monochlamydea;. 95 



MONOCHLAIVIYDEyE. 



SERIES I. CURVEMBRYE^. 

 NYCTAGINACE.^-. 



427. Boerhavia diffusa, L. /3 procumbens, Roxb. "Kawar khaira." 



a. Plant in flower. 



Stewart, ' Punjab Plants,' p. 182. 



428. Neea species. 



a. Leaves and inflorescence, ivith immature fruits and detached 



fruits. 



" Xo. 359. Pisonia or Neesia, perl)aps a new species. In damp thick 

 wooils, Lion Hill Station, Panama; 16 Sept., 1862." 



"A shrub, 4 to 6 feet high. This is a uiost interesting little slirub, 

 and Hooker has referred it to Pisonia, and thinks it may be new. It is 

 more like Neesia to me, the stamens in all the flowers I have seen being 

 included. It is a very neat shnih, the branchlets and leaves shining, 

 and of a purplish red tinge."— S. Hayes. 



[This plant is mentioned in Godman and Salvin's Biologia Centr., 

 Amer. (Bot.), vol. iii., p. 9, No. .3., but the species is not determined, 

 the material being insufficient. ] 



AMARANTACEjE. 



429. Aenia javanica, Juss. "Bui." (Pi.) 



a. Flowering twig. 



Stewart, ' Punjab Plants.' 



CHENOPODIACE.'E. 



430. Caroxylon foetidum, Moq. " Lana." 



a. Flowering branch. 



Stewart, 'Punjab Plants,' p. 177. 



431. Chenopodium album, L. " Sannan or Drag." 



((. Flowering branch. 



Sometimes eaten as a potherb. 

 Stewart, ' Piuijab Plants,' p. 178. 



432. [Chenopodium ambrosioides, L. ] Chenopodium "ambrosiacum." 



a. Flowering branch. 



Raised at Clapham Common from seed from the Cape of 

 Good Hope ; 1860. 



433. [Chenopodium Botrys, L.] Chenopodium ambrosioides, L. 



((. Plant in flower. 



Cultivated in the garden at Clapham Common ; 1869. 



