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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Talmlar View of the Certainly Indigenous 

 Frankeniace.*:. 



1. Frankenia portulacjefolia. Shrub. 



STEKCULIACEa:. 



2. Molliania melanoxylon. Tree. 



3. Melhania erythroxylon. Tree, 20 feet. 



Geraniace<£. 



4. Pelargonium cotyledonis. Half shrub. 



Rhamne£. 



5. Phylica ramosissima. Shrub, 12 feet. 



6. Nesiota elliptica. Tree, 18 feet. 



Ficoide^;. 



7. Mesembryrinthemumcryptanthum. Perennialherb. 



8. Pharnaceum acidum. Half shrub. 



UllBELLIFERiE. 



9. Sium burchellii. Perennial herb. 



10. Sium helenianum. Perennial herb. 



RuBiACEa:. 



11. Hedyotis arborea. Tree, 20 feet. 



Composite. 



12. Commidendron burchellii. Tree. 



13. Commidendron spurium. Tree. 



11. Commidendron robustum. Tree, 20 feet. 



15. Commidendron rugosum. Tree, 10 feet. 



16. Mclanodendron integrifolium. Tree, 15 feet. 



17. Psiadia rotundifolia. Tree, 20 feet. 



18. Petrobium arboreum. Tree, 20 feet. 



19. Senecio leucadendron. Tree, 12 feet. 



20. Senecio prenanthiflora. Tree, 15 feet. 



21. Tripteris burchellii. Annual herb. 



Campanulace^:. 



22. Lobelia screvolsefolia. Shrub. 



23. Wahlenbergia angustifolia. Perennial herb. 



24. Wahlenbergia linifolia. Half shrub. 



25. Wahlenbergia roxburghii. Perennial herb. 



26. Wahlenbergia burchellii. Perennial herb. 



Pi.ANTAOINEjE. 



'1 7. Plantago robusta. Half shrub. 



lioRAHINEJi. 



28. Heliotropium pannifolium. Shrub. 



29. 



30. 



31. 

 32. 

 33. 

 34. 

 35. 



36. 

 37. 

 38. 



Vascular Plants of St Helena. 1 



SoLANACEiE. 



Mellissia begonifolia. Shrub, 8 feet. 



EuPHORBIACEiE. 



Acalypha rubra. Shrub. 



CYPERACEJ5. 



Fimbristylis neglecta. Perennial herb. 

 Fimbristylis lichtensteiniana. Perennial hero. 

 Scirpus nodosus. Perennial herb. 

 Carex sequabilis. Perennial herb. 

 Carex praealta. Perennial herb. 



GRAMINE.E. 



Agrostis simulans. Perennial herb. 

 Eragrostis saxatilis. Perennial herb. 

 Demazeria oblitera. Perennial ? herb. 



Lycopodiace^!. 2 



39. Lycopodium saururus. 



40. Lycopodium cernuum. 



FlLICES. 



41. Dicksonia arborescens. Tree, 20 feet. 



42. Hymenophyllum capillaceum. 



43. Cheilanthes multifida. 

 i I. Pteris flahcllata. 



45. Pteris paleacea. 



46. Asplenium erectum. 



47. Asplenium nigro-paleaceum. 



48. Asplenium comjyressum. 



49. Asplenium platybasis. 



50. Asplenium furcatum. 



5 1 . Neph rodiu m patens. 



52. Nephrodium molle. 



53. Nephrodium cognatum. 



54. Nephrodium napoleonis. 



55. Polypodium lanceolatum. 



56. Pohjpodium marginellum. 



57. Polypodium molle. 



58. Polypodium rugidosum. 



59. Gymnogramme haughtoni. 

 CO. Monogramme graminioides. 

 Gl. Acrostichum dimorphum. 



62. Acrostichum bifurcatum. 



63. Acrostichum nervosum. 



64. Acrostichum conforme. 



65. Ophioglossum vulgatum. 



1 The names of the plants peculiar to the island are in Roman type. 

 - 1 1 is assumed that all the wild vascular cryptogams are indigenous. 



