56 MH. H. N. EIDLEY ON THE 



variety aggregata ; but in Chaloupe Bay, where it was very 

 luxuriant, there was a form with conical heads near!}' an inch 

 in length, which is doubtless the variety longespicata of Seubeit 

 in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. p. 226. 



Distribution. Tropical South America and Africa. 



CHENOPODIACE^. 



Chenopodium anthelminticum, L. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 220 ; Moq. 

 in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2. p. 73 ; Fenzl in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. p. 150. 



Cultivated as a medicinal plant in many of the gardens, and 

 escaped thence in several places. 



Basella alba, L. Gen. PI. n. 382 ; Jacq. Eclog. t. 161. 

 Occurred as a garden-weed in the Governor's garden and also 

 in the village. 



PHTTOLACCACE^. 



EiviNA LJEVis, L. Mant. p. 41 ; Lam. 111. t. 81. fig. 2 ; J. A. 

 Schmidt in Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. 1. p. 335. 



Common everywhere on the main i;:?land and also on Rat 

 Island, where the plants formed shrubs. The flowers of this 

 form were white, the berries at first orange-yellow, after red. On 

 the slopes towards the sea at Tobacco Point was another form 

 with reddish stems and pinkish flowers. 



Distrihution. Common all over Tropical America ; very plentiful 

 at Pernambuco. 



EUPHORBIACE^. 



EuPHOEBiA COMOSA, Veil. Fl. Flam. 1. 15 ; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. p. 66 ; Muell.-Arg. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xi. 2. p. 693. 



In open stony places, in Chaloupe Bay and near Tangle Eock. 

 It is called "Alvelose," and used medicinally. 



Distribution. Brazil only ? chiefly known from the south. 



E. piLTJLiFERA, L. Amosn. Acad. iii. p. 114; Boiss. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. p. 21 ; Jacq. Ic. i. t. 478 ; Muell.-Arg. in Mart. Fl. 

 Bras. xi. 2. p. 184. — E. hirta, L. Amoen. Acad. iii. p. 114. — E. capi- 

 tata. Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 422. 



Abundant in the garden and village ; also at Sambaquichaba 

 and near Tangle Eock. A common prostrate weed. 



Distribution. World-wide. 



