190 BOTANY or THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HERALD. 
833. CoRDiA (§ Myxiae subspicjxtse) microceplmJa, "Willcl. ? De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 500. — 
Bcnth. Bot. Sulph. p. 139. Ccrro dc Ancoiij near Panama. 
My specimens agree perfectly"" vrith those collected by Sinclair in tlie Gulf of Fousecaj and described 
by Bentham in the work quoted above ; I mention this fact, in case the plant taken for C. microcephala by 
Beutham should prove to be distinct from that of "Willdenow. 
833. TouRNEFORTiA MrsuHssima, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 517. Banks of the river 
Chagres in the neighbourhood of Gorgona, and Volcano of Chiriqui, Veraguas. 
834. TouRNEFORTiA laviguta, Lam., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 519. On the sea-beach near 
Panama; Chagres (Fendler, no. 232). 
835. HELioTROPirM inundatuth, Swartz, Dc Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 539. Plentiful in places 
inundated during the wet season, and drying np in the beginning of the dry. 
836. Heliotropium humifusum, H. B. K., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 542. Near the village 
of Anton, 
837. Heliophytum Indicum, De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 556. — Nomen vemacul. " Flor del 
alacran." In waste places^ common all over the Isthmus. 
Varronia rotundifoUa, De Cand. (Prodr. vol. ix. p. 469), the Overal of the Peruvian deserts, is culti- 
vated for ornamental purposes in the gardens of David ; the drupe of this shrub has a tendency to fatten 
cattle and poultry. 
PLTJMBAGINACEiE. 
838. Plumbago scandem, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 692. Common all over the 
country, cspeciaDy on the sca-sidc. 
PLANTAGINE.E. 
839. Plantago major, Linn., Wlprs. Bep. vol. iv. p. 179.— Nomen vemacul. "Yantin." On 
road-sides and in waste places, not very common. 
PHYTOLACCACE^. 
840. Petiveria alliacea, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xiii. p. 9.— Nomen vemacul. " Anamu." 
Common in waste places, Panama. 
841. Phytolacca octandra, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xiii. p. 32. Common in waste places 
all over the country. 
SALSOLACEiE. 
842. Chenopodium ambrosioides, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xiii. p. 72. City of Panama and 
village of Araijan, Province of Panama. 
BASELLACE^. 
843. AxREDERA scandem, Moq. Tand., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xiii. p. 230.~Pobjffomm scandens,, 
Linn. Spec. p. 522. Common in hedges all over the country. 
