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8. Gomphrena tuberifera, Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 181. 
Texas.—Nort Mexico, Soledad, twenty-five miles south-west of Monclova, Coahuila 
(Palmer, 1132). Hb. Kew. 
9. Gomphrena, sp. | 
Nortu Mexico, Cerro de Pinal (Seemann, 1460). Hb. Kew. 
10. Gomphrena, sp. | 
NortH Mexico, Cerro de Pinal (Seemann, 1461). Hb. Kew. 
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17. FRGSLICHIA. 
Frelichia, Mceench. Meth. Plant. p. 50; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 41. 
An exclusively American genus, comprising about ten species, ranging from Texas to 
South Brazil. 
1. Frelichia floridana, Mog. in DC. Prodv. xiii. 2, p. 420. 
Fioripa ; ARKANSAS; Texas; New Mexico.—Norta Mexico, along the Rio Grande 
| (Parry). 
2. Frelichia gracilis, Mog. in DC. Prody. xiii. 2, p. 420. 
Oplotheca gracilis, Hook. Ic. Pl. sub tab. 256. 
Texas; New Mexico.—Norta Mexico, Monterey (Haton & Edwards), Chihuahua 
and Sonora (Thurber). Hb. Kew. 
3. Frelichia interrupta, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 421. 
Gomphrena interrupta, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 326; Lam. Ill. Pl. t. 180. f. 2. 
Celosia procumbens, Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. i. t. 51. 
Oplotheca interrupta, Nutt. Gen. Am. Pl. ii. p. 79. 
NortH Mexico, Sierra Madre &c. (Palmer, 1141), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 
to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 793); Sourn Mzxico, Aguas Calientes (Hartweg, 86), 
dunes of Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 7031).—Jamaica; Perv. Hb. Kew. 
18. HEBANTHE. 
Hebanthe, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 42, tt. 140-145; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 41. 
A genus of about twenty herbaceous and half-shrubby species, restricted to Tropical 
and Subtropical America. | 
1. Hebanthe hookeriana, Hemsley, n. sp. (Gomphrena pulverulenta, Mogq,, 
pro parte, nec Hebanthe pulverulenta, Mart.) 
Facie omnino H. pulverulente, sed pilis indumenti strigillosis non stellatis, floribus majoribus, 
staminodiis nullis. . 
Frutex scandens (‘‘ Liane” fide Bourgeavii), ramis teretibus, junioribus foliisque strigilloso-hirsutis, 
ferrugineis. Folia opposita, petiolata, crassiuscula, ovato-oblonga, usque ad 5 poll. longa, in 
ramis floriferis 1-3 poll. longa, utringue attenuata vel obtusa, supra mox glabrata. Flores 
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