KRAMERIACE^ VOCHYACE^ — ELATINACEiE. 99 



Its root is sold in Europe under the name of Ratanhia, and is one of the 

 substances which, in conjunction with gum Kino, is used for adulterating 

 port wine in England." (Lindl.) 



* Krameria ixina, L. ^ Cumana, St. Domingo. — K. paucijlora, M09 

 and Sesse. % Mexico. — K. triandra, Ruiz and Pav, ^ Peru. 



ORDER LXII.-VOCHYACE^,— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 87. 



Trees, of 8 genera, and 37 species, all " natives of equinoctial Ameri- 

 ca, where they inhabit ancient forests, by the banks of streams, sometimes 

 rising up mountains to a considerable elevation. They are often trees with 

 large spreading heads. — Properties unknown." (Lindl.) 



* Callisthene major. Mart, b Plains of Brazil. — Amphilochia cordata, 

 Mart, b Brazil. — Vochya guianensis, Aubl. B Guiana. — V. emar- 

 ginata, Vand. b Brazil. — V. tetraphylla, Lindl. b Guiana. — Qualea 

 rosea, Aubl. B Guiana. — Q. ccerulea, Aubl. B Guiana. — Erisma flori- 

 bundum, Rudg. b Guiana. — E. violaceum, Mart. B Brazil. 



ORDER LXIII.—ELATINACE^,— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 88. 



THE WATER-PEPPER TRIBE. 



Marshy annuals, of 4, or perhaps 5 genera, containing 10 species : 4 

 European ; 1 S. American ; 1 common to several parts of the world ; 1 S. 

 African ; and 4 Indian. Of the latter, all, with one Nepal exception, are 

 natives of most parts of tropical India and Java ; 2 belong to Elatine ; 2 to 

 Bergia ; and 1 to Anisadenia. Properties unknown. 

 Bergia, L. (DC.pr. 1, p. 390.) 



1. verticillata, Willd. {DC. I. c. ; — Roxb. fl.ind. 2, p. 456. — B. aquati- 

 ca, Roxh. Corom. 2, t. 142. — B. capensis, L. — Elatine verticillata, W. 

 and A. pr. 1, |). 41 ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 12. — E. luxurians, 

 Delile ;~Rheed, 9, t. 78.) ^t«fr^^?tt?1 Lal-Keshooreeya. © Banks of 

 rivers and rice-fields all over India, (Serampore.) Egypt. Fl. very 

 small, white, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



2. ammannoides. Roxb. (fl. ind. 2, p. 457 ; — DC. pr. 1, p. 390. — B. 

 pentandra, Camb. — Elatine ammannoides, W. and A. pr. 1, p. 41 ; — 

 Wight ill. \,t. 25 A. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 12.— Lechea verticil, 

 lata, Willd.; — DC. pr. \, p. 28G,) © Banks of rivers and rice-fields 

 all over India, (Serampore.) Fl. very small, rose-coloured, R. S. ; 

 fr. C. S. 



