BOTANY OF FERNANDO NORONHA. ^3 



Frena lobata, L. Sp. PI. p. 974 ; DC. Frodr. i. p. 441. 



A patch of plants of this species occurred among Cassia and 

 Crotalaria on the hill above the garden of the Eesidencj, The 

 showy pink flowers closed before 10 a.m. 



Distribution. Throughout the tropics of both hemispheres. 



"WissADTJLA HiRSUTA, Presl, Bel. Scenic, p. 118 ; Walp. Bep. 

 i. p. 328. 



About a dozen plants grew among the bushes at the entrance 

 to the Sapate woods. The flowers are yellow and rather showy. 

 The plants were about 5 feet high. 



Distribution. Brazil. 



Malachra capitata, L. Syst. ed. xii. p. 518; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p. 440; Oriseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 80. 



This was plentiful in the central district, growing with the 

 Cassias, &e., in the Horta da Florestas. It is a coarse half- 

 shrubby plant with white flowers. This is the species mentioned 

 under the name of M. radiata by Hemsley in the Botany of the 

 ' Challenger' Voyage, Atlantic Islands, p. 15. 



Distribution. Most tropical countries. 



SiDA ALTHE^FOLiA, Sw. Frodr. p. 101 ; Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. ii. 

 p. 1207; DC. Frodr. i. p. 464. 



On the sand-hills near Fort San Antonio. A stunted form, 

 less pubescent than usual. Flowers buff". 



Distribution. Yucatan, Gruiana ; Brazil, from Ceara to Hio de 

 Janeiro ; Peru ; Jamaica and Senegal. 



S. PANicuLATA, L. Sp. Fl. p. 962 ; DC. Frodr. i. p. 465 ; Cav. 

 Diss. i. p. 16. — S. atrosanguinea, Jacq^. Ic. Bar. i. t. 136. 



A common shrubby plant, with dark purple flowers. In many 

 of the bushy places, on the main island, especially Chaloupe Bay, 

 the Peak, and the Sapate. 



Distribution. Jamaica ; Peru ; Ecuador ; and Brazil, where it 

 is common from Pernambuco ? to Eio de Janeiro. 



S. SPiNOSA, L. Sp. Fl p. 960 ; DC. Frodr. i. p. 460. 

 Frequent on the slopes of Chaloupe Bay, near the Fort. 

 Distribution . Cosmopolitan. 



S. GLOMERATA, Cav. Diss. i. p. 18, t. 2. f. 6. — S. carpinifolia, DO. 

 Frodr. i. p. 460. 



Along the main roads through the central district. Common. 

 Distribution. Widely distributed. 



