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utrinqiie villosis, nervulo obscuro juxta niarginem currente, petiolo 

 villoso ; cset. ign. 

 Hab. In locis siccis scopulosisque sparse crescit. 



The Mauritian species P. elliptical Dietr. (DC. Prod. xvi. 440), 

 is the nearest ally ; but its non-pilose character sufficiently sepa- 

 rates it. 



P. RETICULATA, Bulf. fil.y Sp. HOV. 



Herba carnosa repens, caule simplici v. uniramoso, in parte inferiore e 

 nodis radicante, versus apicem adscendente ; foliis oppositis, petiola- 

 tis, summis ternis, elliptico-rhoinboideis, apice emarginulatis v. acutisy 

 utrinque glabris 5-nerviis et reticulate- venulosis, ner\'lilo obscuro juxta 

 marginem currente; amentis solitariis axillaribus, breviter peduncula- 

 tis, folia terminalia superantibus, bracteis subrotundatis peltatis bre- 

 viter stipitatis ; ovario globoso imraerso ; stigmate umbilicato promi- 

 uente, glabro. 



Hah. in locis excelsis urabrosisque insula?. 



442) 



Miq 



petiolate leaves. 



P. RODRIGUESIANA, Balf.JlL, sp. UOV. 



Herba repens ramosissima caruosa, caulibus ad nodos radicautibus sub- 

 pilosis ; foliis oppositis petiolatis obovato-ellipticis, basi cuneatis ob- 

 tusisy utrinque glabris, ciliolatis, subtus albido-pallidis subtiliter 3-5- 

 nerviis, enervulosis, petiolo piloso ; cset, ign. 



Hab, In locis umbrosis sparse crescit. 



Has a close affinity with P. Ventenatii^ Miq. (DC- Prod. x!v. 446), 

 an East-Indian species. 



EUPHORBTACE.E. 



Euphorbia daphnoides, Balf.JiL, sp, nov. 



Suffrutex, caule tenui, ramulis lignosis teretibus ; foliis ad apicem ramu- 

 lorum confertis, breviter petiolatis, oblanceolatis, obtusis, mucronatis, 

 tenuiter coriaceis, glabris, cito deciduis, exstipulatis ; cymis termlna- 

 libus, pedunculatis, bracteis 2 magnis coriaceis ovalibus v. suborbicula- 

 ribus mucronatis, v. retusis v. emarginatis ; involucris campanulatis 

 breviter pedicellatis glabris, lobis brevibus, glandulis 5 rubris rotun- 

 datis V. lunatis poroso-punctatis integris ; stylo brevi ; capsula glabra 

 depressa trjsulcata, transverso diametro nrnjore, coccis paulum com- 

 pressis, seniinibus ovoideis irregulariter papillatis glabris. 



Hah, in valle " Riviere de TEst " sohim. 



A very distinct species. 



