at the ba>^e of cacli. The specimen represented is nearly 
one-third of a plant tour years old which has been in con- 
stant blossom."' 
We cannot trace this species among any recorded in 
the works to which we have access. There can be little 
doubt of its belonging to the Manihot section of M. De 
Candolle, and, perhaps, it is most nearly related to his 
//. Pscudn MdJiihot, found by Bory de St. Vincent in grassy 
meadows on the borders of the river St. Denis, in the island 
of Bourbon; but that species is said to have 3-fid long- 
pointed leaves, and an hispid involucrum. To the H, Bor- 
honicus described by Link in his Enumeration of the Berlin 
Garden, it also appears to have considerable resemblance, 
especially in the form of the leaves ; it is, however, obvi- 
ously distinguished from that species by the small size of 
its flowers, and of the leaves of the involucre, which are an 
inch long in H. Borbonicus. To M. obtusifoUus of Willde- 
now, it seems to have some resemblance ; biit that is an 
annual, and is otherwise distinct. H.Jkulneus has prickly 
stems and })almate leaves. 
The unappropriated figure which we have ventured to 
cite from Plukenet is so similar to this plant, that we can- 
not persuade ourselves of its not being intended for a repre- 
sentation of it, notwithstanding the purple flower which is 
attributed to that plant by the author. 
J. L. 
ERRATUM. 
Fol. 930, third page, Hn? 21, /or aiHnis, read affine. 
