474 MYOPORACE^ SELAGIXACE.E PEDALIACK.E. 



crata, L. 5 W. Indies. — L. crocea, Lk. B Jamaica. — Glossocaryn 

 mollis, Wall. Cat. Sagaen. Towards Taong-Dong. 



ORDER CXCIX— MYOPORACEiE, Liadl. Nat. Syst. p. 279. 



Shrubs, by Lindl., excluding Avicennia, referred to 5 genera, with 21 

 species, of which 20 are natives of New Holland, and 1 (Bontia) of the W. 

 Indies. " Properties unknown." (Lindl.) 

 Myoporum, Banks. {Sprang, syst. 1, p. 679, No. 2133; — R. Br. pr. p. 515.) 



1. acuminatum, R, Br. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 766 ; — R. Br, I. c.) B New 

 Holland, near Port Jackson. Fl. smallish, white, at the bottom purple 

 stained, Feb. and March ; fr. 0. 



2. debile, R. Br. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 766;— R. Br. pr. p. 516 ;— B. M. 43, 

 t. 1830. — Pogonia (not R. Br.) debilis, Andr. B. Repos. t. 212.) B 

 N. Holland, near Port Jackson. Fl. smallish, pale rose-coloured with 

 a tinge of purple, more or less the whole year. 



* Myoporum ellipticum, R. Br. B Tropical N. Holland. — M. tenuifolium, 

 R. Br. ^ Tropical New Holland. — Bontia daphno'ides, L. B W. Indies. 



ORDER CC— SELAGINACEtE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 279. 



Herbs or small shrubs, referred by Harvey to 7 genera, containing nu- 

 merous species, all natives of S. Africa. " Properties unknown." (Lindl.) 

 Hebenstreitia, L., (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 678, No. 2113.) 



l.fruticosa, Thunb. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 754; — B. M. 45, t. 1970.) S 

 C. G. H. Fl. small, white, C. S. ; but very rare ; fr. 0. 



* H. dentata, L. B. M. 14, t. 483. B C. G. H. 



ORDER CCI.— PEDALIAGEiE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 281. 



THE OIL-SEED TRIBE. 



Herbs, by Lindl. referred to 10 genera, of which Spreng. syst. only 

 enumerates 5 for S. America, Mexico and W. Indies ; 2 for New Holland, 

 and 1 for E. Africa. In S. Africa have been found 3 species (Harvey) ; and 

 in the E. Indies as many ; viz. J of Pedalium; and 2 of Sesamum, Pro- 

 perties under the species. 



