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ST. HELENA 



corol striated. Style tnlid, seed iiiiiigularly obovate. A 

 native of the south face of Diana's Peak under the shade of 

 trees, where kept most by fogs which rest on the Peak. It 

 grows in small tufts to about the height of 3 feet when in flower. 

 Radical leaves numerous, ver>' long striated ; keeled, hard and 

 smooth ; colour similar but smaller ; cuius, three-sided, smooth, 

 leafy. 



E. Cassia microphylla. 



E. Cassia aurea. 



E. Cassia aluta. 



E. Cassia esculenta. 



E. Cassia sophera. 



E. Cast area vesca. 



E. Celsia A returns. 



E. Centaurea moschala. 



I. Cheiranthes Temmpbia. Found on Diana's Peak where it grows 

 in large masses to be from 6 to 18 inches high, with long slender 

 crooked dark coloured (browTaish black) stif>e and divisions. 

 Compare with Adiantum assemile. 



E. Cheranthus cheiro. Wallflower. 



E. Cheranthus incanus. Gilly flower or stock. Several varieties. 



E. Cheranthus odoratissimus. Persian stock. 



E. Chenipodum ambrosioides. Mexican chenpodium. 



E. Chenipodum album and viride. White and green chenpodium. 



E. Cichorain Intybus. Wild succor>" and endive, garden succory 

 or endive. 



E. Cicer arietinum. Chick pea. 



E. Citrus, including lemon, citron, orange with varieties. 



E. Clerodendrum incrona. 



E. Clitoria ternatea. 



E. Cluytia pulchella. A Cape flowering shrub. 



E. Cocas nucifera. Cocoa nut palm, very few and do not thrive. 



E. Coffee Arabica. In Alexander's garden at Sandy Bay were 

 some of the finest coffee trees I ever saw, and at the same time 

 (Februar>') in ever>' stage from the blossom to the ripe berry. 



E. Conchium gibbosum of Dr. E. Smith is Hakes' Gibbosa of Brown. 



I. Conyta gummifera. R. Arboreous, leaves sparse, approximate 

 subsessile but not decurrent from lanceolar to cunneate oblong, 

 subserrate soft rugose and more or less woolly underneath. 

 Peduncles axillary sohtary, drooping, one flowered ; flowers 

 globular. Gum-wood tree of the islanders, it grows on 

 the more elevated land over the interior parts to be a tree of 

 considerable size with short crooked trunk and still more 

 crooked spreading branches and ditrichotomous branchlets. 

 The bark of the trunk and large branches are a deeper or light«r 

 brown and smootli except for the numerous scars of fallen 

 leaves. The leaves are crowded about the ends of the branchlets, 

 often broad lanceolar, particularly in old trees ; while young, 

 gummy and more hoar}' ; length, j-4 inches by ^ inch to ij 

 broad. 



