340 LOGANIACEZA. 
10. Spigelia splendens, Wendl. ; Bot. Mag. t. 5268. 
Spigelia platyphylla, Progel in Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. p. 256. . 
Sour Mexico, Chiapas, &c. (Ghiesbreght, 694); GUATEMALA (Friedrichsthal). Hb. Kew. 
4, MITREOLA. 
Mitreola, Linn. Gen. Plant. ed. 1787, n. 932 5 Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 790. 
Four herbaceous species, inhabiting Tropical and North America, Tropical and Sub- 
tropical Asia, and Tropical Australia. 
1. Mitreola petiolata, Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 45; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. 
N. Am. ii. p. 108; Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. p. 266, t. 82. fig. 1; Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. 
Bound. Surv. p. 121. 
Ophiorhiza mitreola, Linn.; Lam. Ill. Pl. t. 107 ; Swartz, Obs. t. 3. 
Vireinia to Frorrpa and Texas.—Norta Mexico, Mouterey (Eaton & Edwards), 
Santa Rosa valley, Chihuahua (ex Torrey) ; Souta Mexico, Jalisco (Beechey); Panama 
(Seemann, 193), Empire station (S. Hayes, 434, 556).—Southward to Brazi and in the 
WEST INDIES. Hb. Kew. 
5. POLYPREMUM. 
Polypremum, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 187; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. u. p. 791. 
An herbaceous monotype. 
1. Polypremum procumbens, Linn. Act. Ups. 1741, p. 78; DC. Prodr. iv. 
p. 435, ix. pp. 12 et 560; Lam. Ill. Pl. t. 71; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. i. p. 109. 
Polypremum linnei, Michx. Fl. Bor.-Am. i. p. 88. 
Polypremum schlechtendalii, Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Cees. Leop. Carol. xix. Suppl. i. p. 350; 
Repert. vi. p. 56. 
Marytanp to Fioripa and Texas.—Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 
8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 59); Sourn Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Midler, 8). 
Cusa; Jamaica. Hb. Kew. 
6. BUDDLEIA. 
Buddleia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 140; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. u. p. 798. 
About seventy species of shrubs and trees, a very few herbaceous. Most numerous 
in Tropical and Subtropical America, the remainder inhabiting South Africa, Madagascar, 
and Tropical and Subtropical Asia. There are probably not more than from fifteen to 
twenty distinct species in Mexico. 
1. Buddleia abbreviata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 353; DC. Prodr. x. 
p 7. . 
Buddleia brevifolia, Willd. in Reem. et Schult. Syst. iii., Mant. p. 97. 
South Mexico, between Pachuca and Real de Moran, at 8000 feet (Humboldt & 
Bonpland), Rancho del Ojo de Agua (Hartweg, 503), Jalapa (Galeotti). Hb. Kew. 
