicaragua, Realejo (Sinclair, Grsted). Hb. Kew. 
3. Mitracarpum schizangium, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 572. 
Sourn Mexico, Tepic (Sinclair), San Augustin (Liebmann, 157); Nicaragua, Volcan 
el Viejo (@rsted). Hb. Kew. 
Var. angustifolium, Cirst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1852, p. 7. 
Nicaragua, Volcan el Viejo (Grsted). 
4, Mitracarpum villosum, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, iii. p. 363; DO. Prodr. iv. 
p- 072. , 
Spermacoce hirta, Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 308. 
Soura Mexico, Cordillera of Vera Cruz, 3000 feet (Galeotti, 2607), Mirador (Linden, 
1255); Costa Rica, Aguacate, at 2000 feet, and near Cartago, at 4700 feet (rsted).— 
CotomBra to Perv, and in the West Inpies. Hb. Kew. | 
5. Mitracarpum, sp. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 305). 
Hb. Kew. 
