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Hills about Dharwar. (Dr. Lush.) Pandooghur Fort, near Wye. (Dr. Gib- 
son.) Mr. Law mentions a plant on the hills about Badamee, which he 
introduced in gardens at Belgaum. The lower leaves are pinnately trifo- 
liate;—perhaps it may be a distinct species. 
306. BRYOPHYLLUM. Salish. Octandria Tetragynia. 
From bryo—to sprout, and phyllon—a leaf; young plants spring from the 
edges of the leaves. Don’s. syst. 3. p. 109. 
638. B.Carycinum. w. & a. 1121. Cotyledon rhizophylla. Rox. Flora- 
2. p. 456, Bot. Mag. ¢. 1409. Calanchoe pinnata. Persoons Synop. 1. p. 446. 
A fleshy, erect, suffruticose plant, with thick, opposite leaves, and very showy, 
pendulous, yellowish red flowers, in large terminal, panicled cymes. They 
come out in the cold season. 
Common in gardens, Bombay; and throughout Giergaum woods; but pro- 
bably planted. Grows wild in abundance, within 10 or 12 miles of Belgaum, 
and also on the Ram Ghaut. (Mr. Law.) 
ORDER 68. FICOIDE. w. & A. prod. |. p. 361. 
THe Fic-MaricoLp TRIBE. Lind, nat. syst. p. 163. 
307. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. L. Icosandria Tetragynia. 
From mesembria—mid-day; in allusion to the time at which the flowers 
usually expand. Gaert. ¢. 126. Lam. ¢. 438. 
639. M, CurysTALuinu. De. prod. 3. p. 448: pc. Pl. Grass. t. 128, 
The Ice plant;—in gardens, Bombay. 
308. TETRAGONIA. L, Icosandria Trigynia. 
Tetra—four, gonia—an angle; in allusion to the angled fruit of some of the . 
species. Gaert. ¢. 127. Lam. ¢. 437. 
640: T. Expansa. Dc, prod. 3. p. 452. Don’s. syst. 3.p. 151. 
New Zealand Spinach.—A spreading herbaceous plant, with ovate rhom- 
boid leaves.—In gardens Bombay, rare. It grows readily, and forms a much 
better spinach than the Amarantheacee in common use among the natives. 
309. GLINUS. tL, Dodecandria Pentagynia. 
_ Lam. ¢, 413. Gaert. ¢, 130. 
641. G. Lotorpes. w. & a, 1224. Burm. Ind. ¢. 36. f. 1, Flora. Graeca. ¢. 
472. Don’s, syst. 3. p. 154. 
An annual, procumbent plant, covered with a white woolly substance.—The 
Deccan, (Dr. Gibson.) Bombay, common. It is also a native of North and 
South America, Spain, Senegal, Egypt, &c. 
ORDER 69. CACTEZ. pe. Prod. 3. p. 457. 
Tue InpIAN-Fic Tripe. Lind. nat. syst. p. 55. — 
310. CEREUS. pc. lcosandria Monogynia. 
From cereus, pliant; in allusion to the pliant shoots of some of the species. 
642. C. PENTAGONUS. DC. prod. 3. p. 468. 
An erect plant; stems jointed, 5 angled; flowers large, white. In gardens; 
Bombay &c. 
643. C. GRANDIFLORUS. Dc. prod. 3. p. 468. Don's. syst. 3. p. 168.Bot. 
Mag. ¢. 3381. 
