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203. CHAPTALIA. 
Chaptalia, Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 61; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 11. p. 498. 
About eighteen herbaceous species, ranging from the Southern States of North 
America to Chili and Buenos Ayres. 
1. Chaptalia ehrenbergii, Hemsley. 
Gerbera (Lieberkuhnia) ehrenbergii, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 318. 
SoutH Mexico, foot of the Cerro de las Nubijas (Ehrenberg). 
2. Chaptalia lyrata, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 243. 
Gerbera lyrata, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 313. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
3. Chaptalia nutans, Hemsley. 
Leria nutans, DC. in Ann. Mus. Par. xix. p. 68; Prodr. vi. p. 42. 
Gerbera nutans, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 313. 
Texas.—Norta Mexico, Monterey (Gregg), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 
feet (Parry & Palmer, 544); Sovran Mexico, valley of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2535), near 
Vera Cruz (Linden, 1229; Galeotti, 2205, 2252); Guaremana, near Coban, at 4300 feet 
(Tiirckheim, 122); Costa Rica, Cartago (@rsted).—In the Wrst Inpims and southward 
to Brazin. Hb. Kew. 
4, Chaptalia seemannii, Hemsley. 
Gerbera seemannii, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 313. 
Norra Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 1988). Hb. Kew. 
5. Chaptalia spathulata, Hemsley. 
Leria spathulata, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 249. 
Lieberkuhnia? spathulata, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 48. | 
Gerbera spathulata, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 313. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
204. PEREZIA. 
Perezia, Lag. Amen. Nat. i. p. 31; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 500. 
Clarionea, Lag., ex DC. in Ann. Mus. Par. xix. p. 65. 
About fifty herbaceous and half-shrubby species, inhabiting California, Mexico, 
Central America, the Andes, and extratropical South America, a few occurring in 
Brazil. 
1. Perezia adnata, A. Gr. Pl. Wright. i. p. 127. 
Sout Mexico, pine-forest, Morelia (Ghiesbreght, 378). 
2. Perezia alamani, Hemsley. 
Dumerilia alamani, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 67. 
Mexico (Alaman). 
