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19. IRESINE. 
Iresine, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1113; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 42. 
About twenty herbaceous and shrubby species, inhabiting Tropical and Subtropical 
America. 
1. Ivresine acuminata, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 345. 
Mexico (Bates). 
2. Iresine canescens, Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 765. 
Tromsdorfiia canescens, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. ii. p. 42. 
Alternanthera canescens, Moq. in DC. Prodr. xii. 2, p. 350. 
Sour Mexico, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 1129), Chapultepec (Schaffner, 27), 
without locality (Parkinson; Bates; Beechey).—VeNEZzUELA. Hb. Kew. 
3. Iresine cassinizformis, Schauer in Linnea, xix. p. 708. 
Soutn Mexico (Aschenborn, 169, 617, 618). 
4. Iresine celosioides, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1456; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 347. 
Tresine polymorpha, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 56, tt. 153 et 154. 
Iresine diffusa, Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 765; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 345. 
Tresine floribunda, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 7). 
Iresine eriophylia, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 347. 
Iresine celosioides, var. eriophylla, Benth. Bot. Voy. ‘ Sulphur,’ p. 156. 
Soura CaroLina to Fioripa, Texas, and New Mexico.—Nortu Mexico, Sonora and 
Chihuahua (Thurber); SovrH Mexico, Mazatlan (Seemann, 1462), Zimapan (Coulter, 
368), valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 896), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 199; Galeotti, 
412, 413), around Oaxaca (Andrieuwx, 121), Jalapa and Mirador (Linden, 71 and 73), 
Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 659), Yucatan and Tabasco (vohnson, 99); GuaTemMaLa, Volcan 
de Fuego, at 6000 feet (Salvin), San José de Guatemala (S. Hayes, 450); Honpuras, 
Tigré, Gulf of Fonseca (Sinclair) ; Nicaracua, Chontales (Tate, 338); Costa Rica 
(Endres); Panama, Empire Station (8. Hayes, 431), Chagres (Fendler, 260).—Southward 
to Peru and Bouivia. Hb. Kew. 
5. Iresine elatior, Rich. in Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p.766; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 343. 
Rosea elatior, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. 11. p. 59, t. 155. 
Soutn Mexico, Orizaba (Bottert, 1059); Panama (Seemann).—West InpiEs and 
VENEZUELA. Hb. Kew. 
6. Iresine frutescens, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 344. 
Sour Mexico, near Hacienda de la Laguna (Schiede). 
7. Iresine gossypina, Nees in Linnea, xix. p. 708. 
Mexico (de Berghes). 
