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in Chaloupe Bay, and on Ipomcea Pes-Caprce in Pirate's Creek ; 

 also Eat Island. 



Distribution. Common in Tropical America. 



CUSCUTA GLOBOSA, n. sp. 



Caules tenues longi rubri. Flores perparvi g unciam longi, 

 virescenti-albi, papillosi, in glomerulis dense congesti unciam in 

 diametro. Pedicelli teretes ferme ^-unciales. Bractese ovatse 

 acutse papillosse. Sepala 4 carnosula ovata subacuta, erecta. 

 Petala 4 haud reflexa tenuiora haud multo longiora angustiora 

 oblonga, tubo brevissimo. Stamina 4, petala non superantia, fila- 

 menta basi incrassata. Antherae rotundatse brnnnescentes. Sta- 

 minodia? brevia digitata subspathulata. Ovarium globosum 

 apice depresso. Styli 2, insequales graciles, ovarium multo lon- 

 giores. Capsula globosa parva. Semina 2. 



Main island, only parasitic upon Leguminosse, ^Eschynomene , 



Philoxerus, and Amaranthus, &c. Summit of Morro branco and 

 near Tangle Bay. 



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This species I at first thought might be a form of C. decora ; 

 but on examining that species, I found that the flowers were con- 

 siderably larger, the petals reflexed, and the ovary almost conical . 

 C. globosa is remarkable for its very small flowers in dense balls 

 clustered on the branches of the host, the stems, which are very 

 slender, soon disappearing. The petals, sepals, and bracts are 

 covered with little papillae arranged in lines. The petals are not 

 recurved, but almost connivent, very deeply cut, so that there is 

 hardly any tube. 







SOLANACE^. 



Capsicum fbtjtescens, Willd. Sp. PI. i. p. 1050 ; Sendtn. 

 in Mart. Ft. Bras. x. p. 142. 



The Capsicum, which is commonly cultivated, is very abundant 

 in a half-wild state in the Sapate and other bushy spots, the seeds 

 being apparently scattered about by the doves which devour it. 



C. sp. ? is also cultivated in gardens, and fruits well. 



Ltcopebsicum escttlentum, Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. viii. n. 2. 



Is cultivated also to a considerable extent, and has also run half- 

 wild everywhere. The half -wild form is a small plant, with round 

 orange berries as large as a cherry ; and it is stated tha 



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