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_. A genus peculiar to America, comprising some sixty species, ranging from Mexico to 
Peru, but most numerous in Mexico and Central America. 
- - 1, Chameedorea affinis, Liebm. in Mart. Nat. Hist. Palm. iii. p. 308; Walp. 
Ann. iii. p. 457. 
Chamedorea (Chamedoropsis) affinis, Girst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1858, p. 17. 
Souta Mexico, Chinantla (Liebmann), Monte de Tepitonga and Tonaguia, Comaltepec 
(Jurgensen, 535). Hb. Kew. 
_ 2, Chamedorea (Stephanostachys) alternans, Wendl. in Regel’s Garten- 
flora, 1880, p. 104. 
~ Sourw Mexico, Chiapas, imported and cultivated by Mr. Linden of Ghent. 
3. Chameedorea arenbergiana, Wendl. fide CErsted in Vidensk. Meddel. 1858, 
-p. 30, et Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 911. 
Spathoscaphe arenbergiana, Girst. 1. c., et L’ Amérique Centrale, p. 15, t. 7. figg. 29-37. 
CENTRAL AMERICA. Cultivated specimens only in the Kew Herbarium. 
4, Chameedorea (Euchamedorea?) bifurcata, Qirst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 
1858, p. 13. 
~ Costa Rica, Aguacate (@rsted). 
5. Chameedorea (Chameedorella) brachyclada, Wendl. in Regel’s Garten- 
flora, 1880, p. 101. 
Panama, Chiriqui (Zahn). 
6. Chamedorea (Euchamedorea) bracteata, Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1859, 
p- 29. 
Centra, AMERICA? Cultivated in European gardens, and believed to be one of 
Warscewicz’s introductions. 
7. Chameedorea (Stephanostachys) casperiana, Klotsch in Otto & Dietr. 
Allg. Gart. Zeit. 1852, xx. p. 363. 
Stephanostachys casperiana, rst. L’ Amérique Centrale, p. 14, t. 7. figg. 1-11. 
GuatemaLa (Warscewicz). Cultivated specimens in the Kew Herbarium. 
Described from a plant that flowered in the garden of Dr. Casper at Berlin. 
8. Chamzdorea (Stachyophorbe) cataractarum, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm, iii. 
" p. 309; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. p. 910. 
Stachyophorbe cataractarum, Liebm. in Overs. K. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. 1846, p. 8; Cirst. in 
Vidensk. Meddel. 1858, p. 9. 
Sout Mexico, cataracts of Chinantla at 1200 to 1500 feet (Liebmann) ; San Pedro 
Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen). Hb. Kew. 
9, Chamezdorea (Chamzdoropsis) costaricana, Gérst. in Vidensk. Medel. 
1858, p. 19. 
Costa Rica, in ‘the woods at Turrialva (Ersted). 
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