424 SOLANACEZ. 
od 
By some oversight Miers split Physalis arborescens into two species, probably through 
neglecting to cancel one of the two names. 
3. Brachistus solanacea, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 892. 
Sicklera solanacea, Sendt. in Flora, 1846, p. 195 (errore typog. 179) ; DC. Prodr. xii. 1, p. 501. 
Nicaragua, San Juan (Friedrichsthal) ; Costa Rica (Friedrichsthal). 
4. Brachistus stramonifolius, Miers, Iil. S. Am. Pl. ii. p. 7. 
Witheringia stramonifolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 18. 
Soura Mexico, between La Banderilla and Jalapa, at about 4500 feet, very common 
(Humboldt & Bonpland). 
11. MARGARANTHUS. 
Margaranthus, Schl. Hort. Hal. p. 1, t.1; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 893. 
One annual species. 
1. Margaranthus solanaceus, Schl. Hort. Hal. p. 1, t. 1; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, 
p. 453; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 237. 
Margaranthus tenuis, Miers, Til. S. Am. Pl. i. p. 74, t. 57. 
Texas; New Mexico.—Norta Mexico, around Matamoros (Berlandier); SovTu 
Mexico, Cordillera of Oaxaca, at 5000 feet (Galeotti, 1191), Zimapan (Coulter, 1220), 
Papantla (Schiede). Hb. Kew. 
12. ACNISTUS. 
Acnistus, Schott in Wien. Zeitschr. iv. p. 1180; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 894. 
Shrubs and trees. About fifteen species, inhabiting Tropical America: one has a 
wide range; and the rest are chiefly western. 
1. Acnistus arborescens, Schl. in Linnea, vii. p.67; DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 497; 
Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 435. 
Cestrum cualiflorum, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. i. t. 325. 
Mexico (ex Grisebach) ; Guatema.a (Friedrichsthal).—Southward to Peru and Brazit, 
and in the West Inpries. Hb. Kew. 
2. Acnistus benthami, Miers in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 342. 
Lycium macrophyllum, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 49. 
Sourn Mexico, Morelia, 6000 to 7000 feet (Hartweg, 368; Galeotti, 1212). Hb. Kew. 
13. DUNALIA. 
Dunalia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 55, t. 194; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 895. 
About eight shrubby and arboreous species, inhabiting Western Tropical America from 
Mexico to Bolivia. 
