512 ACANTHACEZ. 
1. Lepidagathis alopecuroidea, R. Br., ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 453. 
Teliostachya alopecuroidea, Nees in Fl. Bras. fase. vii. p. 72; DC. Prodr. xi. p. 268. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate); Panama, Empire station (S. Hayes, 508), Chagres 
(Fendler, 225).—And generally diffused in TropicaL AMERIcA and the West InpIEs. 
Hb. Kew. 
18. APHELANDRA. 
Aphelandra, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl. p. 475 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1102. 
An exclusively American genus of shrubs and herbs, numbering about fifty species, 
which are diffused from Mexico to Argentina. 
1. Aphelandra acutifolia, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 299. 
SoutH Mexico, Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 648) ; Costa Rica (Endres). 
—CoLomsia to Perv and Guiana. Hb. Kew. 
2. Aphelandra aurantiaca, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxxi. t. 12; Bot. Mag. 4224; 
DC. Prodr. xi. p. 298. 
Hemisandra aurantiaca, Schiedw. in Bull. Acad. Brux. 1842, i. p. 28. 
SourH Mexico, Comaltepec (Liebmann), forests of Teapa, Tabasco (Linden, 177). 
Hb. Kew. 
3. Aphelandra deppeana, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 96; DC. Prodr. xi. 
p. 298. 
Soutn Mexico, Hacienda de la Laguna (Schiede & Deppe), Consoquitla, near Mirador 
(Liebmann)? Hb. Kew. 
4, Aphelandra henkeana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 298. 
SoutH Mextco, Mirador (Linden, 189), Cordillera of Vera Cruz, 2800 feet (Galeotti, 
909), Comaltepec (Liebmann) ; CrentraL AMERICA, without locality (Barclay).— 
Cotompra. Hb. Kew. . | 
5. Aphelandra hydromestus, Hemsley. 
Lagochilium hydromestus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 291. 
Hydromestus maculatus, Schiedw. in Otto and Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. 1842, p. 285; Bot. Mag. 
t. 4556. 
Strobilorhachis glabra, K\. in Link, K1. & Otto, Ic. Pl. Rar. p. 117, t. 48. 
MEXIco. 
6. Aphelandra pectinata, Willd., ex Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 297. 
South Mexico, Zacuapan (Liebmann), Acapulco (Hinds), Chiapas ((hiesbreght) ; 
GuatemaLa (Friedrichsthal); Nicaracua, near Granada (Crsted); Costa Rica, Nicoya 
(Sinclair); Panama, Paraiso (S. Hayes, 538), Isle of Taboga (Sinclair), Santiago 
(Seemann, 237).—CoLomBia to Gutana and Prru, and in the West Innins. 
Hb. Kew. | 
