URTICACEA, (148 
c- £. houstoni, Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii. p. 259; Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 176 
(species) ; Bot. Mag. t. 2017. 
South Mexico, Vera Cruz (Houston ; [debmann), Teapa, Tabascc and Consoquitla 
(Linden, 38, 63), Cordillera of Vera Cruz at 2500 to 3000 feet (Galeotti, 291). Hb. 
Kew. 
y. maculata, Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii. p. 260. 
Soutn Mexico, Mirador ( Ghiesbreght). 
c~ 2. Dorstenia drakena, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 17 6; DC. Prodr. xvii. p. 260. 
Dorstenia mexicana, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 51. 
Souty. Mexico, Morelia (Hartweg), without locality (Parkinson) ; Nicaragua, neigh- 
bourhood of Granada (Lévy).—Prrv. Hb. Kew. 
3. Dorstenia excentrica, Moric. Pl. Nouv. d’Am. p. 92, t. 59; DC. Prodr. 
xvii. p. 263. — 
Sourn Mexico, Tampico (Berlandier), Tantoyuca, Huasteca (Ervendberg). 
4. Dorstenia lindeniana, Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii. p. 269. 
SoutH Mexico, Teapa, Tabasco (Linden, 64). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe V. ARTOCARPER. 
Artocarpee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 346. . 
Trees or shrubs. Twenty-two genera, numbering about 710 species, generally — 
diffused in tropical regions, a very few occurring in temperate regions. 
8. FICUS. 
Ficus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1168; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 367. 
This genus comprises upwards of 600 species, spread over all tropical countries, but 
most abundant in the Malayan Archipelago. A very few extend into temperate regions 
in Japan, South Africa, and in the countries bordering the Mediterranean. In America 
the genus is not represented north of Mexico, and barely south of the tropic of 
Capricorn. 
1. Ficus anthelmintica, Mart. Syst. Mat. Med. Bras. p. 88. 
Pharmacosycea anthelmintica, Mig. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. p. 66, in Seem. Bot. }. Voy. 
‘ Herald,’ p. 195, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. iv. 1, t. 25. fig. 2. 
Ficus glabrata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 47. 
Panama (Seemann).—CoLomBia; BRaziu. 
2. Ficus arbutifolia, Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. ii. p. 450; Kth. et Bouché, 
Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1846, p. 19; Miq. in Versl. en Mededeel. Kon. Akad. Amst. 
xiii. p. 412, et in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 298. n. 63. 
SoutH Mexico, Papantla (Schiede & Deppe). 
