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4 (sometimes only 3) bear at their apex a roundish yellow 
i 
with or without a rudimentary gland at their base. The 
species does not seem to have been found so far in any other 
part of the world and must therefore for the present be regarded 
as endemic in St. Helena. 
cae, L., HE. humifusae, Willd., EH. inaequilaterae, Sond., E. 
serpyllifoliae, Pers., sed ab omnibus hisce speciebus involucro 
5-mero fimbriato-lobato distincta. Caeterum differt ab Z. Chamae- 
ro 
B 
rotundatis exappendiculatis, seminibus levissime 
is, ab &. 
levissimis, ab EH. inaequilatera seminibus multo levius rugu- 
losis, ab #. serpyllifoha quacum seminum structura bene con- 
venit, foliis crassiusculis. . ovalifolia Engelm., involucri 
lobis fimbriatis quidem gaudens, ditfert foliis tenuibus inte- 
gerrimis. 
Herba annua, glaberrima, radice tenui. Caules prostrati, 
o-6 em., raro ad 12 cm. longi, filiformes, cylindrici, saepe pur- 
purascentes, dichotome ramosi. "olia oe eta crassiuscula, 
Saepe purpureo-tincta, lati elliptico- vel oblongo-obovata, basi 
plerumque inaequalia, latere altero rotundato vel subcordato, 
altero attenuato, a medio vel saltem apicem versus subtiliter sed 
distincte mucronulato-serrulata, apice obtusa, 3-5 mm. longa, 
15-3 mm. lata. Stipulae membranaceae, in lacinias filiformes 
fissae. Cyathia versus apices ramorum in dichotomuiis solitaria, 
breviter (circiter 2-3 mm.) pedunculata, campanulato-tur- 
binata, circiter 1 tristt longa, fauce nuda, lobis elongatis fim- 
briatis, fimbriis plerumque 3 (rarius ad e cellulis 2- vel 
stipite applanato, appendicibus 
. uullis. Flores 8 circiter 4. Capsula circiter 15-2 mm. longa, 
.d 
2-fidi.  Semina oblongo-ovoidea, sabe paulo ultra 1 mm. 
undulatis—E. rosea, Roxb. in Hemme me seers? rac ek 
a8. 9, iia: . Chamaesyce, 
; Melliss, St. Helena, Z S me _ Challenger Ee 
St. Hetena. Potato Bay, 1809, Burchell 110; lower barren 
tocky parts, 1867, “Melliss: without precise locality, Haughton; 
W hitehead. 
