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priority over Amaranthus gangeticus L. and A. melancholicus L., to both 
of which it has been reduced by various authors. Probably in cultivation 
or naturalized in most tropical countries. 
AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1763) 1406; Safford 181. 
G. E. S. 287, local name caletes upaca. 
All tropical countries, where native uncertain. 
In addition to the above species Safford reports also Amaranthus oleraceus 
Linn., apparently collected in Guam only by Gaudichaud. It may be the 
form commonly cultivated by Chinese gardeners in various parts of the 
orient as a pot herb. 
ALTERNANTHERA Forskal 
ALTERNANTHERA VERSICOLOR Regel in Gartenflora (1869) 101. 
G. E. S. 295, local name cucharita. 
Apparently a recent introduction from Manila where it is commonly 
cultivated and where it is known by the same Spanish name. Apparently 
a native of tropical America. 
CELOSIA Linnaeus 
CELOSIA CRISTATA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 206. 
G. E. S. 353, native name christangayo. 
A form so suspiciously like Celosia argentea Linn., that I am impressed 
with the idea that Celosia cristata Linn, is only a derived form of C. 
argentea, modified by cultivation. Cultivated in all tropical countries, un- 
doubtedly originating in tropical America. 
GOMPHRENA Linnaeus 
GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 224; Safford 284. 
G. E. S. 153, 179, native names baton apaca, baton agaga. 
A native of tropical countries, now cultivated or naturalized in all 
warm countries. 
NYCTAGINACEAE 
BOERH AAVI A Linnaeus 
BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 3; Safford 201. 
G. E. S. 265. 
Widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres, probably originally 
American. 
BOUGAINVILLAEA Commerson 
BOUGAINVILLAEA SPECTABILIS Willd. Sp. PI. 2 (1799) 348. 
G. E. S. 337, from cultivated plants. 
A native of tropical America, now cultivated in most tropical countries. 
MIRABILIS Linnaeus 
MIRABILIS JALAPA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 177; Safford 325. 
McGregor 1+51+, G. E. S\ 219, in gardens. 
A native of Mexico, now cultivated in all warm countries. 
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