1 66 AMAKANTHACEAE . 



Paramaribo; near plant. Quarta: Kegel 180 (fl. July); near Kwatta- 



weg: Tulleken 62 H. L. B. 903, 322—1341. (fl. July). 

 Saramacca River, near Groningen: Went 171 (fl. Aug.) 

 Tropical and sub-tropical South-America. 



Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Qriseb. 



Buchholzia philoxeroides Mart. Beitr. Amar. 107 n. 5. 

 Paramaribo: near Beekhuizen: Kegel 146 (fl. July). 

 Surinam: Hostmann H.L.B. 903, 322—175. 

 Tropical and sub-tropical America. 



GOMPHRENA Linn. 



Gomphrena globosa Linn. Spec. pi. 326. 

 Paramaribo: Kegel 966 (fl. Aug,) 



Upper Saramacca River: Pulle 454 (fl. Febr.) * 



All tropical countries. 



IRESINE Linn. 



Iresine vermicularis (L.) Moq. Prodr. XIII. 2 p. 340. 

 Gomphrena vermicularis L. Spec, plant, ed. I. 224. 

 Paramaribo: Splitgerber 471 H.L.B. 897, 298 — 2 (fl. Jan.) 

 Near Matappica: Focke 268 (fl. Dec.) 

 Nickerie: Tulleken 291 H.L.B. 903, 322—1596 (fl. Aug.) 

 Tropical America and Africa. 



Iresine surinamensis (Miq.) Moq. Prodr. XIII. 2 p. 329. 

 Philoxerus surinamensis Miq. in Plant. Kappler. surin. ed. Hohenacker 

 n. 1591. 

 Paramaribo: Kappler 1591. 



