78 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



SOLANACE^E. 



Mellissia begonifolia, Hook f. 



MeUissia begonifolia, Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. PI., xi. t. 1021 ; Melliss, St Hel., p. 307, t. 51. 

 Physalis begonifolia, Eoxb. in Beatson's St Helena Tracts, p. 317. 



St Helena. — Endemic. Long Range Point — Burchell, 80 ; without locality — 

 Bennett ; Long Range, &c. — Melliss. 



" Boxwood." 



" An extremely rare plant, but still to be found growing on the south-eastern side of 

 the island at Long Range and Stone Top." — Melliss. 



Solanum, sp. 



Solatium, sp. (aff. Solano villoso, Lam.) 



St Helena. — Introduced ? About Sandy Bay — Burchell, 78. 



The specimen of this is insufficient for determination ; it is not Solanum nigrum, and 

 we have not been able to match it. We may add Burchell's description, drawn up from 

 the living plant : — 



" Habitus Solani nigri. Caulis erectus, ramosus ; ramuli angulati, patuli, pubesceutes. 

 Folia ovata, acuta, lateribus angulatis vel grosse dentatis, crassiuscula, utrinque breviter 

 hirsuta, venosa, alterna, patentia, in petiolum attenuata, flavescenti-viridia. Ci/ma extra- 

 foliacea sub-4-flora, pedunculata, foliis brevior. Flores nutantes, minuti ; calyx florifer 

 ovatus, 5-dentatus ; fructifer 5-fidus, laciniis brevibus obtusis, a bacca recedentibus. 

 Pedunculi fructiferi dependentes. Bacca pisi magnitudine, pallide viridis, bilocularis; 

 seminum receptaculum centrale, simplex ; semina parva, pallida, compressa, simplici serie 

 in orbem radiatim disposita." — Burchell MSS. in Bibl. Kew. 



BORAGINE^E. 



Heliotropium pannifolium, Burchell. 



Heliotropium pannifolium, Burchell MSS. in Bibl. Kew, n. sp. 

 " Planta fruticosa, 3-pedalis, multicaulis, foliosa, incana, in omnibus partibus villosa. 

 Caules ramosi, foliosi, lignosi, cortice fnsco. Ramuli dense villosi, teretes, foliosi, iutus 

 medulla farcti. Folia alterna, petiolata, oblonga, If poll, lata, 4^ poll, longa, obtusa, basi 

 cordata, superno reticulato-venosa, venis depressis, inferne reticulato venosa, venis promi- 

 nentibus, utrinque molliter incano-pubescentia, patentia, recurvata, undulata, integerrima, 

 crassiuscula et minime succulenta ; petiolus validus, superne complanatus, stipulaj nulla?. 

 Ci/ma pedunculata, terminalis, foliorum longitudine. Flores sessiles, parvi ; calyx inferus, 

 utrinque hirsutus, tubulosus, scmi-quinquefidus, laciniis erectis obtusis oblongis tubum 



