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(juuiora tautuni visa) rotuudata vel ovata, absque petiolo usque ad 15 liueas longa, margiue 

 undulata, prcecipue subtus ferrugiueo-pubeseeutia ; petiolus 3-4 liueas lougus. Flores 

 parvi (periauthium circiter sesquilineam longurn) iu cymas parvas teruiiuales dispositi, 

 subsessiles, iutus extusque ferrugiueo-pulverulenti ; periauthium auguste campanulatum, 

 plicatum vix lobatum ; stamina 7 vel 8 exserta ; ovarium glabrum, 1-ovulatum, stylo 

 iucluso. Fructus deest. 



Fernando-Noronha. Darwin. 



This is quite distinct from anything we have seen from either the mainland or the 

 West Indies, and, in fact, is not very closely allied to any species. We were unable to 

 decide whether it is truly hermaphrodite. 



AMARANTACE^E. 

 Euxolus viridis, Moq. 



Ewxolus viridis, Moq. in DC. Prodr., xiii. 2, p. 273 ; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 68. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 

 Very widely spread in warm countries. 



Philoxerus vermicularis, R. Br. 



Philoxerus vermicularis, K. Br., Prodr. Fl. N. Holl., p. 416; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 65. 

 Iresine vermicularis et Iresine aggregata, Moq. in DC. Prodr., xiii. 2, p. 340. 



Fernando-Noronha. Darwin; Moseley. 



Common in maritime districts of Tropical and Subtropical America ; also in Western 

 Africa. 



PHYTOLACCACE^E. 

 Rivina rmmilis, Linn. 



Rivina humilis, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 121 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. "W. Ind., p. 59, sub Rivina glabra; 

 Bot. Mag., tt. 1781 et 2333. 



Fernando-Noronha. Darwin; Moseley. 



Exceedingly common in Tropical and Subtropical America, and naturalised in many 

 parts of the Old World. 



EUPHORBIACE^E. 

 Euphorbia comosa, Veil. 



Euphorbia comosa, Veil., Fl. Fluminensis, t. 15 ; DC, Prodr., xv. 2, p. 66. • 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 



Brazil, though only recorded from the neighbourhood of Eio de Janeiro and San 

 Cristoforo. 



