ILLECEBRACEZ. 11 
1. Paronychia jamesil, Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. i. p. 170. 
OrzGon to Texas.—NortuH Mexico, Ojo de Vaca, Chihuahua (Thurber). 
2. Paronychia mexicana, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 2, p. 36. 
Omnino pilosula, ramis ad nodos tumidis, foliis confertis lineari-lanceolatis vel oblanceolatis longe 
apiculatis, stipulis foliis fere equilongis, floribus fasciculatis brevissime pedicellatis, perianthii . 
brevissime tubulosi laciniis subcarnosis oblongis brevissime apiculatis, staminodiis nullis, 
ovario hirsuto. 
Herba perennis vel annua, omnino pilosula, a basi dense ramosa, 2-6-pollicaris. Rami erecti vel 
diffusi, graciliusculi, teretes, ad nodos tumidi. Folia lineari-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 4-6 
lin. longa, longe apiculata, costa subtus prominente margine recurva; stipule scariose, 
ovate, apice valde attenuatz, foliis fere zquilonge. Flores fasciculati, breviter pedicellati, 
circiter ? lin. longi; perianthii breviter tubulosi lacinie oblonge, crassiuscule, brevissime 
apiculate, persistentes ; stamina 5, filamentis filiformibus; staminodia nulla; ovarium pube- 
rulum, stylo filiformi, bifido. Capsule perianthiis incluse, monosperme, seminibus sphzroideis, 
nitidis, levibus. 
Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 65). 
Hb. Kew. | 
3. Paronychia, sp. 
Soutn Mexico, Real del Monte (Coulter, 720). Hb. Kew. 
4, CORRIGIOLA. 
Corrigiola, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 378; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 17. 
Species about six, herbaceous, inhabiting Central Europe, the Mediterranean region, 
North and South Africa, and America. 
1. Corrigiola andina, Tr. et Pl. Prodr. Fl. N. Gran. i. p. 146. 
NortH Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 54); 
Sout Mexico, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 23).—Cotompia. Hb. Kew. 
Order CVIIT. AMARANTACE:. 
Amarantacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 20. 
Herbs, half-shrubs, shrubs, or rarely small trees. There are forty-eight genera, 
embracing about 480 species, generally spread, except in the colder regions. 
1, PLEUROPETALUM. 
Pleuropetalum, Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 221; Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. t. 2 ; Benth. 
et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 157. 
Allochlamys, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 463. 
Melanocarpum, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 24. 
Two shrubby species, the present and one from the Galapagos. 
