42 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON THE 



EcLiPTA ERECTA, L. Mant. p. 286 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 490. — 

 E. alba, Rassk. PI. Jav. Bar. p. 528. 



Base of Peak ; also below Tangle Eock in damp places. 

 Distrihutmi. All warm and tropical countries. 



AspiLiA Ramagii, n. sp. 



Suffrutex bumilis, ramosus, pubescens, subpedalis. Eolia op- 

 posita, ovata acuta, lamina in petiolo decurrente, margine minute 

 serrate, scabra, venis et petiolo hispidis, venis dorso prominulis 

 tribus. Lamina ferme 3 uncias longa, 1| uncias lata. Petiolus 

 f unciam longa. Capitula in pedunculis 1-3-uncialibus hispidis 

 vix unciam in diametro. Involucrum 2-seriatum, seriei externa 

 lanceolata bispida, interiora oblonga obtusa apice minute pu- 

 besceuti, scariosa. Flores radii flavi, lamina lata oblonga apice 

 bifidi ? 5 millim. lati, 15 lougi, plurivenia ; tubus brevis. Stylus 

 teres ; stigmata gracilia subteretia. Plores tubulosi, plures, 

 flavi. Calycis lobi breves, obtusi. Corolla 5-partita, apicibus 

 acutis, marginibus incrassatis, dorso pubescentia ; stamina libera, 

 filamentis gracilibus. Antherse elongatae atrse, liueares, con- 

 nectivo apiculato, corollam superantes. Stylus teres : stigmata 

 crassiuscula, apice abrupte acuminata. 



East Hills. 



I am pleased to associate this plant with the name of Mr. Gr. 

 A. Eamage, who found it on the summit of the Eastern Hills, 

 growing among the broken basaltic boulders. The leaves, when 

 crushed, were deliciously aromatic ; but the scent disappeared on 

 drying. The plant is a small half-shrub, with rough scabrid 

 foliage. The blade of the leaf is decurrent on the petiole, so that 

 the three prominent veins on the back of the leaf do not arise 

 from the base of the lamina. The flowers are brigbt yellow. 



Ageratum costyzoides, L. Sp. PI. p. 1175; DC. Prodr. v. 

 p. 108 ; BaJcer in Mart. PL Bras. vi. 2. p. 194. 



Exceedingly common all over the central district; but not 

 found on any of the other islands. It is the commonest species 

 of Compositse here, covering large tracts of ground. 



Distribution . "World-wide. 



AcANTHOSPEEMTJM HisPiDUM, DC. Prodr. V. p. 522. 



There were a number of bushes of this plant in and about the 

 village. It seems usually to occur in waste spots and sandy shores 

 in various parts of South America, including Brazil. 



