306 APPENDIX. 



E. DiANTHus chinensis. Linn. China Pink. 



E, ' Caryophyllus. Linn. Clove. 



I. DicKsoNiA arborescens. Willd. 6. 485. 



Stipes, rachis and subdivisions compressed, and somewhat woolly, 

 but not scabrous. Fronds ovate-oblong, hard, glossy above, sub-oppositelv 

 tripinnate ; ultimate segments from oval to oblong, and crenate-serrate. 

 Spots on the margin, until they open transversely-oval, after round. 



Grows on the tops of the highest mountains ; such as Diana s Peak. 

 Trunk single, straight ; general height when full grown, 20, or more feet, 

 and of various thickness up to that of a man's body : covered with the 

 bases of the decayed stipes, mosses and parasites of various kinds ; at the 

 apex clothed with long, soft, tawny-brown wool, like that of which the 

 finest shawls are made ; when this woolly substance is removed, the parts 

 over which it extended are found to be scabrous. Fronds (including the 

 stipes) from 4 to 10 feet long. 



E. DioscoREA alata. Linn. Winged Yam. "i Here they do not thrive to be 



E. aculeata.K. Thorny Yam. J of the smallest use. See ^irum. 



E. DioSPYRus Kauki. Linn. Japan Diospyros, fruit large and edible. 

 I. DoMBEYA Erythroxylon. Willd. 3. 725. Pentapetes Erythroxylon. 



Hort. Keiv. \st edit. 2. 438. Melhania, second edition, 4. 146. of 



the same work. 



Mboreous.^ Leaves ovate-cordate, crenulate, acuminate, smooth 

 above, reticulate underneath, while young hoary, obscurely 3-5-nerved. 

 Peduncles axillary, solitary, 2-3-flowered : flowers pentaudrous. 



Red-wood-tree the vernacular name on St. Helena, where it is indiaen- 

 ous on moderately high hills, where, if the soil is suitable, it grows rapidly 

 with a straight trunk to be a middling sized tree of great beauty. Bark 

 dark brown, even and pretty smooth. 



Branches numerous, spreading, tender twigs hoary. Stipules subulate. 

 Peduncles about as long as the petioles. Flowers larger than in the fol- 

 lowing (Z>. Melanoxylon') colour the same aud also changeable. Nectariat 

 filaments flesh-coloured. Styleivfice the length of the stamina. Capsules 



