286 LENNOACEZ. 
Order LXXIX. LENNOACE. 
Lennoacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 621. 
An order of root-parasites, comprising three genera and about four or five species, 
which inhabit California and Mexico. 
1. AMMOBROMA. 
Ammobroma, Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. York, viii. p. 51, t. 1; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 
ii, p. 622. 
A monotype. 
1. Ammobroma sonore, Torr. in Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. York, vill. p. 51, t. 1; 
Solms in DC. Prodr. xvii. p. 37, et Lennoacee, t. 1. 
Nortu Mexico, Adair Bay, Sonora (coll. A. B. Gray). 
2. LENNOA. 
Lennoa, Lav. et Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr. i. p. 7; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 622. 
Limited to the following two or three species. 
1. Lennoa czerulea, Fourn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. de Fr. 1869, p. 11; Solms in DC. 
Prodr. xvii. p. 88, et Lennoacee, t. 2. 
Corallophyllum ceruleum, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vii. p. 276, t. 660 bis. 
SoutH Mexico, near the city of Mexico (Humboldt & Bonpland), Xochialco (Hahn). 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Lennoa madreporoides, Llav. et Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr. i. p. 7; Solms in 
DC. Prodr. xvii. p. 37, et Lennoacee, t. 2. 
Nort Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 568); 
Sourn Mexico, Morelia, Valladolid (Lerarza), Zacualpan (Schiede), Orizaba ( Griesbreght, 
Bourgeau). Hb. Kew. 
3. Lennoa, sp. 
Mexico, without locality (Jurgensen, 840). Hb. Kew. 
This may be the same as the first. 
Order LXXX. PLUMBAGINE. 
Plumbaginee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 623. 
This order consists of eight genera, numbering about 200 species. They are chiefly 
herbs and undershrubs ; and the majority inhabit the eastern part of the Mediterranean 
region ; but the order is generally dispersed, and some of the species have a wide range 
on the sea-coasts. 
