ACANTHACEAE. 



433 



Cultivated. 

 Tropical Asia. 



LEPIDAGATHIS Willd. 



Lepidagathis alopecuroidea (Vahl) R. Br. ex Griseb. Flora Br. West. 

 Ind. Isl. 453. 

 Ruellia alopecuroidea Vahl. Eclog. II. p. 49. 

 Gonini River: Versteeg 214 (fl. Sept.). 



Lower Surinam River, near plant. Jagtlust: Focke 826 (fl. Aug.). 

 Paramaribo: Kegel 373 (fl. July). 

 Near Santigron: Went 195 (fl. Aug.). 



Lower Saramacca River, near plant. Frederici's gift : Went 248 (fl. Aug.). 

 Surinam River: Hostmann 874; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—162; 



Dr. Voltz without number. 

 Tropical South-America. 



Lepidagathis catharactae (Nees) Lindau mss. in Herb. Berol. 



Marowyne River: Kappler (coll. 1861) H. L. B. 903, 322 — 522; near 

 Arminafalls: Went 459 (fl. Oct.). 



Tapanahoni River: Versteeg 757 (fl. Aug.). 



Coppename River: Boon 1034, 1095 and n 14 (fl. Aug.-Sept.). 



Upper Nickerie River, near Blanche-Marie falls : Tulleken 3 36 H. L. B. 

 903, 322—1066 (fl. Sept.); Tulleken 338 H. L. B. 903, 322—1068 

 (fl. Sept.) and Tulleken 358 H. L. B. 903, 322—1113 (fl. Sept.). 



Amazon district. 



APHELANDRA R.Br. 



Aphelandra pulcherrima H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. II. 236. 



Upper Nickerie River, near Blanche Marie falls: Tulleken 326 H. L. B. 

 903, 322—1058 and Tulleken 354 H.L.B. 903, 322— 1042 (fl. Sept.). 

 Columbia, Venezuela, British Guyana. 



Aphelandra sciophila Mart, ex Nees, Flora Bras. IX. p. 91. 

 Marowyne River, near Arminafalls: Versteeg 574 (fl. July). 

 Near Santigron: Went 192 (fl. Aug.) 

 Surinam River, near Cassepoerakreek : Tulleken 157 H. L. B. 903, 



322—1396 (fl. Aug.) 

 Northern Brazil. 



Aphelandra pectinata Nees in Prodr. XI. p. 297. 

 Paramaribo, near Beekhuizen: Kegel 56 (fl. July) 

 Para district near Onoribo: Splitgerber 631 H. L. B. 897, 274—224 



(fl. March); near plant, la Rencontre: Focke 772 (fl. Apr.). 

 Lower Saramacca River, near Groningen: Went 229 (fl Aug.). 

 Surinam: Hostmann 539; Hostmann H.L.B. 903, 322—231. 



Tropical America. 



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