250 



ENTJMEHATioN OF {ThymeUcecB , 



14. ALTERWANTHERA, Mart. 



1. A. sessilis, E. Br. (Moq. in DC. Prod, xiii.-ii. p. 357, cum syn. ; 

 Wight, Ic. t. ni.)~A. nodiflora, E. Br. ; Moq. 1. c. p. 356. A. denti- 

 culata, E. Br. ; Moq. 1. c. cum syn.— c.p. 2908. 



■ abundant throughout the island. Nom. vulg. "Motoo- 



wanna." 



CXXYI. PHYTOLACCACE^. 



1. GIESECKIA, Linn. 



1. G. pharnaceoides, Linn. (Moq. in DC. Prod, xiii.-ii. p. 27, cum 

 syn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 1167.)— c.p. 1093. 

 Hab. Warmer parts of the island. 



Phytolacca octandra, Moq., occurs occasionally as an escape from gardens; and 

 Bjivma lavis, Linn., is become naturalized in some places. 



CXXVII. PROTEACE^. 



1. HELICIA, Lour. 



"!;*- "\?*.^^^'''*^*' Gardner in Calcutta Journ. of J?"at. Hist. vol. vii. 

 p. ;^3 ; Meisner m DC. Prod. xiv. p. 438.— c.p. 690. 



Hab 

 common. 



2000 to 4000 



A^-bor mdiocns. PeduncuK 'pedicellio^^ purpurei. Ilores pallide flavi. Tructus 

 ovoidei, utnnque parum acuminati, nncis avellana; ma^nitudine, atro-purpurei. 



1 have examined a great many flowers of this species, and have found the ovary 

 biovTiIate in all, m this respect agreeing with the other species of the genus. The 

 loculns has at its upper part two shining slight prominences, which were probably mis- 

 taken by Dr. Gardner for another pair of ovules. 



CXXVIII. THTMELACE^. 



1. WIKSTBCEMIA, Endl. 



t * 



canescens^ Meisner, 1. c. cum syn. W. inamcena, Meisn. 1. c. W. o^.. 

 cipiia. Dene. ; Meisn. 1. c. p. 546. Daphne inamcena, Gardn. in Calc. 

 Journ. of JNat. Hist. vol. vu. p. 454.— c p. 2206 



an elevation of 6000 to 8000 



2. LASIOSIPHOW, Fresen. 



Wight 



Meisn 



T " ■ c<T ^-?. • f^^^a^a (Dingia) eriocephala, Gardner 

 Journ of Nat. Hist. vol. vii- p. 456-c.p. 469. 



