102 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE SULPHUR. 
PorTULACES. 
342. Portuwaca oleracea, Linn.—DC. Prod. 3. p. 353.— Guayaquil. 
ARALIACEE. 
343. ScropaAPHyLLuM spherocoma, sp. n., foliis digitatis, foliolis 7-11 longe petiolulatis amplis 
oblongis abrupte acuminatis utrinque glabris, umbellulis longe racemosis, racemis pubescentibus in 
comam amplam subglobosam approximatis.—Isle of Gorgona. 
Arbor, inflorescentia ampla globosa insignis. Foliola maxima pedalia vel longiora, circa 5 poll. lata, 
petiolulo 5-pollicari, acumine pollicari, margine undulata, basi obtusa, costa media venisque primariis utrinsecus 
7-9 valde prominentibus, venulis crebris reticulatis ; foliola lateralia paullo minora. Racemi pedales, rhache 
rigida angulata, pube brevi ferruginea. Pedunculi numerosi, tenues, rigiduli, divaricati, 3-4 lin. longi, umbellula 
10-12-flora terminati. Pedicelli 1 lin. longi. Calycis dentes 5, minutissimi. Petala connata in corollam 
parvam, ovato-conicam, obtusiusculam, calyptratim deciduam. Stamina 5, filamentis longiusculis. Styli 5, in 
columnam conicam coaliti. Ovarium 5-loculare. 
LORANTHACEE. 
344. Viscum Kunthianum, DC, Prod. 4. p. 283.—Gulf of Nicoya, Guayaquil. 
The Nicoya specimens are more robust than those from Guayaquil, but they 
appear to belong to the same species. 
345. Viscum tomentosum, DC. Prod. 4. p. 670.—Nicoya. 
Species dioica, Spicee mascule 14-2 poll. longe, interrupte 6-10-articulate, floribus in quoque articulo 
numerosis multiseriatis densissime imbricatis. Spice foeminese 4-5-articulate ; baccee in quoque articulo circa 
6, globose, velutine. 
aa Lorantaus (Euloranthus ?) inconspicuus, sp. n., ramosissimus, ramulis ancipitibus demum 
be teretibus, foliis parvis obovato-oblongis obtusis basi angustatis obscure trinervibus, floribus 
minimis in axillis sessilibus congestis.—San Blas. 
Ramuli, preesertim sub nodis, compresso-dilatati, cinerascentes. Folia 6-10 lin. longa, basi longiuscule 
angustata at vix petiolata. Flores in axillis gemini vel terni, bracteis 3-4 ovatis minutis margine fimbriatis 
suffulti. Specimina tamen suppetentia omnia jam deflorata, nec petala nec stamina vidi, et semel tantum stylum 
observavi semilineam longum, ex ovario vix + lin. longo. 
347. Lorantuus Schiedeanus, Schlecht.—Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 426.—San Blas. 
: 348. LorantTuus (Oscillatoria) rhynchanthus, sp.n., glaber, ramulis acute tetragonis, foliis 
ee e pric: ianceolatis falcatis basi angustatis vix petiolatis crasso-coriaceis subaveniis, corymbis 
erminalibus trichotomis, bractea cyathiformi sub floribus singulis, alabastro oblique rostrato, petalis 
