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obtusis calycem subcoriaceo duplo longioribus, staminibus inclusis. (Tab. LVI.)— 

 Hab. Loo Choo. 



This has white flowers, and approaches in many respects to L. Ephemerum of Europe, and some East Indian 

 species, with which it forms a peculiar group. 



Tab. LVI. Lysimachia lineariloba. Fig. 1. Flower ; fig. 2. Stamen;^. 3. Pistil -.—magnified. 



Ord. XLV. PLANTAGINE.E. Juss. 



1. Plantago asiatica ; foliis ovalibus obtusis glabris crassiusculis integerrimis petiolatis, 

 petiolis ima basi parce lanatis, scapo glabro superne angulato, spicagracili basi dissitiflora, 

 corollas lobis ovatis acutiusculis, capsula 4-sperma.— P. asiatica. Linn.? — Hab. Loo 

 Choo. 



Perhaps this may be a variety of P. Cornuli, De Cand. 



Ord. XLVI. NYCTAGINEjE. Juss. 

 1. Boerhaavia diffusa. W. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



Ord. XLVII. AMARANTHACEiE. Juss. 

 1. Celosia argentea. Linn — Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 106. — Hab. Loo Choo. 

 1. Achyranthes aspera. Linn.— Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 105. Hab. Loo Choo. 



Ord. XLVIII. CHENOPODIACEiE. Venten. 



1. Chenopodium Vachellii ; foliis planis ovalibus obtusis cum mucrone integerrimis 

 subtus subfarinosis, spicis terminalibus paniculatis aphyllis caryopsi horizontaliter de- 

 pressa.— C. acutifolium ? Hook, et Arn. supra, p. 207.— Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Suasda australis. Moq.— Chenopodium australe. R. Brown ?— Hab. Loo Choo. 



The only specimen before us is very imperfect : it agrees with 5. nudiflora in the short floral leaves or 

 bracteae, but the stem is herbaceous. 



Ord. XLIX. POLYGONEiE. Juss. 



1. Polygonum barbatum. Linn. — Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 165— Hab. Loo Choo. 



2. P. sinense. Linn.— Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 166.— Hab. Loo Choo. 



Ord. L. LAURINEiE. Juss. 



1. Cinnamomum zeylanicum. var. oblongifolium. Nees ab Esenb. — Hab. Bonin and 

 Loo Choo. 



