OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 987 



and multiflora 79 to 139 and am. 79-90 ; Murucuia ocellata am. 87, Sida nudiflora ic. B. 3, S. Ameri- 

 cana ic. B. 2, S.hederaefolia 169. 3, Hibiscus trilobus 159, H. unilateral 160. 1, Pavonia spinifex 

 1, P. coccmea 169. 2, Morisonia Americana 203, Polygala penaea 214. 1, Securidaca volubilis 247. 

 '' Vlr g a ta 248. 1, Pterocarpus lunatzis 201. 2, Rudolphia peltata 102. 1, Piscidia erythrina 233. 1, 

 Teramnus volubilis, 221, Dolichos articulatus 222, Dolichos tuberosus 220, C/^o«a Flumieri 108, 

 Coronilla scandens 107. 3, Aeschynomene sensitiva 149. 2, Tephrosia toxicaria 135, Ascyrum hyperi- 

 coides 152. 1 ; Eupatorium sinuatum, sophiaefolium, macrophyllum, and repandum 128. 1 to 130. 1 ; 

 Co«yza odorata, alopecuroides, and wV^zto 97 to 98. 2 ; Vernonia arborescens 130. 2, Chaptalia deu- 

 tata 40. 2, Z^r/a ««/a«j 41. 1, /« K / a aestuans 41. 2, /. primulaefolia 40. 1, ZV/zj punctata 86. 1, 

 7 J . humifusa 95. 2, />. n&w 151. 2, Verbesina gigantea 51, V.fruticosa 52, Wedelia carnosa 107. 2, 

 Coreopsis chrysantha 53. I, C. coronata 53. 2; AW/zVz lanceolata, quadridcntata, and elala 181. 2 to 

 190; Brassavola cucullata 179. 1, Isochilus linearis 182. I; Epidendrum coccineum,juncifalium, 

 alturn, ciliare, secundum, cochleatum, and punctatum 179 2 to 189; Dendrobium polystachyon 185. 1, 

 Stelis ophioglossoides 176. 3; Aristolochia ' bilabiata, peltata, punctata, and bilobata 32. 1 to amer. 

 106 ; Anp<ria trifoliata amer. 99, //. trilobata ic. B. 22, A.pedata 23, Dorstenia caulescens 120. 1, 

 £/rtfea ciliaris 120. 2, Sagittaria lancifolia 116. 1, Begonia macrophylla 45. 1, .S. rotundifolia 45. 1, 

 ^4r«/« hederaceum amer. 55, Caladium auritum 58,' C. pinnatifidum 51. b. 53, P/'»m Occidentalis 

 ic. B. 161, Plukenetia volubilis 226, Dalechampia scaukiis amer. 101, Ovtoz furfuraceum ic. B. 

 240. 1, C. citrifolium 240. 2, C. palustre 239. 1, Sapium ilicifolium 171. 1, Trichosanthes amara 

 amer. 100, Bryonia Americana ic. B. 66. I, j5. race?nosa 97, Trophis Americana 67, Viscum buxi- 

 folium 258. 3, V.fiavens 258. 4, Rajania hasta'a amer. 98, /?. <w<&ta ic. B. 55. 1, i?. quinquefolia 

 55. 2, Dioscorea altissima 117. 2, D. piperifolia 117. 1 ■ Inga circinalis, lalifolia, and tergemina 5 to 

 10. 1 ; Acacia lalisiliqua, tamarindifolia, ceratonia, and muiicata 6 to n ; Acrostichum citrifolium, 

 longifolium, villosum, muscosum, crinitum, peltatutn, irifoliatum, alienum, cruciatum, calomelanos, 

 chrysophyllum, and acuminatum 40 to 135 ; Hemionitis lanceolata 127 ; Polypodium piloselloides, 

 serpens, heterophyllum, lanceolatum, crassifolium, phyllitidis, repens, comosum, trifurcatum, aspleni- 

