AMARANTACEAE. 165 



CYATHULA Lour. 



Cyathula achyranthoides (H. B. K.) Moq. Prodr. XIII. 2 p. 326. 

 Lawa River, near Cottica: Versteeg 271 (fl. Octob.) 

 Paramaribo, near Tourtonne: Kegel 346 (fl. July); near Beekhuizen: 



Splitgerber 224 H. L, B. 897, 298—220 (fl. Dec.) 

 Para district, near Onoribo : Focke 869 (fl. March). 

 Surinam: Hostmann and Kappler 476; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 



322—161. 

 Tropical South-America and Africa. 



ACHYRANTHES Linn. 



Achyranthes aspera L. Spec, plant. 295. 



Paramaribo: Tulleken 20 H. L. B. 903, 322—1493 (fl. July). 

 All tropical countries. 



PFAFPIA Mart. 



Pfaffia paniculata (Mart.) O. Ktze Revis. Gen. pi. II. 453. 

 Hebanthe paniculata Mart. Nov. Gen. II. 43. t. 140. 



Marowyne River: Kappler (ed. Hohenacker) 191 1 (fl. Aug.) 

 Lawa River, near Cottica: Versteeg 284 (fl. Octob.) 

 Surinam : Kappler H. L. B. 903, 322—412. 

 Tropical South-America. 



ALTERNANTHERA Forsk. . 



Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. I. 417. 

 Gomphrena sessilis Linn. Spec. pi. Ed. II. 30. 

 Paramaribo: Kegel 1250 (fl. Febr.) 



Nickerie: Tulleken 302 H. L. B. 903, 322—1219 (fl. Aug.) 

 Surinam: Weigelt H. L. B. 897, 298—131, named Alternanthera 



ficoides R. Br. 

 Vernacular name: „Weti hede". 

 Cosmopolitan. 



Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Rom. et Schult. Syst. V. p. 555. 

 Gomphrena ficoidea Linn. Spec. pi. ed. II. 308. 

 Marowyne River: Kappler ed. Hohenacker 1980 (fl. Aug.) 

 Paramaribo: Splitgerber 24 H. L. B. 897, 298-140 (fl. Nov.); Focke 



166 H. L. B. 897, 298 — 139 (fl. Octob.) 

 Surinam: Hostmann H. L. B. 322—205. 

 Tropical America. 



Alternanthera polygonoides (L.) R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. I. 416. 

 Gomphrena polygonoides L. Spec. pi. Ed. I. 225. 



