TETRAGONIACE* I'H YTOLACCACEiE. 323 



Canaries, N. Africa, and Arabia; and 1 from N. Zealand. In the E. 

 Indies have been found only the following species : — 

 Sesuvium, L. {DC. pr. 3, p. 453 - — W. and A.pr. 1, p. 361.) 



l.repens, Rottl. {DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. — S. Portulacastrum, 



Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 509 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 248; not L.— 



Rumph. 6, t. 72, /. 1.) 2/.. Sea-shores of Salsette. Orun, Tranquebar. 



Moulraein, &c. Soonderbuns. Fl. small, green, internally white, 



H. S. 



p. Wightianum, Saugor Island, Soonderbuns. %. R. S. 1841. 

 Tetragonia, L. 



\.expansa, Ait. {B. M. 50, 2362.) % Japan. New Zealand. 



* A'tzoon hiapanicum, L. © Spain. 



ORDER CLllI.— PHYTOLACCACEiE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 210. 



THE VIRGINIAN I'OKK TRIBE. 



Herbs, undershrubs or trees referred by Lindl. to 7 or 8 genera, of 

 which Spreng. syst. assigns 12 species to S. America and Mexico; 1 to 

 N. America ; 1 to the Canaries ; 1 to Abyssinia, and 1 to Japan. In the 

 E- Indies have been found 1 species of Phytolacca ; 1 of Rivina ; 1 of 

 Gisekia ; and 2 of Bosea ? (Lour. Roxb.) Their native places are Nepal, 

 Patna, the two Peninsulas of India, and Cochin China. Properties unim- 

 portant. 

 Phytolacca, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 284, No. 1744.) 



l.decandra, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 441 ;—B. M. 24, t. 931 ^—Roxb. 



H. B. p. 35.) ^. Jamaica. Virginia. New England. Fl. smallish. 



reddish-greenish, Feb. and March ; fr. H. S. Formerly used as an 



antirheumatic and purgative. Leaves acrid, but loosing this quality 



by boiling, and then eatable. 

 ^. octandra, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 441 ; — Lam. ill. t. 393 ; — Roxb. H. 



B. p. 35.) 2|. Mexico. Fl. smallish, white, Feb. and March ; fr. 



H. S. 



3. acinosa, Roxb. {Jl. ind. "2, p. 458.) % Nepal. Choor. In H. C. G. 

 fl. Feb. and March ; fr. H. S. Leaves acrid, loosing that quality by 

 boiling, and then eaten by the natives. {Roxb.) 



4. dioeca, L. {Spreng. syst. 2. p. 441 ; — L' Merit, stirp. 1, p. 145, /. 70.) 

 b S. America. Fl. smallish, white, March ; fr. H. S. 



RiviNA, L. {Spreng. syst. \,p. 370. No. 482.) 



1. la:vis, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 452 ; — Lam. ill. t. 81, /, 2 ,—B. M. 49, 

 t. 23'i3 ;— Roxb. H. B. p. II.) ^ W. Indies. Fl. small, white, and 

 fr. the whole year. Domesticated about Scrampore. 



