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16 ‘ AMARANTACEA. 
1. Mogiphanes straminea, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. ii. t. 185; Griseb. 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 64. 
Mogiphanes multicaulis, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. i. t. 181. 
Telanthera brasiliana, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 382 (excl. synom.), et TJ’. multicaulis, Mogq. 
loc. cit. p. 380. 
Mexico (ex Grisebach).—West InvIEs to BRAZIL. 
[Pfaffia, Mart., having fifteen species, widely dispersed in South America, from 
Venezuela and Trinidad southward to Uruguay, may be expected to occur in Central 
America. | 
12. TELANTHERA. 
Telanthera, R. Br. in Tuckey’s Congo, p. 477, in nota; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ll. p. 38. 
A genus comprising between forty and fifty species, inhabiting the warmer parts of 
America; one of them recurring in Western Tropical Africa. 
1. Telanthera gracilis, Mogq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 375. 
Gomphrena gracilis, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 9). 
Soutu Mexico, Vera Cruz, near Puente Nacional (Galeotti, 444), Fampico (Berlandier, 
2180); Costa Rica (Endres, 243); Panama (S. Hayes, 211). Hb. Kew. 
2. Telanthera maritima, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 364. 
Bucholzia maritima, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. 1. p. 50, t. 147. 
Alternanthera ficoidea, R. Br. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 67. 
Mexico: (ex Grisebach) ; Panama (S. Hayes, 695).—West InpiEs, eastern coast of 
Sout AMERICA, and western coast of AFRICA. 
3. Telanthera mexicana, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, P. 372. 
Gomphrena, sp., Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 91. 
Brandesia mexicana, Schl. in Linnea, vii. p. 392. 
SoutH Mexico, near San Andres (Schiede & Deppe). Ub. Kew. 
4, Telanthera microcephala, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 371. 
Soutn Mexico, Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 72)—CoLomBia. Hb. Kew. 
5. Telanthera obovata, Mog. in DO. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 370. 
Bucholzia obovata, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 8). 
Soutn Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 1146; Bourgeau, 2698 ; Galeotti, 440), 
valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1597). Hb. Kew. 
6. Telanthera polygonoides, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 363. 
Achyranthes polygonoides, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 416. 
Bucholzia polygonoides, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. i. p. 51, tt. 148-151. 
Gomphrena polygonoides, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 225. 
Alternanthera polygonoides, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl. p. 416; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 67. 
South Mexico, near Tampico (Berlandier); Panama (Fendler, 261; S. Hayes, 203; 
Sinclair)—Common in the West Inpies and eastern Sour AmErica. Hb. Kew. 
