GESNERACEA. 489 
1. Mitraria pallida, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 419. 
Diplocalyx pallidus, Presl, Bot. Bemerk. p. 146. 
MEXICO, western side (ex Pres/). 
2. Mitraria tomentella, Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 420. 
Diplocalyx tomentella, Presl, Bot. Bemerk. p. 147. 
MEXIco, western side (ex Presi). 
23. KLUGIA. 
Klugia, Schl. in Linnea, viii. p. 248 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1019. 
Herbs. One American and about four Tropical-Asian species. 
1. Klugia azurea, Schl. in Linnea, viii. p. 248; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 276. 
South Mexico, Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 839), Monte Algodon 
(Hahn), Cuesta Grande de Chiconquiaco (Schiede); Costa Rica (Endres). Hb. Kew. 
24, ANETANTHUS. 
Anetanthus, Hiern in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1025. 
About four or five herbaceous species in tropical South America. 
1. Anetanthus parviflorus, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1025. 
Trevirana parviflora, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 302. 
Dicyrta parviflora, Seem. in Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 326, t. 69; Hanst. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 433. 
Mexico, without locality (Beechey); GuatemaLa, Alta Vera Paz, at 4300 feet 
(Tiirckheim, 344). Hb. Kew. | 
Tiirckheim’s specimens are more hairy than the type, and the calyx-lobes are rela- 
tively much longer. 
Order C. BIGNONIACE.. 
Bignoniacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1026. 
Trees or shrubs, often lofty climbers; very few herbaceous. Fifty-four genera, 
comprising about 450 species, generally diffused in tropical regions. A few occur in 
extratropical North and South America, South Africa, Australia, and Eastern and 
Central Asia; but the Order is unrepresented in Europe, the whole of the Medi- 
terranean region, and New Zealand, and the species do not ascend very high in the 
mountains within the tropics. 
1. BIGNONTA. 
Bignonia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 759 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1033. 
An exclusively American genus, comprising about 120 species, mostly tall climbing 
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