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3. SPIGELIA. 
Spigelia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 209, et Amoen. Acad. vy. t. 2; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. 
p. 790. 
An exclusively American (tropical and north) genus of herbs and half-shrubs. About 
thirty species are known. 
1. Spigelia anthelmia, Linn. Ameen. Acad. v. t.2; Progel in Mart. Fl. Bras. 
vi. p. 262; Bot. Mag. t. 2359. 3 
GuaTeMALA (Friedrichsthal) ; Nicaragua, Greytown (Tate, 8); Costa Rica (Endres, 
229); Panama, Chagres (Fendler, 283) —Common nearly all over Tropical Sourn 
AMERICA and the West Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
2. Spigelia coulteriana, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. p. 90. 
Souta Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 962). Hb. Kew. 
8. Spigelia hedyotidea, A. DC. Prodr. ix. p. 7; Calques des Dess. FI. 
Mex. 813. 
MEXIco. 
Perhaps the same as S. texrana. 
4, Spigelia humboldtiana, Cham. et Schl. in Linnea, i. p. 200, v. p. 122, vi. 
p. 887; Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. p. 261. 
SoutH Mexico, Jalapa, &c. (Schiede & Deppe).—Guviana, BRAZIL. 
5. Spigelia longiflora, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. p. 376; Walp. 
Rep. vi. p. 496. 
SoutH Mexico, near Real del Monte, at 6500 feet (Galeotti, 1477). 
6. Spigelia mexicana, A.DC. Prodr. ix. p. 7. 
South Mexico, Jalapa (Linden, 210; Galeotti, 7077), Teapa (Linden, 536); GuatE- 
MALA, Mazatenango (Bernoulli, 380); Nicaraava, Chontales (Zate, 291). Hb. Kew. 
7. Spigelia pauciflora, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. p. 376; Walp. 
Rep. vi. p. 496. 
Souta Mexico, near Adumbero, at 3000 feet, and Morelia, at 6000 feet (Galeotti, 
1475, 1479). 
8. Spigelia scabrella, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 45. 
Souta Mexico, without locality (Hartweg, 346). Hb. Kew. 
9. Spigelia speciosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 186, t. 226; DC. Prodr. 
ix. p. 4. ; 
Soutn Mexico, near the city of Mexico at 7000 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland), Vera 
Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 210; Bourgeau, 2902), Zimapan (Coulter, 1215), Oaxaca, 
7000 feet (Galeotti, 1471), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 695). Hb. Kew. 
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