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is so difFerent from all that it must also be a pe- 

 culiar Genus. The Schobera of Scopoli and 

 Necker was separated also from Heliotropium 

 by capsule didyme umbilicate 41oc. 4sp. but 1 

 dont know which is the type, unless some Tiari- 

 dium or the next G. 



529. Eliopia Raf. (n. gr.) diff. Heliotr. cal. 

 tubuL 5dent. cor. hypocr. faux clausa Sradiata, 

 stig. capit. planum, sem. 4 eq. ovatis — This al- 

 though based on the H. indicum, is very differ- 

 ent from Tiaridmm by calix and seeds, *2 types. 



530. Eliopia serrnta Raf. fol. ovatis subcord. 

 subserratis rugosis hirtis, spicis term, solit. fl. se- 

 cundis biserialis — Antilles and tropical America, 

 the Heliotr, indicum of Swartz &c, H. americ. 

 of Sabati 4"C, fl pale blue. 



531. FAiopia riparia Raf. fol. ovatis subre- 

 pandis rugosis hirtis, spicis term, solit. fi. secun- 

 (lis uniserialis — banks of streams in N. Amer. 

 the Heliotr. indicum of all the N. Amer. bo- 

 tanists. Elliot calls the calix Sparted and 4 seeds 

 angular. 



532. RiiizAERis R. (air root) [diff. Conocar- 

 pus, cal. cone. 5dent. petalis 5, stam. 10, aIt.-5 

 brevior. ovar. cord. lOstriatum, akenis corona- 

 tis obov. sulc. indehisc. apteris. fi, racemosis, 

 bracteatis — very diff. from Conocarpus with ca- 

 pitate naked fl. cal. 5parted, no petals, 5fertile 

 stam. 5 sterile, nuts in cones winged &c. The 

 name derives from the seeds germinating in the 

 air as in Rliizophora, 



533. RInzaeris alba Raf. Conoc. racemosa L. 

 auct. The white Mangrove of Antilles. 



534. Za3izela R. (hot) diff. ad Ilirtella, stam. 

 3 (nee 5)— -types Z, racemosa Raf. Hirt. trian- 

 dra auct, and 2 2^. rugosa R. Hirt. do auct. 



535. Spiiemsta R. (wedged) diff. Hirtella 

 fruct drupa (nee bacca) cuneat. incurvat. stylo, 



