59 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
a few representatives in Mexico, Central America, and the Antilles. 
Besides 15 species of Cephaelis, there are here two peculiar genera of 
the group, Carapichea and Patabea. Besides, Coffea, Faramea, Psy- 
chotria and Palicourea abound in number of species. Peculiar genera 
are: Rudgea, Malanea, Octavia, Cordiera, Patima, Ladenbergia, Endo- 
lithodes, and Commianthus. 
On the eastern slope of the Andes, between 19° S. and 10° N., 
the moist mountain regions between 4800 and 7200 feet, Cine 
cee form the grand characteristic of the forests; but beyond those 
limits they occur only sparingly, according to Weddel’s recent re- 
searches*, and they fail altogether in other parts of tropical America. 
Borreria prevails greatly in the Galapagos, inasmuch as one-half of 
all their Rudiacee (16) belong to that genus. In the low dry region 
from the sea to 1000 feet, its species form, with Euphorbiacee, the lead- 
ing character of those islandst. 
In the flora of Brazil, Decliewrie are the most characteristic of the 
family; there being about 50 species, while the genus is almost en- 
tirely wanting in other countries. Also the Cephaelidee, of which there 
are two peculiar genera, Salzmannia and Sutera; Cephaelis Ipecacuanha 
is one of the commonest plants, especially in the province of Mato 
Grosso, 30,000 lbs. of this important medicinal root being gathered 
annualljf. There are a great number of species of Coccocypselum, 
Augustea and Borreria, and peculiar to this place are Triodon, Staelia, 
Alseis, Psyllocarpus, Schreibersia, Scepseothamnus, Gardeniola, Thieleo- 
doxa, Anisomeris, Emmeorrhiza, Himatanthus, etc. 
, 
FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS: an Enumeration of the Plants collected 
in the Island of Hong-Kong, by Major J. G. Champion, 95th Reg., 
the determinations revised and the new species described by GEORGE 
BENTHAM, Esa. 
(Continued from vol. iv. p. 335.) 
ASCLEPIADER, 
d Toxocarpus Wightianus, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 200. 
Hedges near West Point. 
phie du genre Cinchona. 
$ ; D. Hooker, 1. c. 
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