366 BOTANY. 



SYNGENESIA. POLYGAMIA. SUPERFLUA. 



Sigesbeckia orient alls. Herbaceous ; flowers bright- 

 yellow. This species, on account of the fragrance of 

 its foliage, ranks amongst the raau noa noa, or sweet- 

 scented herbs of the natives. 



Society Isles ; native name amea. 



Erigeron Canadense. Society Isles ; native name te- 

 t&nia. Sandwich Isles. 



Verbesina Sp. A tall bushy herb. Leaves connate, 

 scabrous, and serrated; flowers compound, bright- 

 yellow. Sandwich Isles ; native name nehe. 



V. Sp. Sandwich Isles ; native name kokohorau. 



Gnaphalium luteo-album. Sandwich Isles; native 

 name ilihau. St. Helena. 



Cotula coronopifolia. Senecio Jacob&a. St. Helena. 



Diplopappus ericoides. Flowers yellow, compound. 

 The entire plant possesses a very powerful and dis- 

 agreeable odour. Cape St. Lucas, California. 



SYNGENESIA. POLYGAMIA. SEGREGATA. 



Elephantopus scober. Elephant's Foot. Timor. 



GYNANDRIA. MONANDRIA. 



Epidendrum umbellatum. Grows on the branches 

 of trees. Its leaves are broad, oblong, and entire. 

 Each leaf arises from a bulbous appendage, covered 

 with ligneous fibres, and which may be regarded as 

 a reversed stem, the roots growing from one of its 

 sides, and the leaf emerging from the opposite, and 



