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APPENDIX. 



An Alphabetical List o/ Plants,* seen by Dr. Roxburgh 

 growing- on the Island of St. Helena, in 1813-14. 



I. means indigenous ; E. exotic. Several of the most conspicuous of the unde- 

 termined species are briefly described ; and Doctor Roxburgh's names are 

 distinguished by the letter R. 



E. Anvivs, precatorius Willd.'i.^.dW. 1025. 



I. AcALYPHA rubra. R. Red acalypha, or string-tree of the islanders. 



Arboreous. Peduncles axillary and between the leaves : one or more 

 female flowers near the base, the rest a long, pendulous filiform, glomerate 

 male spike : involucres cuculate, intire. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, 

 3-nerved. 



A beautiful small tree, a native of elevated parts of the south face of 

 Diana's peak, and called string-tree by the natives on account of its numerous 

 beautiful red male spikes, which hang in great profusion from every twig. 

 Ultimate branches tubercled with the scars of the fallen leaves ; above, 

 where the leaves remain coloured red and smooth : the petioles, nerves, and 

 veins are also red and smooth. 



E. Acer Pseudo-Platanus. Willd. 4, p. 983. Common maple or syca- 

 more tree. 

 E. AcHYRANTHEs aspevo. Willd. 1. p. 1191. A weed in gardens. 



* This is by no means given as a complete catalogue of the vegetable kingdom on the 

 Island. Doctor Roxburgh's bad state of health during his residence there, from the 7th June, 

 1813, to the 1st March, 1814, did not admit of his undertaking such a task. 



