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Malachra radiata, Linn. 



Malachra radiata, Linn., Syst. Veg., p. 518; DC, Prodr., i. p. 440; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. IncL 

 p. 81. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 

 Widely dispersed in Tropical America. 



STERCULIACE^E. 

 Waltheria americana, Liun. 



WcHtheria americana, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 637 (including W. Indies, Linn.); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 

 W. IncL, p. 95. 



Fernando-Noronha. Darwin ; Moseley. 

 Generally spread in warm countries. 



GERANIACEzE. 

 Oxalis noronhae, Oliver, n. sp. 



Frutex erectus, 1-2 pedalis, vel tortuosus, nodosus et humilior, pilis simplicibus vel 

 ramosis vestita. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, 3-foliolata ; foliola ovato-elliptica, 1-2 poll, 

 longa, acuminata, obtusiuscula, subtus pubescentia, supra glabrescentia, lateralia obliqua, 

 brevissime petiolata ; petiolus gracilis, semiteres, supra canaliculatus, undique pilosulus 

 1-2^ poll, longus. Flores pauci, conferti, subumbellati, breviter pedicellati, vix G lineas 

 longi, pcdunculis quam folia ssepius lougioribus ; calyx pilosus vel setulosus, sepalis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis obtusiusculis ; petala lutea, obtusa, sepalis subduplo longiora ; stamina 

 basi brevissime coalita ; ovarium glabrum, profunde 5-lobum, lobis dorso tricostatis, 

 apice deinde et breviter obtuse productis ; ovula solitaria.— Hook., Ic. PL, xiiii. p. 21, t. 

 1226. Descriptio parum mutata. 



Fkunando-Noronha, Rat Island, and St Michael's Mount. — Without special locality 

 — C. Darwin ; Moseley. 



" Allied to Oxalis insipida, St. Hil., and in facies near Gardner's Oxalis (No. 2080), 

 collected in Piauhy." — D. Oliver, loc. cit. 



AMPELIDE^E. 



Vitis sicyoides, Baker. 



Vitis sicyoides, Baker in Mart. FL Bras., xiv. pars 2, p. 202. 



C lea, Linn., Sp. PL, cd. 2, p. 170; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. IncL, p. 102. 



Ferxando-Noronha. Moseley. 



General in Tropical and Subtropical America. 



