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very long, erect, coloured and villous : the umbellets numerous 

 and all the divisions long, coloured and villous. Involucres 

 scarcely any, involucres of a few small acute scales. Flowers 

 numerous, pure white calyx, five-tooth. The rest as in the 

 genus. Every part is to me void of smell. 



E. Erythonia caffia. Willd. 3. 914. Cape-coral-tree. 



E. Euphorbia rosea. Willd. 2. 895. French grass of the islanders. 



E. Euphorbia peplus. Willd. 2. 913. Small spurge. 



E. Eugenia Jambos. Willd. 2. 959. Rose apple. 



E. Ficus carica. The common fig grows freely here, and 

 produces good crops of excellent fruit ; but like all else in rural 

 economy, is too much neglected. 



E. Ficus indica, or the famous Banyan Tree of India. 



E. Ficus religiosa. Willd. 41134. 



E. Ficus terebrata. Willd. 41145. Is the most common tree 

 in James Valley, where it grows freely and furnishes excellent 

 fuel, the wood of the species being much firmer than any other 

 species of this genus known to me. 



I. Fimbristylis textilis. R. Culius naked, columnar until above 

 the middle, then somewhat compressed. Leaves none. Spike- 

 lets numerous in a hard sessile head 1-2 inches below the 

 subulate grooved apex ; flowers 1-3 androgynous ; scales 

 boat-shaped, rather obtuse, style 3-fid. St. Helena thatching 

 rush ; is a native of the interior of the island, and is in plenty 

 for every purpose ; in moist elevated situations, it grows to 

 the height of 3-6 feet perfectly destitute of leaves and quite 

 straight, about as thick as a crow's quill, of a firm texture 

 and smooth glossy deep green colour. A good substantial 

 covering of this rush is said to last from ten to fifteen years 

 and keeps out wet effectually. 



E. Frageria vesca. Willd. 2. 1090. Strawberries a few varieties, 

 but little or no care is taken of them ; they consequently do not 

 thrive. 



E. Fraxinus chinensis. R. China ash, a small slow-growing 

 tree. 



E. Fumaria capreolata. Willd. 3. 868. Running Fumitory. 



E. Fuchsia coccinea. Willd. 2. 340. Scarlet Fuchsia, grows 

 most luxuriantly in Sandy Bay. 



E. Gardenia florida. Willd. 1.1225. Cape Jasmine. 



E, Gardenia thunbergia. Willd. I. 1226. 



E. Gardenia radicans. Willd. i. 1225. 



E. Gledetschia horrida. Willd. 4. 1097. This tree is one of the 

 most stately and most beautiful on the island, but unfor- 

 tunately, there is but a single specimen to be seen ; it grows 

 in the garden at the Governor's country house, where it has 

 attained to the height of fifty feet or more ; with trunk and 

 coma proportionately large. It has not produced seeds, nor 

 have they hitherto been able to multiply this charming tree. 

 The large ramous species are confined to the trunk and larger 

 branches. 



