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TJbena lobata, L. Sp. PI. p. 974 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 441. 



A patch of plants of this species occurred among Cassia and 

 Crotalaria on the hill above the garden of the Kesidency. The 

 showy pink flowers closed before 10 a.m. 



Distribution. Throughout the tropics of both hemispheres. 



Wissadula hibsuta, Presl, Bel. Hank. p. 118 ; Walp. Bep. 

 i. p. 328. 



About a dozen plants grew among the bushes at the entrance 

 to the Sapate woods. The flowers are yellow and rather showy. 

 The plants were about 5 feet high. 



Distribution. Brazil. 



Malachba capitata, L. Syst. ed. xii. p. 518 ; DC. Prodr. i. 



p. 440; Oriseb. 



Fl. Brit. W. 



This was plentiful in the central district, growing with 



Horta 



It is a coarse half- 



shrubby plant with white flowers. This is the species mentioned 

 under the name of M. radiata by Hemsley in the Botany of the 

 c Challenger ' Voyage, Atlantic Islands, p. 15. 

 Distribution. Most tropical countries. 



Sida althe-E folia, Sw. Prodr. p. 101 ; Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. ii. 

 p. 1207 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 464. 



On the sand-hills near Fort San Antonio. A 



stunted form 



than 



Flowers buff. 



Janeiro ; Peru ; Jamaica and Senegal. 



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PANTCULATA 



Diss. i. p. 16. — S. atrosanguinea, Jacq. Ic. Bar. i. t. 136. 



A common shrubby plant, with dark purple flowers. In many 

 of the bushy places, on the main island, especially Chaloupe Bay, 

 the Peak, and the Sapate. 



Distribution. Jamaica ; Peru ; Ecuador ; and Brazil, where it 

 is common from Pernambuco ? to Bio de Janeiro. 



S. spinosa, L. Sp. PI p. 960; DC. Prodr. i. p. 460. 

 Frequent on the slopes of Chaloupe Bay, near the Fort. 

 Distribution. Cosmopolitan. 



S. glomerata, Cav. Diss. i. p. 18, t. 2. f. 6.— S. carpinifolia, DO. 

 Prodr. i. p. 460. 



Along the main roads through the central district. Common. 



Distribution. Widely distributed. 













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