114 ARISTOLOCHIACE^ AM ARANl ACE^E. 



natives squeeze the juice of this plant into wounds to kill worms. 

 {Dr. Gibson.) 

 9. Clematitis, L. {spec. 2, p. 1364.— E. B. 6, t. 368.) /-> Europe. Fl. 



July 1841. 

 lO.fatens, Lindl. {B. Reg. 1\,t. 1824.) r^ W, Indies. 

 1 1 , brasiliensis. Mart, ^-s Brazil. 

 Trichopus, Giirtn. {Trichopodium, Lindl. — Endl. gen. p. 345, No. 2165.) 

 ? \. piperif alius, Wall, r^ Khassya Hills. 



A. gigantea. Mart. 5 /^ Brazil. — ^. cordiflora, Humb. ^ /^ S. Ame- 

 rica. — A. hastata, Kth. ^ ^> Cuba. — /4. rumicifolia, Mart, S /^ 

 Brazil. — A./cetida, Kth. B -^ Mexico. — A. cynanchifolia. Mart. B /^ 

 Brazil. — ^. galeata. Mart. 3 -^ Brazil. — A. trilobata, L. ; B. Reg. 

 17, t. 1399. B ^ W. Indies, — A. caudata. Booth. S /-^ B. Reg. 17. 

 t. 1453. Brazil. — Bragantia Wallichii, R. Br. Rheed. 6, t. 28. 3 

 S. Concan. — Heterotropa asaro'ides, Morr. and Decaisne, ^. Japan. 



ORDER CL.— AMARANTACE^v, R. Br.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 207. 



THE AMARANT-TRIBE. 



Herbs or shrubs, sometimes climbing, by Lindl. excluding Cyathula and 

 Leiospermum, referred to about 40 genera. Of these Spreng. syst. enume- 

 rates about 100 species for S. America, Mexico, and the W. Indies; 29 for 

 N. Holland and Van Diemen's Land; 10 for N. America; 5 for Europe ; 4 

 for Arabia ; 2 for China and Japan ; 1 for Middle Asia ; 1 for Iberia ; 1 for 

 Tauria ; 1 for E. Africa ; 1 for Madagascar ; 1 for the Mascarenhas 

 Islands ; and 1 for Guinea. In S. Africa, including Blepharolepis, Nees, 

 have been discovered 1 1 species, {Harvey) ; and in the E. Indies, according 

 to Martius, Roxb. flor. and Wall. Cat., about 70 ; viz. 2 of Digera ; 3 of 

 Deeringia ; 3 of AUmannia ; 20 of Amarantus ; 5 of JSrua ; } 1 of Poli/- 

 chroa, (Lour.) ; 8 of Celosia ; 1 of Cladostachys ; 2 of Gomphrena ; 2 of 

 Allernanthera ; 2 of Psilotrichum ; 2 of Cenlrostachys ; 8 of Achyranthcs ; 

 8 of DesmochcEta ; 1 of Pupalia ; and 2 of Polyscalis. Properties under 

 the species. 



Digera, Forsk. {Spreng. syst. 1, j9. 519, No. 874 ; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 

 303.) 

 1. muricata, Mart. (Desmochaeta alternifolia, DC. — Cladostachys alterni- 

 folia, Swt. — Achyranthes alternifolia, L. ; — Hb. Banks; — Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 1, /;. 674 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 500. Achyranthes muricata, Lam.; 

 not L.) 91^ Sl^fs Luta-muhoori. © Both Peninsulas of India. Ben- 

 gal, (Serampore.) Fl. small, red, R. S. ; fr. C. S. Leaves and ten- 

 der tops used by the natives in their curries. {Roxb.) 



