PRIMULACEZ. 289 
1. Centunculus minimus, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 169; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 72; A. Gr. 
Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 64; Fl. Bras. x. t. 23. 
_ ILLINoIs to FLoripa and Texas, and west to OREGon.—NortH MExico, region of San 
Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 5692; Schaffner).—Sovuta AMERICA ; 
Europe. Hb. Kew. 
2. Centunculus pentandrus, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl. i. p. 47. 
Anagallis pumila, Sw. F1. Ind. Oce. i. p. 845. 
Micropyxis pumila, Duby in DC. Prodr. viii. p. 72. 
SoutH Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miiller, 813); Guatema.a, near Coban, 4300 
feet (Tiirckheim, 355); Costa Rica, Angostura (Polakowsky).—West InpiEs; SoutH 
AMERICA ; Tropical AFrica; East Inpies and Austrauia. Hb. Kew. 
[Anagallis arvensis, Linn., a widely dispersed Old-World plant, is naturalized and 
common in some parts of Mexico. | 
5. SAMOLUS. 
Samolus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 222; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 638. 
About eight species—one cosmopolitan, and the rest, for the greater part, on the 
southern extratropical sea-shores. 
1. Samolus ebracteatus, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 223, t. 129; A. Gr. 
Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 64. 
Samodia ebracteata, Bando in Ann. Sci. Nat. série 2, xx. p. 350. 
Froripa; Arkansas; Trexas.—NortH Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 
8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 569), Parras, Coahuila (Palmer, 783); Soura Mexico, 
Yucatan (Linden, 85).—Cupa. Hb. Kew. 
Order LXXXIT. MYRSINE. 
Myrsinee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 639. 
Shrubs and trees, mostly inhabiting tropical and subtropical regions ; very rare in 
Africa. There are about 500 species, belonging to twenty-three genera. 
1. MYRSINE. 
Myrsine, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 269; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 642. 
About eighty species, for the greater part inhabiting Tropical Asia, Africa, and 
America; a few are indigenous in Japan, Extratropical South Africa, Australia, the 
Atlantic Islands, Pacific Islands, and New Zealand. 
1. Myrsine myricoides, Schl. in Linnea, viii. p. 525; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 100. 
Soura Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 335), Mirador (Linden, 94), Cordillera 
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