76 COMPOSITA. 
3. Oliganthes oxylepis, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 233. 
Soura Mexico, Yucatan and Tabasco (Johnson, 21). Hb. Kew. 
7. ELEPHANTOPUS. 
Elephantopus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 237; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 237. 
Perennial herbs. A dozen or more species widely dispersed in tropical regions. 
1. Elephantopus angustifolius, Sw. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 115; Griseb. Fl. 
Brit. W. Ind. p. 355. 
Elephantosis angustifolia, DC. Prodr. v. p. 87. 
Sourd Mexico, Mirador (Liebmann. 292); NicaRacua, Granada (Grsted); Panama, | 
~~~ in pastures among shrubs (Seemann, 60). —General i in Tropical Sourn America and the 
West Inpizes. Hb. Kew. 
2. Elephantopus spicatus, B. Juss. in Aubl. Pl. Guian. p. 808. 
Distreptus spicatus, Cass. et Less., ex DC. Prodr. v. p. 87. 
Matamoria spicata, La Llav. et Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr. i. p. 8. 
South Mexico, Mirador (Linden, 1176), near Vera Cruz, at 2000 feet (Galeotti, 
2220), valley of Cordova (Bowrgeau, 1638), Orizaba (Botteri, 1151); Guaremata 
—~ (Friedrichsthal) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 800); Costa Rica (Endres); Panama, 
Chagres (Fender, 175).—And northern part of Sourg America and the West Inp1zs. 
Hb. Kew. 
3. Elephantopus scaber, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 18313; DC. Prodr. v. p. 86; Baker 
in Mart. Fl. Bras. fase. lxii. p. 173. 
Elephantopus tomentosus, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 13814. 
Elephantopus martii, Grah. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 1830, p. 2. 
Elephantopus mollis, 1. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iv. p. 26. 
Elephantopus carolinianus, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 2390. 
A variable species, common and widely dispersed in Tropica, and SvBTROPICAL 
AMERICA, as well as in the OLD WoriLD. Hb. Kew. 
8. ROLANDRA. 
Rolandra, Rottb. in Soc. Med. Havn. Collect. ii. p. 256; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 237. 
Only one shrubby or subshrubby species known :— 
1. Rolandra argentea, Rottb. Coll. Havn. ii. p. 206, ex DC. Prodr. v. p. 90; 
Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1388, t. 27. 
~~~ Panama, Chagres (Fendler, 143).—Gutana, Brazit, and West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
