Gomphrena — Philoxerus. 223 



Heller n. 349, Sintenis n. 303, 2422, 4504, 5844, 5865, 6412. 

 Bahama (ex Hitchc), Cuba, Pinos, Jamaica, Cayman (ex Hitchc.), Hispa- 

 uiola, Saba, St.Eustache, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy (mus. Holm.), St. Kitts, 

 Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, Tri- 

 nidad, Amer. cont. a civil, unitis austral. usque ad Argentinam. 



21. I. argentata (Mart.) D. Dietr. Syn. I (1839) p. 870. — Tromms- 

 dorffia argentata Mart.! Nov. Gen. II (1826) p. 41. — Alternantkera 

 argentata Moq. in DG Prodr. XIII. II (1849) p. 352; Bello Ap. II 

 p. 106 n. 679; Krag Ic. tab. 204. — Ircsine anratet Griseb. Flor. (1859) 

 p. 65 (non D. Dietr.). — Achyranthes nodosa Bertero Msc. ap. Mart. 1. c. 

 — Gomphrena Berteriana Balb.! Msc. ap. Griseb. 1. c. p. 707. 



Prope Bayamon in montibus calcareis et in sepibus, prope Utuado 

 in praeruptis ad Los Angeles, prope Lares in sylvis montanis ad Sunii- 

 dero, prope Jayuya in fruticetis, prope San German in declivibus um- 

 brosis ad Lajas arriba, prope Guanica in sylva inter Barinas et La. 

 Boca parietes petrosos investiens, prope Aguadilla in rupibus litoralibus: 

 Bertero, Heller n. 4522, 4524, Sintenis n. 1027, 3889, 3965, 6213, 

 6276, 6342, Stahl n. 275, 1147. — Trinidad (ex Gr.), Nicaragua (hb. 

 Gr.), Nova Granata, Peru (anne e Portorico?). 



Obs. I. Herbstii Hook, in Gard. Chron. Jul. 18G4 p. G54; Bot. Mag. 

 tab. 5499 ! (Achyranthes? Versehaffeltii Lemaire Illustr. Hort. Aug. 1 864 tab. 409) 

 in hortis colitur, e. gr. prope Maricao: Sintenis n. 241. 



VIII. Philoxerus R. Br. 



22. Ph. yermieularis (L.) R. Br. Prodr. I (1810) p. 410; Griseb. 

 Flor. p. 65; Bello! Ap. II p. 107 n. 685; Krug Ic. tab. 202. — Gomphrena 

 vermicularis L. Spcc. I ed. I (1753) p. 224. — Illecebrum vermiculatum L. 

 Spcc. II ed. I (1762) p. 300. — Iresine vermicularis Moq. in DC. Prodr. 

 XIII. II (1849) p. 340; Seub. in Mart. Flor. bras. V. I p. 225. -- Litho- 

 phila vermiculata Uline in Field Col. Mus. Bot. II (1900) p. 39. — Lirio. 



In litoralibus prope Bayamon, prope Guanica, prope Cabo rojo ad 

 Salinas et ad Puerto-real, prope Mayagüez, prope Manati: Krug n. 970, 

 Sintenis n. 443, 443 b , 443 c , 3523,6729, Stahl n. 985. — Florida austr., 

 Key ins., Bahama, Cuba, Jamaica (ex Gr.), Cayman , Hispaniola, St. Thomas, 

 St. Croix, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy (mus. Holm.), Guadeloupe, Desirade, 

 Saintes (ex Duss), Marie-Galante (it.), Martinique, St. Vincent (ex Kew 

 Bull, n.81 p. 271), Bequia (it.), Mustique (it.), Union, Grenada, Barbados, 

 Tobago, Trinidad, Margarita, Curacao, Amer. cont. trop., Africa oeeid. 



Obs. Lithophila museoides Sw. e Bahama, Cuba, Navaza, St. Martin, 

 St. Barthelemy (mus. Holm.), Saba, St. Eustache, St. Kitts, Antigua, Guade- 

 loupe, Desirade, Martinique, Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba cognita fortasse in 



Portorico invenietur. 



