192 OXALIDACE^ CORIARIACE.E. 



6. variabilis, Jacq. {Lindl; B. Reg. 18, t. 1505.) % C. G. H.— Fl. 

 largish, Jan. Feb. and March ; fr. 0. 



a. albiflora ; {B. Reg. I. c. ;—B. M. 41, t. 1683.) Fl. white, with an 



orange eye. 

 3. rosea; {B. Reg. I. c. ;—B. M. 41, t. 1712.) Fl. deep rose, with 



an orange eye. 



7. Bowiei, Herb. (B. Reg. 19, t. 1585.) %. C. G. H.— Fl. very large, 

 deep rose-coloured, R. S. C. and fr. 0. 



8. Deppii, B. Cab. (16, t. 1500.) 2|. Mexico 1833. 



9. floribunda, Lehmann. ^f. Brazil, C. S. 



0. kirta, L. ; incarnata, L. ; convexula, Jacq. ; Acetosella, L. ; versicolor, 

 L. ; andflava, L ; have been cultivated here for many years without fl. 



* 0. bipunctata. Grab.; B. M. 54, t. 2781. '^. Rio Janeiro. — 0. tenera, 

 Spreng; B.Reg. 13, t. 1046. '^. Brazil. — 0. divergens, Benth.; B. 

 Reg. 19, t. 1620. %. Mexico.— 0. Barrelieri, Jacq; B. M. &Q. t. 3748. 

 "5 Brazil.— 0. Plumieri, Jacq. ; B. Reg. 10, t. 810. "S S. America.— 0. 

 fruticosa, Rad. ; "5 Rio Janeiro. — 0. Dillenii, Jacq; Guadeloupe — 

 O. floribunda, Lehm. •,'B. Reg. 13, 1. 1123. 2f.S. America. — O.palustris, 

 St. Hil. % Brazil.— 0. stricta, L. ; Fl. dan. t. 873. ® N. America. 

 Europe. — 0. albicans, H. B. and Kth. % Mexico. — 0. debilis, H. 

 B. and Kth. %. Caraccas. — 0. Jacquiniana, H. B. and Kth. %. Mexico. 

 — Biophytum Candollianum, Wight, ill. 1, t. 62. and f. 8. O Courtal- 

 lum. — B.proliferum, Wight. ® Ceylon. — B. intermedium, Wight. 

 Ceylon. — B. polyphyllum, Munro. Neelgherries. — B. verticillatum, 

 Wight. Courtallum. — Ledocarpum pedunculare, Lindl. ; B. Reg. 17, 

 t. 1392. t Chili. A very beautiful plant. 



ORDER CII.—CORIARIACEiE.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 141. 



Shrubs of 2 genera ; one (Coriaria) containing, according to DC. pr., 

 7 species : 1 from Europe and N. Africa ; 4 from Peru ; 1 from Mexi- 

 co ; and 1 from New Zealand. The other genus, Ercilla, Ad. Juss. we are 

 not acquainted with. The E. Indies exhibit but one species. 



" Coriaria myrtifolia is used by dyers for staining black. Its fruit is 

 poisonous. (DC.) Its leaves have been used to adulterate Senna, and have 

 produced fatal consequences." (Fee. Lindl.) 

 Coriaria, L. (DC. pr. \,p. 739.) 



I . nepalensis. Wall. (pi. as. rar. 3, t. 289.) B Mountains near Deyra 

 Dhoon, Kemaon, Mussooree. alt. 5-7000 f. Has been cultivated 



