206 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
ALTERNANTHERA Forsk. 
A. canescens HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 2, p. 204 (1817).— Pt. 
Moreno, Johnston, no. 317, July 8. Venezuela: Cumané and Bor- 
dones, HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 2, p. 204. Coche, see page 291. 
Abundant about the lagoon at Pt. Moreno. 
A. muscorpes (Sw.) Benth. & Hook. f., Gen., vol. 3, p. 39 (1880), 
by implication, though without the exact combination. Lithophila 
muscoides Sw., Prod. veg. Ind. Oce., p. 14 (1788); Griseb., F). Brit 
W. Ind., p. 66— Juan Griego, Ernst. Further distribution, the 
Lesser Antilles. 
AMARANTHUS L. 
A. crassipes Schlecht., Linnaea, vol. 6, p. 757 (1831); Urb., Symb. 
Ant., vol. 4, p. 219.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 29, July 26. 
Further distribution, tropical America. : 
A. panicutatus L., Sp. pl., ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 1406 (1763); Griseb., 
Fi. Brit. W. Ind., p. 69; Seubert in Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 5, pt. 1) P- 
238; Willd., Hist. Am., pl. 2.— Santa Ana, Ernst. Further distribu- 
tion, tropical countries. > 
A. sprnosus L., Sp. pl., vol. 2, p. 991 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 
W. Ind., p. 68; Seubert in Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 5, pt. 1, P. + 
Desc., Ant., vol. 5, p. 314.— Santa Ana, Ernst. Further distribution : 
general, especially in tropical countries. : s 
A. rristis L., Sp. pl., vol. 2, p. 989 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. by 
Ind., p. 69; Seubert in Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 5, pt. 1, p. 287; Wigth 
Ie. Ind. Or, vol. 2, p. 713.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, nos. 149 
and 30, Aug. 21. Further distribution, Jamaica to Trinidad, also ™ 
Chili. 
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CyatTuuis Lour. 
C. prostrata (L.) BI., Bijdr., p. 549 (1825); Griseb., Fl. Brit. Ms 
Ind., p. 63; Seubert in Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 5, pt. 1, p- 230. Ae y 
ranthes prostrata L., Sp. pl., ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 296 (1762).— Juan Griego 
and Santa Ana, Ernst. 
GOMPHRENA L. : 
G. pitosa (Mart. & Gal.) Moq. in DC., Prod., vol. 13, pt. 2 Pr 
395 (1849). Mogiphanes pilosa Mart. & Gal., Bull. acad. pe : 
vol. 10, p. 348 (1843)— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 260, July “° 
and Johnston, no. 106, July 14. 
