ASCLEPIADEZ. 327 
84. Asclepias uncialis, Greene in Coulter's Bot. Gaz. v. p. 64; Proc. Am. Acad. 
xvi. p. 103. 
_ Cotorapo; New Mexico.—Nort# Mexico, within the old boundary, near Silver City 
(Greene). 
35. Asclepias verticillata, Linn.; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. p. 569, excl. £. 
linifolia; A. Gr. in Proc. Am. Acad. xii. p. 71; Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 97; Hook. 
Fl. Bor.-Am. ii. t. 144; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1067; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 144. 
Asclepias galioides, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 188. 
CanaDA to NEBRASKA and south to Fuioripa, Texas, and New Mexico.—Norta 
Mexico, Sonora and Chihuahua (Parry &c.); South Mexico, valley of Mexico 
(Bourgeau, 65), Leon (Hartweg), Hacienda de Pateo &c. (Graham). Hb. Kew. 
36. Asclepias wrightii, Greene in Proc. Am. Acad. xvi. p. 102. 
NortH Mexico, near Santa Rita and Silver City, within the old boundary (Greene). 
8. METASTELMA. 
Metastelma, R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. p. 52; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 755. 
About forty species of twining shrubs, restricted to America, and inhabiting tropical 
and subtropical regions. 
1. Metastelma angustifolium, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1852, ii. p. 315. 
SoutH Mexico, Miradores, 3000 feet (Linden). 
2. Metastelma barbigerum, Scheele in Linnea, xxi. p. 760; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. 
N. Am. ii. p. 101. 
Trexas.—Norta Mexico, near Monterey (Edwards), west of Cerralbo (Gregq). 
3. Metastelma cubense, Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. p. 515? 
Sour Mexico, Chiapas, &c. (Ghiesbreght, 664). Hb. Kew. 
4, Metastelma parviflorum, R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. p. 52; DC. Prod. 
viii. p. 513. 
Mexico (hd. Pavon).—West Inpies; Cotompia. Hb. Kew. 
5. Metastelma pedunculare, Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. p. 514. 
GuATEMALA, Cuesta de Pinula (Hartweg). Hb. Kew. 
6. Metastelma schlechtendalii, Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. p. 514. 
Metastelma parviflorum, Schl. in Linnea, vi. p. 731, et viii. p. 518, non R. Br. 
Sour Mexico, Zacuapan (Linden, 363), Hacienda de la Laguna*(Schiede & Deppe), 
Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 195), near Jalapa (Galeotti, 1541); Panama, Isle of 
Taboga, and near the town of Panama (S. Hayes, 182).—VeENEZUELA; West INDIEs. 
Hb. Kew. | 
