172 PHANEROGAMIA. 



Hab. Hunter's River, New South Wales ! 



The specimens (which are in fruit) perfectly accord with the 

 Pavonia Jiastata of Southern Brazil, a species very unlikely to occur 

 in Australia, at some distance too from the coast. I cannot but sus- 

 pect some transposition of the tickets, and that the plant may really 

 have been gathered on the Rio Negro, or at Rio Janeiro : but there is 

 no mention of such a plant in Dr. Pickering's notes on the collections 

 made at these places. No separate memoranda have been furnished 

 me respecting the Australian collection. The point must be left for 

 future elucidation. 



11. ABELMOSCHUS, Medik, 



1. Abelmoschus moschatus, Moench. 



Abelmoschus moschatus, Moench, Meth. p. 616; Wight & Am, Prodr. Ind. Or. p. 53; 



Guillem. Zeph. Tait. p. 72. 

 Hibiscus Abelmoschus, Linn.; Cav. Diss. 3, t. 62; DC. Prodr. 1, p. 452. 

 H. Pseudo- Abelmoschus, Blume, Bijdr. p. 70. 



Hab. Tahiti. Tongatabu. Samoan Islands. Feejee Islands. 

 Mindanao, Philippine Islands. 



This is found only in cultivated grounds throughout the South Sea 

 Islands, where it has doubtless been widely diffused by the natives. 

 The leaves vary greatly in the number and depth of their lobes. 



2. Abelmoschus esculentus, Wight & Am. I. c. 



Hab. Feejee Islands, &c; "cultivated by the natives; the leaves 

 seem to be principally used." — There are no specimens of this, the 

 well-known Ochra, preserved in the collection. 



3. Abelmoschus Manihot, Medik. 

 Hab. Partly naturalized in the Society, Samoan, Tonga, and Feejee 



