280 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



not seen the plant, which he says grows in Egypt, no doubt on 

 the authority of Forskahl at least. The specific character given 

 by Forskahl {foliis palmatis, spicis fcemineis pinfiato-ramosis) by 

 no means agrees with the J7ia Schorigenam ; nor does Rheede's 

 account of this agree with the description annexed by M. La- 

 marck, who does not however state whether this was taken from 

 Forskahl or Vahl. 



Although, therefore, Willdenow expressly joins the Ana Scho- 

 rigenam with the plant of Plukenet, Forskahl and Vahl, and says 

 that it is a native of India and Arabia, I have some hesitation in 

 considering Forskahl's plant as the same : but as I see no objec- 

 tion to Vahl's character, the Ana Schorigenam may be his Urtica 

 heterophylla, although the U. palmata may have been erroneously 

 quoted {Willd. Sp. PL iv. 362.). If, however, M. Lamarck 

 took his description of the U. heterophylla from Vahl, I think that 

 he did right in not quoting the Ana Schorigenam. I found this 

 plant in Malabar, and sent the seed to Dr. Roxburgh, who reared 

 it in the botanical garden near Calcutta, where it is called U. he- 

 terophylla {Hort. Beng. 67.)- I regret that on the spot I took no 

 description ; but I gave a specimen to Sir J. E. Smith, which 

 may serve to show whether or not it has been rightly conjoined 

 with the plants of Vahl and Forskahl, At any rate, it is to be 

 hoped that Dr. Roxburgh's account will be soon published. 



Valli Schorigenam, p. 79- T^ofig. 

 In the commentary on the Schorigena)n, I have endeavoured 

 to show that the Valli Schorigenam, and not the Schorigenam, 

 should have been quoted for the Tragia involucrata. 



Schadida Calli, p. Q\. Jig. 4:2. 

 Colli is a genus similar to the Euphorbium of European bo- 

 tanists. Commeline considers the Schadida Calli as exactly the 



same 



