HORT. MAL. VOL. VIII. 39 



J. E. Smith objected to Modecca as 'a barbarous name,' and proposed' 

 Blepharanthes in its stead, ' to preserve an analogy with Trichosanthes.' This 

 figure is erroneously quoted by Dennstedt for the Convolvulus yemellus of Vahl. 



Tab. 24. Strychnos colubrina of Lin. Burman. 



For 8. colubrina Linnaeus has quoted Rheede's name for this plant, and has 

 coupled it with ' vol. vii. tab. 5,' which error has led to much confusion in 

 the Synonomy. 



25. Aristolochia indica. Lin. 



26. Bryonia umbellata. Willd. B. Rheedii. Blume. Momor- 



dica umbellata of Roxb. 



Quoted for B. umbellata with a query by Willdenow and others, and as observed 

 by Poiret, ' les Pedoncles ne sout point en ombelle ;' but Rheede has figured 

 a female plant, and Roxburgh says that males only have the flowers umbellate. 



27. Merremia convolvulacea. Denn. 



Quoted with some doubt by Dr. Hamilton for his Convolvulus herederifolius, 

 which may probably be the Evolvulus hederaceus of Burman, and C. jlavus of 

 Willdenow, but Rheede's plant has tendrils, and in other points differs. 



28. Cardiospermum Halicacabum of Lin. Burman. 



By Lamarck it is quoted for a variety of C. Halicacabum. 



29.1 , 



30. v Bauhinia scandens. Lin. B. anguina. Roxb. 

 31.) 



Linnaeus has only quoted tab. 29, which has the appearance of a seedling, for 

 B. scandens ; whereas it is plain, from the remainder of his quotation, that the 

 Naga mu valli, tab. 30, was intended, and this error may probably have led 

 Roxburgh to give the name of B. scandens to the Folium lingua of Rumphius, 

 which is the B. lingua of De Candolle. Tab. 29 is strangely quoted by Denn- 

 stedt for the Linnean B. divaricata. 

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JJg" I Entada PursaBtha. D C. Mimosa scandens. Roxb. (not Lin.) 

 " Acacia scandens. Denn. 



These figures, though quoted by Linnaeus for his Mimosa scandens, belong to 

 his M. Entada, and the Linnean M. scandens is the Gigalobium scandens of 

 Browne's Jamaica, and the error originated in Browne's reference to these 

 figures for that species. 



35. Mucuna prurita. Hooker. M. pruriens. DC. Carpopogon 



pruriens. Roxb. Carcara pruritus. Rumphius. 



Although Linnaeus has quoted this figure, his Dulichos pruriens is founded on 

 an American plant of Jacquin's ; and Sir W. Hooker, in the Botanical Mis- 

 cellany, vol. ii. p. 350, has shewn good grounds for believing that this East 

 Indian plant is more than a variety. In the Almagestum, Plukenet has 

 placed them separate, with the names of Phaseolus americanus, and Phaseolus 

 orientalis. 



36. Mucuna gigantea. D C. Carpopogon giganteum. Roxb, 



Dolichos giganteus. Willd. 



Misquoted by Linnaeus for D.wens, and also for D. altissimus; both of which 

 are natives of America, and belong to Mucuna. 



