280 Dr. Francis HaurrToN's Commentary 
not seen the plant, which he says grows in Egypt, no doubt on 
the authority of Forskahl at least. The specific character given 
by Forskahl ( foliis palmatis, spicis fæmineis pinnato-ramosis) by 
no means agrees with the Ana Schorigenam ; nor does Rheede's 
account of this agree with the description annexed by M. La- 
marck, who does not however state whether this was taken from 
Forskahl or Vahl. : 
Although, therefore, Willdenow expressly joins the Ana Scho- 
rigenam with the plant of Plukenet, Forskahl and Vahl, and says 
that it is a native of India and Arabia, I have some hesitation in 
considering Forskahl's plant as the same: but as I see no objec- 
tion to Vahl's character, the Ana Schorigenam may be his Urtica 
heterophylla, although the U. palmata may have been erroneously 
quoted (Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 362.). If, however, M. Lamarck 
took his description of the U. heterophylla from Vahl, I think that 
he did right in not quoting the Ana Schorigenam. I found this 
plant in Malabar, and sent the seed to Dr. Roxburgh, who reared 
it in the botanical garden near Calcutta, where it is called U. he- 
terophylla (Hort. Beng.67.). I regret that on the spot I took no 
description ; but I gave a specimen to Sir J. E. Smith, which 
may serve to show whether or not it has been rightly conjoined 
with the plants of Vahl and Forskahl. At any rate, it is to be 
hoped that Dr. Roxburgh's account will be soon published. 
VALLI SCHORIGENAM, p. 79. no fig. 
In the commentary on the Schorigenam, 1 have endeavoured 
to show that the Valli Schorigenam, and not the Schorigenam, 
should have been quoted for the Tragia involucrata. 
ScHADIDA CALLI, p. 81. fig. 42. 
Calli is a genus similar to the Euphorbium of. European bo- 
tanists. Commeline considers the Schadida Calli as exactly the 
same 
