ADDENDA et CORRIGENDA 



TO No. I. 



MESEMBRYACEiE. 

 1. GLINUS, Linn. 



1. LoTOiDES, Linn. sp. 663. — A procumbent, diflFuse, herbaceous 

 plant, hoary, with short stellate tomentum ; leaves obovate, flat, 

 fascicled, unequal ; pedicels one-flowered, axillary, twice as long as 

 the petiole ; petals 5, deeply cloven. Bombay, common. DC. 

 Prod. 3, 455 ; Spr. sysi. ii, 467 ; Syn. G dictamnoides. Lam. 

 Illustr. t. 413, /. 2 ; G dictamnoides, Linn. (?). 



MORINGACEiE. 



1. MORINGA, Burm. 



1. M Pterygosperma, Gaert., DC. Prod. 2, 478. — A small 

 tree ; leaves twice and thrice pinnate ; leaflets small ; flowers white ; 

 seed-vessel triquetrous, long-linear, and pendulous. Syn. M zey- 

 lanica, Pers. Syn.; Guilandina moringa, Vahl. ; Hyperanthera 

 moringa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, p 368. A common tree about villages; 

 yields a large quantity of a bland gum. The seeds of this and other 

 species yield the Ben Oil of watchmakers. The root is the Horse- 

 radish of Anglo-Indians, and the fruit is eaten in curries. Is said 

 to be a good rubefacient. 



2. M CoNCANENSis, Nimmo in Grab. Cat. p43. — A tree some- 

 thing like the last, but distinguished by very much larger and 

 rounder leaflets, and a much more powerful odour of Horse-radish ; 

 flowers yellowish, with pink streaks ; anthers 5, perfect, but only 

 one-celled, 5-abortive, and much smaller. Flowery in November. 

 In the jungles near Penn. We have found it also on the hills in 

 Lus, and it very probably will be found in Arabia. 



DATISCEtE. 



1. Tetrameles, R. Br. — A large dioecious tree, with naked 

 flexuose branches ; leaves coming out after the flowers, rounded- 



