Pa 
a 
Petes. 
14 AMARANTACEZ. 
5, Amarantus palmeri, Wats. in Proc. Am. Acad. xii. p. 274, et Bot. Calif. 
i. p. 42. 
Cauirornia; Arizona.—NortH Mexico, within the old boundary at Camp Grant 
(Rothrock), along the Rio Grande (Berlandier). | 
6. Amarantus polygonoides, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1405; Willd. Amarant. t. 6. 
f.l,a& b. 
Amblogyne polygonoides, Rat. Fl. Tellur. p. 42, ex Mog. in DC. Prodr. xii. 2, p. 270. 
Scleropus amarantoides, Schrad. Ind. Sem. Hort. Geett. 1835. 
Scleropus crassipes, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 271. 
Amarantus crassipes, Schl. in Linnea, vi. p. 757. 
Sarratia berlandiert, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 268. 
Fioripa; Texas.—NortH Muxico, Cerro Alto (Gregg), Sonora (Thurber).—WeEst 
Inpies; Guiana. Hb. Kew. 
7. Amarantus retroflexus, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1407; Willd. Amarant. t. 11. f. 21; 
DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 258; A. Gr. Manual, ed. 5, p. 412. 
Mexico (Bourgeau).—Warmer parts of AmeERica, and introduced in many other 
countries. Hb. Kew. 
8. Amarantus scariosus, Benth. Bot. Voy. ‘Sulphur,’ p. 158. 
Amarantus floridus, Benth. loc. cit. t. 51. 
Sarratia scariosa, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 269. 
Guatema.a (Friedrichsthal); Honpuras, Tigré, Fonseca Bay (Sinclair). Hb. Kew. 
9, Amarantus spinosus, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1407; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 260. 
Mexico, Cordillera of Vera Cruz, 4000 feet (Galeotti, 415), Jalapa (Linden, 61), 
Orizaba (Sallé) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 839; Seemann); Panama (Seemann).— 
And generally dispersed in the warmer parts of AMERICA; introduced in many other 
countries. Hb. Kew. | 
[Eurolus (Berlasia) emarginatus, A. Br. et Bouché in Linnea, xxv. p. 297, is quite 
unknown to us. | 
6. ACANTHOCHITON. 
Acanthochiton, Torr. in Sitgr. Rep. p. 170; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 29. 
An herbaceous annual monotype. 
1. Acanthochiton wrightii, Torr. in Sitgr. Rep. p. 170, t.13; Bot. U.S. & 
Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 179; Proc. Am. Acad. Se. v. p. 168. 
Texas; Arizona.—Norru Mexico, Chihuahua (Thurber). Hb. Kew. 
7. CYATHULA. 
Cyathula, Lour. Fl. Coch. i. p. 101; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 31. 
About ten herbaceous and half-shrubby species, inhabiting the warmer parts of Asia, 
Africa, and America. 
