A472 GESNERACEZ. 
genera, occur in Chili, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, and the Mediterranean 
region. In America the Order is not represented north of Mexico. The Gesneree 
proper are confined to the New World, whilst the Cyrtandre@ are, with few exceptions, 
either Old-world or insular. . 
A considerable number of species of this Order, from Costa Rica, remain undetermined 
in Kew herbarium. 
1. NIPHA. 
Niphea, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. p. 80; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 997. 
Herbs. The following and one Cuban species. 
1. Niphza oblonga, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. p. 80, et 1842, t.5; Hanst. 
in Linnea, xxvii. p. 729; CErst. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skriv. v. (reprint, p. 13). 
Guatemala (Hartweg). Hb. Kew. 
2. Niphza parviflora, A. Br. et Bouché in Linnea, xxv. p. 299; Hanst. in 
Linnea, xxvii. pp. 704 et 730; QErst. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skriv. v. (reprint, 
p. 14). 
GuaTeMaLa (Warscewicz). 
2. PHINAEA. 
Phinea, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 997. 
Three or four herbaceous species, inhabiting Colombia, one of them extending to 
Central America. 
1. Phinzea albo-lineata, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 997. 
Niphea albo-lineata, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4282; Flore des Serres, iti. p. 210. 
p. reticulata, Planchon, FI. des Serres, viii. t. 823; Hanstein in Linnea, xxvii. 
pp. 704 et 705. 
CrnTRAL AMERICA (ex Hanstein). 
3. MONOPYLE. 
Monopyle, Moritz, ex Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 997. 
About five or six herbaceous species, extending from Central America to Peru. 
1. Monopyle macrocarpa, Benth. in Hook. Ic. t. 1198. 
8. costa-ricana, Hemsley, foliis minoribus concoloribus, calycis lobis brevioribus 
latioribus. 
Costa Rica, 4000 feet (Endres, 82, 158). Hb. Kew. 
The Central-American plant appears to differ more in size than in any essential 
characters from the South-American type. 
