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Boebhaayia DIFFUSA, Sw. Obs. p. 10.— B. paniculata, Bich. m 

 Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. i. p. 105 ; J. A. Schmidt in Mart. Fl 

 Bras. xiv. 2. p. 369. 



A common weed in the garden, in waste places, and also on the 

 , roads near Sainbaquichaba and in the Sapate. Flowers bright 

 pink. Also on Eat Island. 



Distribution. Common all over the tropics. 



B. hibsuta, Willd. Phyt. i. p. 23 ; J. A. Schmidt in Mart Fl- 

 Bras. xiv. 2. p. 370. 

 , Aspeeimen gathered by Moseley during the l Challenger ' Expe- 

 dition seems to belong rather to this species. It was probably 

 obtained in the village. 



Pisonia Dakwistii, Hemsl. Toy. 'ChalU lisped., Atlantic Isles> 

 p. 20, pi. xlvii. 







This was described and figured from a poor specimen obtain 

 by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the ' Beagle ;' but the 

 material obtained appears to have been so bad that both the 

 description and figure are very misleading; therefore I think it 

 will be more satisfactory to redescribe it. 



Frutex altus vel arbor parva, foliis nitide viridia ovata vel 

 ovata lanceolata acuta vel acuminata, superne glabra (sicca 

 nigra) subtus pubegcentia, lamina 4-7 uncias longa, 2-4| uncial 

 lata, petiolo rigido unciali ; folia juvenilia cum ramis omnino 

 ferrugineo-pubescentia. Flores congesti in capitulis parvis H* 

 apicibus ramis minimis, omnino ferrugineo-pubescentes. Peri- 

 anthium tubulosum,lobis 5 brevibus acutis. Stamina. . . • ^ lia " 

 menta gracilia brevia, perianthium non superantia. Anther© 

 rotundatsD obtusae, albse. Stylus teres perianthio subsequalis* 

 stigmatibus capillaceis ramosis. Ovarium conicum. Fructu 







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 island. It 



oblongus, viridis, \ 

 striatus ; sicca nigra. 





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