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E. Apium petroselinum, Willd. 1. 14T5. Parsley, and graveolens, or 



snaallage. 

 E. Argemone mexicana, the most common weed on the island. 

 E. Artemesia absinthmin, wormwood. 

 E. Arum Colocasia. Willd. 4, 481. St. Helena Yam ; of this there are 



several varieties, but the white is the sort cultivated. 

 E. AscLEPiAS fruticusa. Willd. 1. 1271. Shrubby Asclepias. 



E. ■ curassavica. Willd. 1. 1266. Bastard Ipecacuanha. 



I. AsPiDiuM riparium. Willd. 5. p. 250. 



Stipes villous, flat above. Fronds oblong, bipinnatified : pinnae 

 linear : segments linguiform, or falcate, and deeply divided. Spots in one 

 crowded row a little removed from the margin : involucres reniforni. 



Found plenty over the south side of the mountains immediately above 

 ^ajor Seal's in Sandy Bay, where it grows in tufts to be from 2 to 4 feet 

 high. 



I. AsplDiUM ptdchrum. Willd. 5. p. 253 ? 



Base of the stipes and tuberous like runners chaffy, the rest brown 

 and smooth. Fronds ovate-oblong, firm, subbipinnate : pinnse opposite, 

 generally pinnatifid : segments oblong, obtuse, subcrenate. Spots generally 

 one, rarely 2 or 3 to each segment of the pinnae : involucres reniform. 



A snAall (6- 12 inch) plant of a hard texture, but not glossy, with the 

 stipes about as long as the fronds : a native of Diana's Peak. 



I. AsvmiVM vestitum. Willd. 5. ^p. 261. 



Stipes and divisions amply clothed with large brown soft scales. 

 Fronds oblong, bipinnate : leaflets linguiform, obtuse, crenate. 

 Grows on Diana's Peak to be about two feet hi oh. 



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I. AsPiDiUM Capense. Willd. 5. p. 267. 



Stipes green and channelled. Fronds ovate, smooth, bipinnate : 

 pinnae opposite, apices ensiform and sharply serrate ; pinuulae from serrate 



