30 MR. H. N. EIDLET ON THE 



Turfy spots on the j)romontory.betweeu Chaloupe Bay and San 

 Antonio Bay ; on tlie top of the cliffs opposite the Frade ; and 

 very abundant and tall in Leao Bay, behind tlae Fort. 



The minute flowers are of intense deep blue, rarely wliite. 



Distribution. East Indies, and perhaps introduced thence into 

 South America. 



Desmodium (§ Nicolsonia) barbatum, Benth. in 3£iq. PI. 

 Jungli. i. p. 224, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. 1. ]}. 95. — Hedysarum 

 barbatum, L. Sp. PI. p. 1055. 



On the sides of Morro branco, and also on the eastern slope of 

 Look-out Hill. 



In botli of these localities the soil was phonolite altered by 

 contact with basalt ; and it was never found except on this rock. 

 Flowers brilliant blue. 



Distribution. East Indies ; also all parts of tropical America. 



D. spiRALE, DG. Prodr. ii. p. 332. 



Very common among thickets in Chaloupe Bay and the entrance 

 to the Sapate. Also plentiful on Eat Island. Flowers white or 

 yellow. Obtained also by Moseley. 



D. INCANUM, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 332 ; Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 XV. 1. p. 98. 



On the top of the clilT between Chaloupe Bay and San Antonio 

 Bay. Also common along the path through the Sapate. Flowers 

 rose-pink. 



Distribution. All tropical countries. 



§ ViCIEiE. 



Abeus precatoeius, Linn. Sysf. ed. xii. p. 472. 

 Very common on the Sapate, and also on the cliffs between 

 Chaloupe Bay and San Antonio Bay. 



Distribution. Throughout the tropics generally. 



§ Phaseole^. 



Eeytheina aurantiaca, n. sp. (Plate I.) 



Arbor 20-30-pedalis, diametro 9-12 uncias. Cortex laavis, 

 atro-brunneus. Coma j^atula ramosa. Rami juvenes atri pulveru- 

 lento-toraentosi, spinis brevibus conicis atris noununquam bifidis 

 tecti. Folia trif oliolata, glauca, vetusta glabra, ad 7 uncias longa, 



