198 Dr. J. D. Hooker's Enumeration of the Plants 



118. T. PUBESCENS, Hooh. jil. ; sufFruticosa erecta ramosa, ramis teretibus 

 nudis, ramulis velutinis foliosis, foliis petiolatis elliptico-ovatis subacutis 

 in petiolum attenuatis supr^ pubescentibus subrugosis subti^s molliter 

 velutinis, pedunculis terrainalibus ramosis, spicis dichotomis, corollse 

 tubo calyce bis longiore, drupa dipyrena pilos^. 



Hah. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Rami lignosi, teretes, cortice fusco. Ramuli teretes, breviusculi, crassitie pennae gallinaceae, 

 tomento brevi brunneo obtecti. Folia patentia, 2-uncialia, |-1 unc. lata, subrigida, 

 utrinque attenuata, integerrima, supra subrugosa, pilosa v. subscabrida, pilis albidis, 

 subtus velutina, pilis appressis griseis, nervis prominentibus ; petiolis ^ unc. longis. 

 Spicae 14-16, corymbosae, rariiis subsolitariae, pedunculis pedicellisque pubescentibus. 

 Calyx parvus, hispido-pubescens, segmentis obtusis. CoroUoe tubus 1 lin. longus, 

 lobis obovato-rotundatis patentibus. Drupa conica, 1| unc. longa, siccitate nigra, ob- 

 scure 4-loba ; nuculis 2 osseis collateralibus 2-locularibus. Testa albida, membranacea : 

 albumine copioso. 



Though very similar to several South American and West Indian species 

 of this genus, I have been unable to refer it to any. 



119. T. PsiLOSTACHYS, H. B. K. Kunth, Synops. ; vide Linncea, vol. iv. p. 470. 

 Hab. James Island, Mr. Douglas ^ Dr. Scouler. Very common in South America and the 



West Indies. 



120. HeUOTROPIUM PARVIFLORUM, L. 



Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. James Island, Douglas. Frequent in South 

 America. The specimens from James Island are larger and with more tender 

 foliage. 



121. H. CURASSAVICUM, L. 



Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. Of common occurrence throughout the 

 tropics. 



122. CoRDiA LUTEA, Lam. (C. rotundifolia, Ruiz 8f Pavon.) 



Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darioin, Esq. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. 



A particularly variable plant as regards pubescence and size, also in the 

 n)arginal divisions of the leaf. Abundant in Peru and Columbia. 



