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1. Villamilla octandra, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 81. 
Rivina octandra, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 177; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 11. 
Rivina scandens, Mill. Dict. n. 2. 
Sourn Mxxico, Yucatan and Tabasco (Johnson, 62) ; Panama, Barbacoas (S. Hayes). 
—Common in the West Inpizs and the north part of Sourn America. Hb. Kew. 
; 3. PETIVERIA. | 
Petiveria, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 459; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 82. 
An herbaceous monotype, endemic in America. 
1. Petiveria alliacea, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 486; DC. Prodr. xili. 2, p. 9; Griseb. 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 59; Desc. Fl. Antill. v. t. 374. 
Petiveria ochroleuca, Mogq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 9, et spp. auctor. alior. 
Fioripa.—Sovute Mexico, Cordillera of Oaxaca (Galeotti, 7150), Yucatan (Linden, 
95; Johnson, 98); Nicaracua, Realejo (Sinclair)—Common in eastern 8. AMERICA, 
southward to Rio Grande do Sul, and in the Wrst Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
| 4, MICROTEA. 
Microtea, Sw. Prodr. 53, et Fl. Ind. Occ. i. p. 542, t. 12; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 82. 
An exclusively American genus of six or seven annual species. 
1. Microtea debilis, Sw. Prodr. p. 53, et Fl. Ind. Occ. i. p. 543, t. 12; DC. 
Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 17; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 59. 
Guaremata, Yzabal (Bernoulli, 877); Nicaragua, Omotepé (Lévy, 271); PANAMA, 
Chagres (Fendler, 109), without locality (Seemann, 323 ; S. Hayes, 196).—And common 
in the West Inp1ss and tropical Soura America. “Hb. Kew. 
5, PHYTOLACCA. 
Phytolacca, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 588; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 84. 
Shrubs, herbs, or rarely trees. About ten species, mostly inhabiting Tropical and 
Subtropical America; a few inhabit Eastern Asia, the Himalaya mountains, Asia Minor, 
and Africa. A specimen collected by Parry and Palmer in the State of San Luis 
Potosi may belong to P. decandra, Linn. 
1. Phytolacca icosandra, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 631; DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 33; 
Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 58; Bot. Mag. t. 2633. 
Phytolacca purpurascens, A. Br. et Bouché in Linnea, xxv. p. 297? 
Phytolacca mexicana, Gertn. Fruct. i. p.377 ; Lam. Ill. Pl. t. 398 ; Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 3, p. 571; 
DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 34. 
Soutn Mexico, Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 366) ; GuATEMALA, Cuesta de Atitlan (Bernoulli, 
623); Nicaragua, Chontales (Seemann, 142; Tate, 387, 388). —Southward to PERU 
and Brazit, and in the West Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
