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EciiPTA ebecta, L. Mant. p. 286 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 490. 

 E. alba, Sassk. PI. Jav. Bar. p. 528. 

 Base of Peak ; also below Tangle Rock in damp places. 

 Distribution. All warm and tropical countries. 



Aspilia Eamaoii, n. sp. 



Suffrutex humilis, ramosus, pubescens, subpedalis. Folia op- 

 posita, ovata acuta, lamina in petiolo decurrente, margine minute 

 serrato, scabra, venis et petiolo hispidis, venis dorso prominulis 

 tribus. Lamina ferme 3 uncias longa, 1^ uncias lata. Petiolus 

 f unciam longa. Capitula in pedunculis 1-3-uncialibus hispidis 

 vix unciam in diametro. Involucrum 2-seriatum, seriei externa 

 lanceolata hispida, interiora oblonga obtusa apice minute pu- 

 beseenti, scariosa. Flores radii flavi, lamina lata oblonga apice 

 bifidi ? 5 millim. lati, 15 longi, plurivenia ; tubus brevis. Stylus 

 teres ; stigmata gracilia subteretia. Flores tubulosi, plures, 

 flavi. Calycis lobi breves, obtusi. Corolla 5-partita, apicibus 

 acutis, marginibus incrassatis, dorso pubescentia ; stamina libera, 

 filamentis gracilibus. Antherse elongatae atrse, lineares, con- 

 nectivo apiculato, corollam superantes. Stylus teres ; stigmata 

 crassiuscula, apice abrupte acuminata. 













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East Hills. 



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growing 

 crushed. 



te Eastern Hills, 

 The leaves, when 





drying. The plant is a small half-shrub, with rough scabrid 

 foliage. The blade of the leaf is decurrent on the petiole, so that 

 the three prominent veins on the back of the leaf do not arise 

 from the base of the lamina. The flowers are bright yellow. 



Ageratum coistzoides, L. Sp. PI. p. 1175; DC. Prodr. v. 

 p. 108 ; Baker in Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. 2. p. 194. 



Exceedingly common all over the central district; but not 

 found on any of the other islands. It is the commonest species 

 of Composite here, covering large tracts of ground. 



Distribution. World-wide. 



Acanthospeemum HisPiDUM, DC. Prodr. v. p. 522. 



There were a number of bushes of this plant in and about the 

 village. It seems usually to occur in waste spots and sandy shores 

 in various parts of South America, including Brazil. 



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