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BOTANY. 



BONA VISTA. 



Fucus". 



Kyllingia, new species'"? 



Panicum sericeum, Hab. in Ind. Occidentali. 



,, colonum, ,, Indiae cultis. 



,, scabrum, „ Senegal. 

 Cenchrus echinatus, „ Americse et Barbar. arvis. 

 Zea mays, (cultivated.) 

 Asparagus (species imperfect.) 

 Polygonum salicifoliuni'' ? 

 Salsola sativa, Hab. in Hisp. australis maritimis. 



Salicornia Caspica, Hab. in squalidis maris Caspici, &c. 

 „ Indica^ „ ad littera maris Tranquebar. 



' This specimen was very old, and had been apparently laying on the beach a long time ; 

 it was black from exposure to air, ligneous, and full of small tubercles. 



■' Culmo cylindrico, involucro universale triphyllo, partiale monophyllo. Valvis capituli, 

 muticis. 



" The natives call it Froolie, and use its blossoms, which are thickly covered with cotton, 

 for stuffing beds and cushions. 



'^ Caule friiticoso, foliis cylindricis, minutis, alternis. This species is, probably, not new, 

 but I could not find it described either in Persoon or Willdenow. 



^ This appears to be a small variety of that found at Tranquebar. 



'■ This is used by the natives for making the black liquid with which they mark their salt 

 bags, and which they call morass. 



