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APOCYNACEJB. 



Rauwolfia ternifolia, Kunth. 



Rauwolfia ternifolia, Kunth, Synop. PL ^Equin., ii. p. 298 ; Griseb., FL Brit W. InJ., p. 408 ; Lot. 

 Mag., t. 2440. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 

 Trinidad, Venezuela, Guiana, and Brazil. 



ASCLEPIADEiE. 



Gonolobus micranthus, Hook. (Plate XV.) 



Gonolobus micranthus, Hook. f. MSS. in Herb. Kew. 



Gracilis, floribus pro genere minutis, folliculis grosse muricato-tuberculatis. 



Frutex volubilis vel scandeus, ramulis gracilibus puberulis, cortice flavo. Folia longe 

 graciliterque petiolata, ruenibranacea, cordiforruia, sinu clauso, lobis ssepius obtegentibus, 

 absque petiolo 1-2 poll, longa, acuta, utrinque sparse beviterque pubescentia, supra iu 

 sinu 2-3 glandulosa ; petiolus 1-2 poll, longus. Floras minuti, pauci in axillas conferti ; 

 calyx intus 5-glandulosus, lobis ovatis acutis intus glabris ; corolla rotato-cainpanulata, 

 intus setuloso-pubescens, lobis ovatis acutiusculis apicem versus tantum birsutis ; corona 

 annulata, puberula, intus liueis crassis instructa, 5-lobata, lobis corollse segmentis alter- 

 nantibus gynostegio brevioribus ; stigma planum. Folliculi longe grosseque muricato- 

 tuberculati, simul furfuraceo-birsuti ; semina longe comosa, ovata, compressa, margine 

 muricata. 



St Michael's Mount. Moseley. 



BORAGINE^E. 

 Heliotropium indicum, Linn. 



Heliotropium indicum, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 130 ; Griseb., FL Brit. W. Ind., p. 485; Bot. Mag. t. 



1837. 

 lldiophytum indicum, DC, Prodr., ix. p. 556. 



Fernando-Noronha. Darwin ; Moseley. 

 A common weed iu warm countries. 



CONYOLVULACEiE. 

 Ipomcea pentaphylla, Jacq. 



lpomoza pentaphylla, Jacq., Collect., ii. p. 297, et Ic. PI. Rar., t 319; Griseb., FL Brit. W. Ind., 



p. 467. 

 Batatas pentaphylla, Choisy in DC. Prodr., ix. p. 339. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 

 Generally dispersed in tropical countries. 



