10. THAt>AMIFI.OR.+;. 



" There is no Hpccimen in the Linnean Herhaiium. A full dewription 



(if ICidiwria Ij-ivd i« niintaine<l in ' Lo'tliii;;, Iter Hif-iianicum ' (Stock- 

 holm, IT.'iK, p. 195). The leaves of the plant are stateil to \>f, ' alterna, 

 laiiceolata, siiperiora liiiearia iwuta, KuliHeNHilia,' terni.s which are not 

 iiiapplicahle to tlie IJritish Mnseiiin specimen (Pavon ami Kohr'8), 

 ailmittinf; the bracts to he the linear, acute, subsessile upper leaven, 

 (lanlner's ' Krmncrin, No. 4004, from uplanil .sanily rumpon, Serra 

 (leral, Province of Ooyaz, May, I860,' anil ' No. 27H1, Di«trict of the 

 Itio I'rato, Province of Pernamliuco, Sept., 1839,' Ih a sjiecie.s coming 

 very near to K. Ixinn (as-suniinj^ No. 9'i') to be that plant), but the 

 entire plant is rather more shajjj^y, and the fruit ha.s the sinnr» mr/re 

 luinierniis, not hiirbril, with only a few scattered hairs between them 

 (instead of a dense tonientuni)'. [See paper by Hanbury in Proo. Roy. 

 liort. Soc, Nov. and Dec. 1864, p. 181 ; Pliann. .loom. (2), vi., p. 460; 

 'Science Papers,' p. .323.] 



The following description, qivjted from a letter from 

 .1. 'friana, is also appended : — 

 " Kranieria Ixina var. yS •^ranatensLs suffrutex ramoniis, foliis ovatis 

 ill /letiu/iDii atteiiiiatis, spathiilatiim, arutis, spinescentibus, crasri.i^ 

 olisriirt .l-vcroiis, sictit lutn pltintn pxbe hreHssimn inmnis, siipremia in 

 hivitea.i liiirtires jniiiifeiilra abciiiifihiin, flurihus pedicelhttis in racenuis 

 ti'.vinindlr.t (ligcstis, friictn globom nir'fiiiitiir/inr jiiii, ariihvi rctroisnnt 

 urii/ifin nii'riratu, 1-spertnn." 



A specimen of K. Lina from the Antilles, consisting of 

 a portion of a twig with a Hower and fniit, accomiianies 

 these notes. 



47. Mundtia Brasiliensis, St. Hil. 



It. Twigs in flower and detached fniits. 



No. 1. Cainpestm ; J. Correa de Mello, Campinas, Brazil, 

 186.5. 

 /;. Leafy twig. 



No. 1. Silvesfiis. From the same locality and collector. 

 [The leaves in specimen b. are much larger than in «.] 



CARYOPHYLLE.E. 



48. Drymaria cordata, Willd. 



('. Plant in flower. 



" P^ound on the highest part of the Volcano of Izalco, out 

 of the range of the vapour " ; Dr. Charles Dorat, 

 Sonsonate, State of vSan Salvador, Central America, 

 1861. On the same sheet is a specimen of a moss, 

 Fiumiia mlvcscens, Schu: 



TAMAKISCINE.B. 



49. Tamarix dioica, Koxb. "Lahi or Jhau." (Hind.) 



II. With fiuit. 



Stewart, ' Punjab Plants,' p. 01. 



