22 AMARANTACEZ. 
8. Iresine gracilis, Mart. et Gall. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 7); DC. 
Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 345. 
SoutH Mexico, near Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 414). 
9. Iresine hookeri, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 344. 
Lresine elongata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 308, non Humb. et Bonpl. 
Mexico (Beechey). Hb. Kew. 
10. Iresine interrupta, Benth. Bot. Voy. ‘ Sulphur,’ p. 156. 
Alternanthera richardii, Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 353. 
Sour Mxxico, Tepic (Sinclair), Acapulco (Barclay), Cuernavaca » (Bourges 1283), 
without locality (Parkinson). Hb. Kew. 
11. Iresine latifolia, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 42. 
Alternanthera latifolia, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xii. 2, p. 351. 
Gomphrena latifolia, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. (reprint, p. 9). 
Nort Mexico, Monterey, Nuevo Leon (Palmer), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 
8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 792); Zacoalco, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 196, 1413), 
Yotla (Andrieux, 123). Hb. Kew. 
12. Lresine, sp. 
GuaTEeMALA, Duefias (Fraser), without locality (Friedrichsthal). Hb. Kew. 
20. DICRAURUS. 
Dicraurus, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 42. 
A shrubby monotype. 
1. Dicraurus leptocladus, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 43. 
Texas.—NortH Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & 
Palmer, 790). Hb. Kew. 
Order CIX. CHENOPODIACEA. 
Chenopodiacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 43. 
This Order is composed of herbs and small shrubs, the greater number inhabiting 
sea-shores, salt marshes, and stony deserts, whilst others are almost ubiquitous weeds 
of cultivation. Upwards of 500 species are known; and these are referred to eighty 
genera. : 
1. CHENOPODIUM. 
Chenopodium, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 309; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 51. 
A genus of about fifty herbaceous species, generally diffused in temperate regions, 
_ rarer in the tropics. Several of them are exceedingly common weeds of cultivation. 
