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Islands, and naturalized on the Taheitian and Feejeean ; by Blume bijdr. 906, on Java ; by Mason, 

 in Burmah ; by Hermann par. 161 (Spreng.), and Gardner soc. hort. iv. 40, on Ceylon ; by Rox- 

 burgh, in Hindustan, but devoid of a Sanscrit or any ancient name (A. Dec.) ; by Law, and Graham, 

 " one of the commonest weeds in gardens at Belgaum," also " in Bombay, and generally everywhere ; " 

 by Bojer, on Madagascar; by myself, on Zanzibar ; by Grant, " common near fields 2° N." on the 

 Nile; is known to occur as far as the Atlantic at Cape Verd (Perrottet) and Congo (R. Brown). 

 Westward, was observed by Sloane i. pi. 152 in the West Indies ; by myself, in Southern Brazil ; and 

 is known to grow from S. Lat. 37° in Chili along the Western coast as far as the Galapagos Islands 

 (Beech, voy. 30, and J. D. Hook.) and Mexico (Kunth). By European colonists, was carried to the 

 Mauritius Islands, where it has become naturalized (Boj.) ; to Austral Africa (Drege) ; to St. 

 Helena and Madeira, observed by myself ; to the vicinity of Savannah in Georgia (Torr. and A. Gray, 

 and Chapm.). Transported to Europe, is described by Plukenet phyt. pi. 88. 



Ipomoea pes-caprce of sandy Tropical shores around the Globe. A spreading prostrate vine 

 called in Malabar " schovanna-adamboe," in Hindustanee " dopate-luta," in Bengalee "chagul- 

 khooree" (Drur.), in the environs of Bombay " dobutee-luta " or "chagul-koon " (Graham), in Bur- 

 mah " pen-lay-ka-zwon " (Mason), in Tagalo and Bisaya " catangeatang " or "lagairai" or "lampay- 

 ong," in Ylocano " lambayong " (Blanco) ; and, except on secluded coral-islands, familiarly known to 

 the Polynesians all the way to the shores of America : — observed by myself in loose seaside sand 

 from the Hawaiian Islands and Metia to the Feejeean Islands ; by R. Brown, as far as the shores of 

 Australia ; is described by Rumphius v. pi. 159 ; is known to grow in China (Graham) ; was observed 

 by Blanco frequent on the seashore of the Philippines, its leaves regarded by the natives as having 

 the remarkable property of removing excrescences in wounds ; by Mason v. 479, in Burmah, its 

 leaves applied externally for medicinal purposes; by Rheede xi. pi. 57, in Malabar; by Roxburgh, 

 and Drury, in other parts of Hindustan ; by Graham, " common on sandy beaches as far as Bombay, 

 its leaves boiled by the natives and applied externally in colic ; by myself, on Zanzibar. Westward, 

 is known to grow on the Atlantic side of Equatorial Africa (R. Brown cong., and Benth. fl. nigr.) ; 

 was observed by myself on the seashore of Southern Brazil ; is known to grow also in the West 

 Indies and as far as St. Augustine and N. Lat. 31° on Cumberland isle (N. A. Ware, J. Read, Ell., 

 and Chapm.) ; also from La Guayra to Porto Bello on the Panama Isthmus ; and was observed by 

 J. D. Hooker on the Galapagos Islands. Transported to Europe, is described by Hermann hort. 

 lugd. pi. 175. 



Physalis angulata of Tropical America. Called in Malabar "inota inodien" (Rheede), in Bur- 

 mah "pung-ben" (Mason), in Ylocano " tuttullacac " (Blanco), on Taheiti " tamani " (Bertero), on 

 the Hawaiian Islands " kamani "(....); and carried to the islands of the Pacific as early per- 

 haps as this date : — observed by Bertero on Taheiti ; by myself, a weed only, diminutive and smooth, 

 on the Hawaiian, Taheitian, Samoan, Tongan, and Feejeean Islands, and the Malayan archipelago ; 

 by Blanco, on the Philippines ; by Thunberg, in Japan ; by Mason, in Burmah ; by Grant, its "leaves 

 used as a vegetable, by huts ?° N." on the Nile. Eastward, was observed by Ruiz and Pavon ii. 42 



of the Pacific as early perhaps as this date : — observed by Mann on the Hawaiian Islands ; by 

 myself, a weed on the Taheitian, Samoan, Tongan, and Feejeean Islands ; by Forster, on the Tongan 

 Islands ; and by him, and Lesson, on New Zealand (A* Dec). Eastward, was observed by myself in 

 the environs of Valparaiso and Lima ; by Aublet 794, in Guayana ; by Maycock, in the West Indies ; 

 and by Chapman, in " South Florida." By European colonists was carried to the Bay of San Fran- 

 cisco, where I was informed by Spanish residents it gave the name " Herba Buena " to the landing- 

 place on the South side (now the city of San Francisco) ; was also carried to the Canary Islands (A. 

 Dec), Cape Verd Islands and neighbouring coast of Guinea (Webb in fl. nigr. 142), and to the Mau- 

 ritius Islands (Dec). Transported to Europe, is described by Dillenius pi. 43 (Pers.). 



Drncontium (Arisama) polyphyllum of Tropical America. Called in Guayana " labaria," being 

 one'of the remedies against the bite of the labarri snake (Lindl.), observed by Descourtilz wild in 

 the West Indies : carried to the Polynesian islands as early possibly as this date : — cultivated 

 on the Society Islands and its roots eaten in times of scarcity, also in Japan where a medicine is pre- 

 pared from them (Drur.) ; observed by myself frequent in cultivated ground on the Samoan Islands, 

 rare on the Feejeean. Farther West, is called in Tamil " caat-karnay " or " caat-carnaykalung," in 

 Telinga " adivie-kanda," in Hindustanee " junglai-kandi " (J. F. Wats.) ; was observed in Hindustan 

 by Ainslie, Piddington, Speede, and R. N. Brown, the prepared root regarded as antispasmodic, a 

 valuable remedy in asthma, and used by the natives in haemorrhoids (Drur.). 



Carina angustifolia ? of Tropical America. A low yellow-flowered species that may have been 

 introduced into the Hawaiian Islands as early as this date: — observed by myself only on Oahu, 

 abundantly naturalized in the valley leading inland 'from Honolulu. 



