ACANTHACEAE. 433 



Cultivated. 

 Tropical Asia. 



LEPIDAQATHIS Willd. 



Lepidagathis alopecuroidea (Vahl) R. Br. ex Griseb. Flora Br. West. 

 Ind. Isl. 453. 

 Rnellia alopecuroidea Vahl. Eclog. II. p. 49. 

 Gonini River; Versteeg 214 (fl. Sept.*. 



Lower Surinam River, near plant. Jagtlust: Focke 826 (fl. Aug.). 

 Paramaribo: Kegel 373 (fl. July). 

 Near Santigron: Went 195 (fl. Aug.). 



Lower Saramacca River, near plant. Frederici's gift: Went 248 (fl. Aug.). 

 Surinam River: Hostmann 874; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—162; 



Dr. VoLTZ without number. 

 Tropical South-America. 



Lepidagathis catharactae (Nees) Lindau mss. in Herb. Berol. 



Marowyne River: Kappler (coll. 1861) H. L. B 903, 322 — 522; near 

 Arminafalls : Went 459 (fl. Oct.). 



Tapanahoni River: Versteeg 757 (fl. Aug.). 



Coppename River: Boon 1034, 1095 and HI4 (fl. Aug. -Sept.). 



Upper Nickerie River, near Blanche-Marie falls: Tulleken 336 H. L. B. 

 903, 322—1066 (fl. Sept.); Tullkken 338 H. L. B. 903, 322—1068 

 (fl. Sept.) and Tulleken 358 H. L. B. 903, 322 — H13 (fl. Sept.). 



Amazon district. 



APHELANDRA R.Br. 



Aphelandra pulcherrima H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. IL 236. 



Upper Nickerie River, near Blanche Marie falls : Tulleken 326 H. L. B. 

 903, 322 — 1058 and Tulleken 354 H. L. B. 903, 322— 1042 (fl. Sept.). 

 Columbia, Venezuela, British Guyana. 



Aphelandra sciophila Mart, ex Nees, Flora Bras. IX. p. 91. 



Marowyne River, near Arminafalls: Versteeg 574 (fl. July). 



Near Santigron: Went 192 (fl. Aug.) 



Surinam River, near Cassepoerakreek : Tulleken 157 H. L. B. 903, 



322 — 1396 (fl. Aug.) 

 Northern Brazil. 



Aphelandra pectinata Nees in Prodr. XI. p. 297. 

 Paramaribo, near Beekhuizen: Kegel 56 (fl. July) 

 Para district near Onoribo : Splitgerber 631 H. L. B. 897, 274—224 



(fl. March); near plant, la Rencontre: Focke 772 (fl. Apr.). 

 Lower Saramacca River, near Groningen: Went 229 (fl Aug.). 

 Surinam: Hostmann 539; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—231. 

 Tropical America. 



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