270 LOO CHOO AND BONIN. [ Chloranthem. 



Ord. LI. SANTALACE^. Juss. 



1. Thesium australe ; herbaceum, foliis linearibus acuminatis cauleque glabris, racemis 

 subspicatis elongatis remotifloris simplicibus, bracteis foliaceis fructu globoso 4-6-plo 

 longioribus, pedicellis flore brevioribus, perianthio sub-4-fido segmentis obtusis tubo 

 florente parum longioribus.— T. australe. R. Brown ? Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 353.— 

 Had. Loo Choo. 



This seems to be the species described by Mr. Brown, but he adds that the segments of the perianth are 

 longitudinally margined: in the Loo Choo plant the margin is paler, but not, that we can perceive, at all 

 thickened. 



Ord. Lit EUPHORBIACEjE. Juss. 



1. Rottlera japonica ; subherbacea? foliis late ovatis subcordatis subdentatis adultis 

 utrinque glabris longe petiolatis eglandulosis.— R. japonica. Spr. ?— Croton japonicum. 

 Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 270. tab. 29 ?— Hab. Loo Choo. 



Thunberg's figure and description do not represent the leaves as cordate, but rounded at the base j in our 

 plant they are either emarginate or slightly cordate. 



2. R. aurantiaca; arborescens, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis 

 subtus pubescentibus, glandulis ad basin obsoletis, floribus racemosis, capsula aurantiaca 

 farinosa. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



This approaches very closely to some narrow-leaved forms of R. tinctoria, Roxb. 



1. Croton polystachyum. Willd. ? — Hab. Loo Choo. 



Our specimens agree well with Sprengel's character of the plant, except that the leaves are rather ob- 

 ovate than oblong, being broader towards the apex than the base. The two glands at the base are flat 

 and concave, and almost immersed in the substance of the leaf. If this be really Willdenow's plant, there is 

 probably either some error in the locality given by that author, or Messrs. Lay and Collie have accidentally 

 mixed a part of the Brazilian collections with the present packet. We might have considered it C. elaagni- 

 folium of Vahl, but here there are two glands at the base of the leaf, and the petiole is two or three lines in 

 length. The leaf is from one to four inches long. 



1. Phyllanthus rhamnoides. Retz ? — Hab. Loo Choo. 



Leaves larger than in Burman's figure, usually referred to this species. We have not observed any male 

 flowers, so that we cannot determine whether it belongs to the restricted genus Phyllanthus, or to Melan- 

 thesa, of Blume. We may here remark, that Ph. lucens (supra, p. 210, cum synon.) is Melanthesa chinensis, 

 Blume Bijdr. p. 592. 



Ord. LIII. CHLORANTHEJE. R. Br. 

 1. Chloranthus inconspicuus. Sw.— Nigrina spicata. Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 65.— Hab. 

 Loo Choo 



