REPORT ON THE BOTANY OF THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS. 17 



Cucumis anguria, Linn. 



Cucumis angaria, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. i. p. 1011 ; Cogniaux in DC. Monogr. Phanerog., iii. p. 501 j 

 Griseb., El. Brit. W. Ind., p. 288. 



St Michael's Mount. Moseley. 



Florida and Texas, through Mexico and the "West Indies to Peru and Brazil. 



Momordica charantia, Linn. 



Momordica charantia, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. i. p. 1009 ; Cogniaux in DC. Monogr. Phanerog., iii. p. 436 ; 

 Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 287. 



Kat Island and St Michael's Mount. Moseley. 



Everywhere in tropical and subtropical regions, but supposed to have been introduced 

 into America. 



RUBIACE.E. 

 Spermacoce parviflora, Hemsl. 



Spermacoce par vi flora, Hemsl. in Salv. et Godm. Biolog. Centr. Am., Bot., ii. p. 59. 

 Borreria parviflora, G. F. W, Mey., Fl. Esseq., p. 8.3, t. i. ; Griseb., FL Brit. W. Ind., p. 349. 

 Spermacoce hirta, Swartz -non alior. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 



Common in Tropical America, from Guatemala to Peru and Brazil, and throughout the 

 West Indies. 



COMPOSITE. 



Blainvillea rhomboidea, Cass. 



Blainvillea rhomhoidea, Cass, in Diet. Sc. Nat., xxix. p. 494; DC, Prodr., v. p. 492 ; Oliv., Fl. Trop. 

 Afr., iii. p. 375. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 



Common in Brazil ; also in Tropical Africa. 



Eclipta alba, Hassk. 



Eclipta alba, Hassk., PL Jav. Rar., p. 528; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 370. 

 Eclipta erecta, Eclipta prostrata, et Eclipta punctata, Linn., Mant. alt., p. 286. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 



A common weed in nearly all tropical and subtropical countries, and extending into 



temperate regions. 



(bot. chall. exp. — part ii. — 1884.) R 3 



