18 AMARANTACEA. 
9. Philoxerus vermicularis, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl. i. p. 410; Beauv. Fl. 
Owar. t. 98. f. 1. : 
Iresine vermicularis, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 340. 
Illecebrum vermiculatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 800. 
Gomphrena vermicularis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 224. 
Mexico, along the Rio Grande (Schott), Tulotepec, at 6000 feet (Galeotti, 427)— 
Common in the Wrst InprEs, eastern Soutn America and West Arrica. Hb. Kew. 
16. GOMPHRENA. 
Gomphrena, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 314; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 40. 
About seventy herbaceous species, mostly inhabiting the warmer parts of America 
and Australia; one widely diffused in Asia and Africa. 
1. Gomphrena cxspitosa, Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 181. 
’ Texas; New Mexico.—Nortu Mexico, Sonora (Schott ; Smith; Wright). Hb. Kew. 
2. Gomphrena decumbens, Jacq. Hort. Scheenb. t. 482; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, 
p. 410. 
Gomphrena prostrata, Desf. Hort. Par. 1804, App. p. 219 (non Mart.). 
Nortn Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 789) ; 
Sour Mexico, Misteca Alta, 6500 feet (Galeotti, 441), valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 633 ; 
Schaffner), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 737; Gouin; Botteri, 788), Real del Monte 
(Coulter, 1371), Oaxaca (Andrieux, 122), Acapulco (Sinclair); GuatEmMaua, Volcan de 
Fuego (Salvin), Llanos de Guatemala (Bernoulli, 218); Nicaragua, Greytown (Tate, 
333).—And common in tropical Sour America. Hb. Kew. 
3. Gomphrena filaginoides, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 10); 
DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 417. 
SoutH Mexico, Misteca Alta and Cordillera of Yavezia, at 6000 to 7500 feet 
(Galeotti, 441 bis). 
4. Gomphrena globosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 326; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 409, cum 
y. albifiora ; Bot. Mag. t. 2815. 
A native of India, now naturalized in many other warm countries, including Mexico 
and Central America. 
5. Gomphrena nitida, Rothr. in Bot. Wheeler’s Surv. 1878, p. 233. 
Nortrn Mexico, Chiricahui Mountains (fothrock). 
6. Gomphrena pilosa, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 395. 
Mogiphanes pilosa, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 8). 
SoutH Mexico, rice-fields near Ario, Michoacan, at 4000 to 5000 feet (Galeotti, 422). 
7. Gomphrena sonore, Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 181. 
NortH Mexico, mountains near Santa Cruz, Sonora (Thurber ; Wright). Hb. Kew. 
