28 CHENOPODIACEZ. 
1. Anredera scandens, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 230. 
Anredera spicata, Pers. Ench. 1. p. 297. 
Anredera vesiculosa, Poir. Dict. Suppl. i. p. 391. 
Basella vesicaria, Lam. Ill. Pl. t. 215. f. 1. 
Anredera vesicaria, Gertn. f. Fruct. t. 213. 
Polygonum scandens, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 522. 
Trexas.—Mexico, Tula (Berlandier); Panama (Seemann).—Southward to Peru and 
in the West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
Order CX. PHYTOLACCACE. 
Phytolaccacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 78. 
Trees, shrubs, or herbs that are usually woody at the base. There are about sixty 
species known, belonging to nineteen genera; and they are mostly natives of tropical 
and subtropical regions. A few inhabit temperate regions ; but the order is unrepre- 
sented in colder climates. 
1. RIVINA. 
Rivina, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 162 (Rivinia); Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 80. 
Herbaceous plants. An American genus of one or two, or, according to some 
authors, five species. We should regard all the forms as variations of one species. 
1. Rivina humilis, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 177; DC. Prody. xiii. 2, p. 13; Bot. Mag. 
t. 1781. 
Rivina levis, Linn. Mant. p. 41; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 11; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 59; Bot. 
Mag. t. 23383. | | 
Rivina orientalis, Moq. in DC. Prodr. xii. 2, p. 12. 
Rivina brasiliensis, Nocca in Usteri Ann. vi. p. 63. 
Rivina purpurascens, Schrad. Gen. Pl. Ill. p. 17, t. 5. 
Rivina lanceolata, Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. Suppl. p. 8. 
Rivina glabrata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. u. p. 184. 
Rivina mexicana, Mog. et Sessé in DC. Prodr. xiii, 2, p.14; DC. Calg. des Dess. Pl. Fl. Mex. . 
1095. . 
An exceedingly common plant in Tropical and Subtropical America, including 
Muxico and Cenrran America. Also naturalized in many parts of the Old World. 
Hb. Kew. 
2. VILLAMILLA. 
Villamilla, Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. et Chil. Ic. ined. t. 402; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 81. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus of four or five half-shrubby species. 
