66 PIPERACEA. 
Sout Mexico, Real del Monte and Zimapan (Coulter, 1398, 1399), Pedregal and Santa 
Fé, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 418, 631), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 1063).— 
CoLomBIA to Bottvia. Hb. Kew. 
Order CXVII. CHLORANTHACE. 
Chloranthacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 133. 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Three genera comprising about twenty-five species, which | 
inhabit Tropical America, Tropical and Eastern Asia, the Pacific Islands, and New 
Zealand. 
1. HEDYOSMUM. 
_ Hedyosmum, Sw. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Oce. p. 84, et Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 957, t. 18; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
Plant. in. p. 133. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus of trees and tall shrubs. Twenty-three 
species are enumerated ; but Bentham and Hooker estimate that they should be reduced 
to about sixteen. 
1. Hedyosmum artocarpus, Solms-Laub. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 485. 
SourH Mexico, Jalapa (Hahn), Orizaba (Botteri, 828). Hb. Kew. 
2. Hedyosmum calloso-serratum, CErst. in Naturh. Foren, Vidensk. Meddel. 
1856 (reprint, p. 11); DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 482. 7 
Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu at 9000 feet (Grsted). 
3. Hedyosmum mexicanum, Cordem. in Adansonia, iii. p. 307; DC. Prodr, 
xvi. 1, p. 485. 
Souta Mexico, Vera Cruz at 3000 feet (Galeotti). 
Order CXVIII. MYRISTICACE. 
Myristicacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 185. 
Limited to a single genus of about eighty arboreous species, the greater part 
inhabiting Tropical Asia and America; very few are native of Tropical Africa, one of 
Madagascar, and one of Australia. 
1. MYRISTICA. 
Myristica, Linn. Gen. Plant. ed. 2; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 136. 
‘1. Myristica guatemalensis, Hemsley, n. sp. (Tab. LXXIV. fige. 5 et 6.) 
Cito glabrescens, foliis lanceolato-oblongis, nervis utrinque usque ad 30, semine oblongo pollicari, 
strato teste externo crustaceo nitido. 
