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BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA. 
BOTANICA. 
PHANEROGAMIA. 
DICOTYLEDONES. 
INCOMPLETA. 
Series I. CURVEMBRYE. 
Order CVI. NYCTAGINE. 
Nyctaginee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1. 
Twenty-three genera are referred to this Order ; and the number of species is estimated 
at about 220. They are generally dispersed in tropical and subtropical countries, most 
numerous in America, rare in Australia, and very rare in Africa. 
1. MIRABILIS. 
Mirabilis, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 242; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 3. 
About ten herbaceous species, inhabiting the warmer parts of America. 
1. Mirabilis coccinea, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 3. 
Oxybaphus coccineus, Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 169. 
Texas; New Mexico; Arizona.—Nortu Mexico, Sonora (Smith). Hb. Kew. 
9, Mirabilis dichotoma, Linn. ; Choisy in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 428. 
MEXxIco. Introduced in other countries. 
8. Mirabilis hybrida, Lepel.in Ann. Mus. Par. viii. p. 481; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, 
p. 428; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 212. 
SoutH Mexico, Oaxaca.—CoLoMBIA. 
This and M. dichotoma, Linn., should perhaps be referred to M. jalapa, Linn. 
4. Mirabilis jalapa, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 252; Choisy in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 427; 
Lam. Ill. Pl. t. 105; Bot. Mag. t. 371. 
Trexas.—Norta Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & 
Palmer, 775); Souta Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 776, 777), valley of Mexico (Bour- 
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