AMARANTACEAE. 165 



CYATHULA Lour. 



Cyathula achyranthoides (H B. K) Moq. Prodr. XIII. 2 p. 326 



Lawa River, near Cottica: Versteeg 271 (fl. Octob.) 



Paramaribo, near Tourtonne : Kegel 346 (fl. July) ; near Beekhuizen : 



Splitgerber 224 H. L. B. S97, 298 — 220 (fl. Dec.) 

 Para district, near Onoribo : Focke 869 (ft. March). 

 Surinam: Hostmann and Kappler 476; Hostmann H. L B 903, 



322—161. 

 Tropical South-America and Africa. 



ACHYRANTHES Linn. 



Achyranthes aspera L. Spec, plant. 295. 



Paramaribo: Tulleken 20 H. L. B. 903, 322 — 1493 (fl. July). 

 All tropical countries. 



PFAFFIA Mart. 



Pfaffia paniculata (Mart.) O. Ktze Revis. Gen. pi. II. 453. 

 Hebanthe paniculata Mart. Nov. Gen. II. 43. t. 140. 



Marowyne River: Kappler (ed. Hohenacker) 1911 (fl. Aug.) 

 Lawa River, near Cottica: Versteeg 284 (fl. Octob.) 

 Surinam: Kappler H. L. B. 903, 322—412. 

 Tropical South-America. 



ALTERNANTHERA Forsk. 



Altenianthera sessilis (L.) R. 3r. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. I. 417. 

 Gomphrena sessilis Linn. Spec pi. Ed. II. 30. 

 Paramaribo: Kegel 1250 (fl. Febr.) 



Nickerie: Tulleken 302 H. L. B. 903, 322 — 1219 (fl. Aug.) 

 Surinam: Weigelt H. L. B. 897, 298—131, named Alternanthera 



ficoides R. Br. 

 Vernacular name: ,,'Weti hede". 

 Cosmopolitan. 



Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Rom. et Schult. Syst. V. p. 555. 

 Gomphrena ficoidea Linn. Spec. pi. ed. II. 308. 

 Marowyne River: Kappler ed. Hohenacker 1980 (fl. Aug.i 

 Paramaribo: Splitgerber 24 H. L. B. 897, 298-140 (fl. Nov.); Focke 



166 H. L. B. 897, 298-139 (fl. Octob.) 

 Surinam: Hostmann H. L. B. 322—205. 

 Tropical America. 



Alternanthera polygonoides (L.) R. Br. Prodr Fl. Nov. Holl. I. 416. 

 Gomphrena polygonoides L. Spec. pi. Ed. I. 225. 



