102 SUPPLEMENT. 



Frutew glaber, ramulis floriferis apice tantum foliiferis. Folia petiolata, coriacea, crassiuscula, 

 oblongo-elkptica, cum petiolo 1-2 poll, longa, basi cuneata, apice rotundata simul mucronulata, 

 supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis utrinque circiter 4 subimmersis inter se intra 

 marginem anastomosantibus ; petiolus usque 4 lineas longus. Flores octomeri, semipollicares, 

 breviter pedunculati, in apicibus ramulorum pauci; pedunculi circiter 3 lineas longi; calycis 

 lobi ad 3 lineas longi, lineares vel subulati; corollse anguste campanulatse lobi breves, latiusculi, 

 apice subcuculati; stamina 8, basi corollae inserta, antheris filamentis longioribus breviter 

 exsertis ; ovarium 2-loculare, ovulis indefinitis biseriatis ; stylus gracilis, indivisus, breviter 

 exsertus, stigmate clavato. Fructus ignotus. 

 . "Very rare ; flowers greenish yellow" (Gaumer). 



[ii. p. 44.] CHoCOCCa racemosa, Jaeq., varietates. W. 



[ii. p. 46.] Morinda roioc, Linn. w. 



ElUOdea littoralis, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. i. p. 224 ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 576 ; Griseb. 

 Fl. Brit. West Ind. p. 347 ; Chapman, Fl. Southern U. S. p. 176. 



Bush, 1 to 3 feet; abundant. A coast plant, extending from the Bahamas and 

 Flobida to Cuba and Jamaica. 



Like BhacMcallis, this is a littoral monotype : it is placed next to Triodon. 



[ii. p. 60.] Spermacoce tenuior, Linn. W. 



COMPOSITE. 

 Eupatorium, sp. 



" Eare. Flowers white tinged with dull yellow " (Gaumer). 



There is an unnamed specimen in the Kew Herbarium of the same species, labelled 

 "Yucatan and Tabasco, Torrey, 1850." It may, or may not, be an undescribed 

 species. 



Ageratum intermedium, Hemsi., n. sp. 



Caulibus adscendentibus, foliis parvis petiolatis ovatis, cymis parvis longe pedunculatis, pedunculis 

 nudis, achseniis 5-costatis, pappi paleis 5 fimbriatis quarum una tantum longe aristata. 



Herba perennis ?, parce albo-pilosa, caulibus adscendentibus floriferis superne aphyllis. Folia petio- 

 lata, mollia, ovata, absque petiolo usque ad 1^ poll, longa, vix acuta, basi rotundata, calloso- 

 crenato-dentata, subtrinervia ; petiolus usque ad 1 poll, longus, gracilis. Capitula mediocria, 

 pauca in cymas longe pedunculatas disposita, pedunculis nudis, pedicellis bracteis linearibus 

 ornatis ; involucri bracteae subbiseriatse, rigidiusculae, lineari-lanceolatse, acutse, longitudinaliter 

 2-3-costatse, flores fere aequantes; receptaculum leviter convexum, epaleaceum, alveolatum. 

 Flores indefiniti, purpurei {Gaumer), obscure puberuli ; corollse tubus deorsum gradatim at- 

 tenuatus. Achania glabra, prominenter 5-costata; pappi palese 5, longiusculse, fimbriatse, una 

 saspissime longe aristata. 



"Abundant" (Gaumer). 



This is intermediate in pappus between the common A. conyzoides and A. muticum ; 



