540 VERBEN ACEZ. 
(Barclay), San Blas to Guadalajara (Coulter, 1168), Cuernavaca (Bilimek, 80, 82), 
Acapulco (Beechey), Chilpancingo, at about 4250 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland). Ub. 
Kew. | 
5. Vitex, sp. 
“* Mexico” (Jurgensen, 68). Hb. Kew. 
This is a very distinct species ; but we suspect it is from Colombia rather than Mexico. 
16. CLERODENDRON. 
Clerodendron, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 789; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant, ii. p. 1155. 
A large genus of trees and shrubs, comprising about seventy species, mostly in the 
Old World, and chiefly concentrated in Asia. 
1. Clerodendron aculeata, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 500. 
Volkameria aculeata, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 889; DC. Prodr. xi. p. 656; Jacq. Amer. t. 117. 
Guatemala, San José (S. Hayes, 614).—Cusa to Guiana and Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
[ Clerodendron fragrans, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 70, Bot. Mag. t. 1834, a Chinese species, 
is cultivated and naturalized in Mexico and other parts of America. | 
_ 2. Clerodendron ligustrinum, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. p. 64; DC. 
Prodr. xi. p. 660. 
Volkameria ligustrina, Jacq. Coll. Suppl. p. 118, t. 5. fig. 1. 
SoutrH Mexico, Tampico (Berlandier), Tlacaltapan (Hahn), Yucatan and Tabasco 
(Johnson). Hb. Kew. 
3. Clerodendron, sp. : 
Panama, Chagres (fendler, 300). Hb. Kew. 
4. Clerodendron, sp. 
GuATEMALA, between Esquipulas and Jupilingo (Bernoulli, 748). Hb. Kew. 
This and the last are distinct species; but the material is poor. 
| 17. AVICENNIA. 
Avicenna, Linn. Gen. Plant. App. n. 1237; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1160. 
About three or four shrubby species, widely dispersed on tropical sea-shores. 
1. Avicennia tomentosa, Jacq. Amer. p. 178, t. 112. fig. 2; DO. Prodr. xi. 
p- 699. | 
Nort Mexico, mouth of the Rio Grande (Schott); Sovran Minxico, Campeachy 
(Humboldt & Bonpland); Guatemata (Friedrichsthal).—Co.omBia to Brazi and in the 
West Inpiges. Hb. Kew. 
