POLY«ONACE>e PETIVERIACE.E SCLERA NTH ACF.^.. 327 



fr. C. S. © Africa. Cultivated in gardens all over Asia for culinary and 

 medicinal purposes. 



5. Acetosa, L. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 461 ;—E. B. 2, t. 127 ; — Roxb. H. B. 

 p. 26.) Common Sorrel. %. Europe. Has not fl. here. 



6. Acetosella, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 461 ;— B. B. 24, t. 1674 i—Roxb. 

 H. B.p. 26.) '^. Europe. Fl. small, red, Feb. and March, but seldom ; 

 fr. 0, 



Emkx, Neck. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 162; — Endt. gen. pi. \,p. 308.) 



l.spinosus, Campd. (Spreng. I. c — Rumex spinosus, L.) © Portugal- 

 Sicily. Greece. N. Africa. Fl. small, greenish, Feb. and March ; fr. 

 April. 



* Fagopyrum emarginatum, Meisn. (Polygonum emarginatum, Roth ; B. 

 Reg. 13, t. 1065.) Nepal. — Coccoloba longifoUa, L. b W. Indies. — C. 

 tenuifolia, L. b Jamaica. — C. diversifolia, Jacq. ; Hook exot. fl. t. 

 102. b St. Domingo. — C. punctata, L. b W. Indies. — C. nivea, Jacq. 

 b Jamaica. — Triplaris americana, L. b S. America. — Podopterus 

 mexicanus, H. and B. B Mexico. 



ORDER CLV.— PETIVERIACEtE. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 212. 



Herbs or undershrubs, of 2-3 genera and as many species, natives of 

 S. America and the W. Indies. Seguiera asiatica, Lour, most likely does 

 not belong to the order. Properties unknown. 

 Petiveria, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 164, No. 1402.) 



l.alliacea, L. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 168.) B Jamaica. Yields a strong 

 smell of garlic. Introduced into H. C. G. before 1814. Fl. ? 



* Seguiera americana, L. S. America. 



ORDER CLVL— SCLERANTHACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 213. 



Small herbs, referred to 3 genera containing 8 species : 4 from N, Holland 

 and the South Sea Islands ; 3 from Europe ; and 1 from S. America. They 

 are of no known use. 

 ScLERANTHUs, L. (DC. pr. 3, p. 378.) 



1. annuus, L. {DC. I. c. ; — E. B. 5, t. 351.) © Europe. Levant. N. Ame- 

 rica. Fl. small, pale green, Feb. and March. 



* Guilleminea illecebr aides, H. B. and Kth. '^. Quito, 



