HYDROPHYLLACEAE. 



HYDROLEA Linn, 



Hydrolea spinosa Linn. Spec, plant. 328. 



Lawa River, near Cottica: Versteeg 273 (fl. Octob.). 



Litanie River: Versteeg 436 (fl. Dec). 



Paramaribo: Tulleken 44 H. L. B. 903, 322—1305 (fl. July); near 



Kwattaweg: Went 296 (fl. Aug.); Kegel 175 (fl. July) ; Splitgerber 



106 (fl. Febr. ) 

 Para district, near Post Republiek : Tulleken 233 H. L. B. 903, 



322--1154 (fl. Aug.). 

 Vernacular name : >Swietie watra kraroen" (Versteeg). 

 Tropical America. 



Hydrolea ovata Nutt. in Trans. Am. Ph Soc V. 196. 



Surinam: Hostmann 450 ex Bennett Flora Bras. VII p. 391. 



