90 5!\LVA TELLLK. 



is SO different tiom all t.liat il must also be a pe- 

 culiar Genus. The ScJiohera of Scopoli and 

 Necker was separated also- from Heliotropium 

 by capsule didjme umbilicate 41oc. 4sp. but I 

 dont know which is the type, unless some Tiari- 

 dium or the next G. 



529. Eliopia Raf (n. gr.) difl'. Heliotr. cal. 

 tubul, odent. cor. hypocr. faux clausa 5radiata, 

 stig. capit. planum, sem. 4 eq. ovatis This al- 

 though based on the H. indicum, is very differ- 

 ent from Tiaridiiim by calix and seeds, 2 types. 



530. Eliopia serrata Raf. fol. ovatis subcord. 

 subserratis rugosis hirtis, spicis term, solit. fl. se- 

 cundis biserialis Antilles and tropical America, 

 the Heliotr, indicn7?i of Sw^rtz &c, H. americ. 

 of Sabati 4'C, fi pale blue. 



531. Eliopia riparia Raf. fol. ovatis subre- 

 pandis rugosis hirtis, spicis term, solit. ii. secun- 

 dis uniserialis banks of streams in N. Amer. 

 the Heliotr, indictiin of all the N. Amer. bo- 

 tanists. Elliot calls the calix 5parted and 4 seeds 

 angular. 



532. RiiizAERis R. (air root) [dilf. Conocar- 

 pus, cal. cone. 5dent. petalis 5, stam. 10, alt. 5 

 brevier, ovar. cord. lOstriatum, akenis corona- 

 tis obov. sulc. indehisc. apteris. fi. racemosis, 

 hracteatis very diff. from Conocarpus with ca- 

 pitate naked fl. cal. 5parted, no petals, 5fertile 

 stam. 5 sterile, nuts in cones winged &c. The 

 name derives from the seeds germinating in the 

 air as in RhizopJiora, 



533. Rliizaeris alba Raf. Conoc. racemosa L. 

 auct. The white Mangrove of Antilles. 



534. Zamzela R. (hot) diif, ad Ilirtella, stam. 

 3 (nee 5) types 2^, racemosa Raf. Hirt. trian- 

 dra auct, and 2 2^, riigosa R. Hirt. do auct. 



535. Sphenista R. (wedged) diff. Hirtella 

 fruct drupa (nee bacca) cuneat. incurvat. stylo, 



