BOTANY. 251 



Celosia coccinea% Hab. in India. 

 Amaranthus angustifolius, Hab. ad mare Caspicum. 

 ,, spinosus, Hab. in Indiis. 



Centunculus -". 



Piripea, an coerulea '' .^^ 



Ruellia alopecurioidea, Hab. in Montserrat. 



Ocymum basilicum % Hab. in India. 



Nepeta multibracteata, Hab. in Atlante, prope Tlerasen. 



Mentha citrata. 



Perilla, new species ' ? ^, j^ 



Brunella, new species^ ? 



Scoparia, an dulcis ? species imperfect. 



Solanum furiosum. 



,, iEthiopicum, Hab. in J^lthiopia. 



„ pomiferum ''. 



,, sodomeum, Hab. in Africa. 



„ nigrum. 



„ Carolinense'. 

 Capsicum frutescens, Hab. in India. 



Physalis angulata, Hab. in India utraque. 

 Nicotiana fruticosa ', Hab. in Vera Cruz. 



* This, and a white variety, is boiled and eaten with rice, to give an acid flavour. 



'' Foliis ovatis, retusis. Spicis geminatis. Floribus viridibus. Caule articulis rubris. 



■^ Foliis hastatis, oppositis, paniculatis. 



'' This is the Piripea brought from Madagascar by Perottet in 1820, and not yet named. I 

 have therefore called it p. carulea, and added the following description. Floribus coeruleis, 

 tribracteatis, paniculatis. Foliis lineari-lanceolatis, oppositis. 



« A cooling drink, for fevers and coughs, is made with an infusion of this plant. 



f Foliis linearibus, integerrirais. Bracteis 3, exteriore raajore. Floribus lilacinibus.. This 

 plant destroys a great deal of corn, by overrunning the plantations. 



8 Val4e hirsuta. Calycibus involucrisque valde- spinosis. 



'■ This, and the preceding species, are both eaten. 



' The leaves are boiled, bruised, and applied outwardly for craw-craw, a speci«s of itch 



•^ Pedunculis 2 aut 4 floris. Fructibus erectis, parvis, oblongis. Foliis lanceolatis, sinuatis. 



' This is said to be indigenous. 



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