 folium, suspensum, andfabelliforme, incisum, otites, pectinatum, taxifolium, struthionis, sqitamatum, 

 aureuin, crispatum, loriceum, dulce, crenatum, fasciale, tenuifolium , and cultratum j6 to 138; ^4j^z- 

 z/z'zzwz Martinicense, arliculatum, triangulum, semicordatum, exaltatum, cordifolium, nymphale, and 

 villosmn 27 to 145 ; Asplenium serratum, bifoliinn, obtusifoliinn, pumilum, salicifolium, cultrifoliwn, 

 dentatum, striatum, and squamosum 18 to 124 ; Diplazium undulosum 107, Caenopteris cicutaria 

 48, Lonchitis repens 12, Z. aurita 17, Z. hirsuta 20 ; / J /<;rz.» lanceolata, tricuspidata, furcata, grandi- 

 folia, stipitlaris, muiilata, aculeata, caudata, and trichomanoides 5 to 141 ; Vittaria lineata 143, 

 Blechnum Occidentale 62, Adiantum aculeatum 94, ^. trapeziforme 95, Cheilanthes microphylla 58; 

 Davallia Domingensis, clavata, and trifoliata 7 to 10 1 ; Cyathea arborea, commutata, aspera, and 

 horrida 1 to 14; Trichomanes metnbranaceum, pyxidiferum, alalum,a.nd scandens 50 to 101 ; //y- 

 menophyllum hirsutum, and sericeum 50 to 73 ; Usmunda Airta, phyllitidis, cervina, bipintiata, 

 adiantifolia, verticillata, filiculaefolia, and hirsuta 57 to 162 ; Mertensia furcata 28, Danaea alata 

 109, Z>. nodosa 108, Bolrychium Virginiaim 159, Psilotum triquetrum 170, Ophioglossum palmatum 

 163, 0. reticulatum 164 ; Lycopodium linifolium, rigidum, stoloniferum, thyoides, and acerosum 43 to 

 166; Plumiera obtusa* Abutilon crispuin ic. pi. 25, ^4. Americanum ic. pi. 2 (Linn. sp. 963). 



Malachra radiata of Western Equatorial Africa. A Malvaceous plant, through European 

 colonists carried across the Atlantic : observed by Plumier 19 on Hayti, — and by Aublet in Guay- 

 ana (A. Dec). Eastward, known to grow in Equatorial Africa (R. Brown cong. 59). 



* Duranta Plumieri of the West Indies. Verbenaceous and arborescent with long spreading 

 branches, observed by Plumier 79 — (Spreng.), and Jacquin amer. pi. 176, in the West Indies; and 

 according to Chapman grows as far North as the point of Florida. Transported to Europe, is 

 described by Linnaeus ; and was observed by myself flourishing in the open air on Madeira. 



Petiveria alliacea of the West Indies. The guinea-hen weed is a small Phytolaccoid bush, 

 observed by Plumier gen. pi. 219, — • P. Browne, Jacquin amer. 201, and Schomburgh, in the West 

 Indies, excessively acrid in all its parts, used by the Negroes medicinally and to procure abortion, 

 and its root as a remedy for toothache. Transported to Europe, is described by Linnaeus holm. 1744 

 pi. 7, and Trew and Ehret pi. 67. 



Allamanda cathartica of Eastern Equatorial America. An Apocynoid woody climber with large 

 yellow flowers, observed by Plumier pi. 29 in the West Indies — (Spreng.) ; by Aublet i. pi. 106 in 

 Guayana and termed " orelia grandiflora ; " known to grow also in " Brazil, especially near the coast " 

 (Lindl.). By European colonists was carried to Hindustan, observed by Ainslie mat. ind. 2. 9, by 

 Graham "common in gardens" at Bombay, by Gardner escaping from cultivation on Ceylon, by 

 Mason "exotic" in Burmah and called "pha-young-ban." Employed medicinally according to Lind- 

 ley as "a valuable cathartic," but in over doses " is violently emetic and purgative." 



