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its glossy greeu leaves; but althougli so abundant, we only found 

 a single tree iu bloom. This, however, bore a plentiful supply 

 of flowers and two fruits. The stems are covered with a grey 

 bark; but the younger branches are thickly coated with a rusty- 

 brown pubescence, which overlies not only the twigs but also the 

 young leaves and inflorescence. The flowers are closely crowded 

 iuto small heads at the ends of the branches and are very small. 

 The perianth is red, with the rusty pubescence outside, glabrous 

 within ; the lobes short and acute. The stamens are represented 

 in the plate above quoted as projected far beyond the perianth- 

 tube ; I never saw them like this. They are slender and short. 

 The pistil is terminated by a tuft of filaments at the apex, as 

 in most other species ; these are omitted altogether in the plate, 

 in which the pistil is mutilated. The fruit is oblong, slightly 

 pubescent, and green when fresh, and marked with low ribs, and 

 terminated by the remains of the perianth-tube : it hangs down 

 when ripe. 



AMAEANTACEtE. 



Amaeanthus CAirDATUs,i. S^f. PI. ed. 1, p. 990, ed. 2, p. 1406. 

 A few scattered plants occurred near the village, in Peak Bay, 

 and also in some of the gardens. 



A. aRACiLis, Desf. Tahl. Hort. Far. ed. 1, p. J-S. — Euxolus 

 caudatus, Moq^. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2. p. 27i. 



Peak Bay, and also by the roadside in the central district. 

 Distribution. World-wide. 



A. viRiDis, L. S_p. PL ed. 2, p. 1405. — Euxolus viridis, Moq. in 

 DO. Prodr. xiii. 2. p. 274. 



Along the paths through the Sapate. Common. 

 Distribution. World-wide. 



Philoxerus termicularis, B. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. i. 

 p. 410. — Iresine vermicularis, 3Ioq^. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2. p. 340. 

 — Var. AGGREGATA : Iresine aggregata, Mog^. I. c. — Philoxerus 

 aggregatus, IT. B. K. Nov. Gen. ct Sp. ii. p. 203. 



This plant is exceedingly common along the shores of the main 

 island. Eat Island, &c. It covers densely the fallen boulders on 

 the hill-slopes just above the beach. The common form was the 



