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147 
PORTULACE2. 
3. Portulaca quadrifida, Linn.—Tropical regions of the Old and 
— New Worlds. 
MALVACEJE, 
Sida spinosa Linn. var. (S. pusilla, Cav.).— Tropical regions of 
Tn Old uis New Worlds. 
. Abutilon indicum, G. Don. var.—Recedes from the type by i 
more estu. stem and muticous carpels. A native of Tropical A. 
now widely spread in Africa and elsewhere. 
TILIACEA. 
6. Grewia aldabrensis, Baker, n. sp.; fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus 
glabris, foliis distincte petiolatis oblongis acutis crenatis triplinerviis 
utrinque viridibus glabris, cymis paucifioris axillaribus pedunculatis, 
bracteis lanceolatis, pedicellis flori æquilongis vel longioribus, sepalis 
lanceolatis dorso tomentosis, petalis oblanceolatis obtusis calyci æqui- 
longis, fructu 4-lobato carpellis oblongis sinu apicali cuneato. 
Folia 1-2 poll. longa. Sepala et petala 3 lin. longa. 
Nearly allied to the Cape and Tropical African G. occidentalis, Linn., 
and the Madagascar G. picta, Baill. 
Of this genus there are more than 50 species in Madagascar. From 
Tropical Africa 35 species are described A Dr. Masters in Oliver's. 
Flora, and several others have since been added 
ZYGOPHYLLEJ. 
wi Tribulus terrestris, Li»2.—Warmer regions of the Old and New 
rlds. 
SIMARUBEZ. 
8. Suriana maritima, Linn.—Tropical shores of both hemispheres. 
OCHNACEÆ. 
9. Ochna ciliata, Lam.— Widely spread in Madagascar, 
CELASTRACEA. 
lC. Celastrus senegalensis, Lam.—Tropical Africa, Mediterranean 
region, India 
BHAMNAOKAR 
Colubrina asiatica, Zrongn.—Polynesia and Tore Asia to 
Mager, the Cape, and South-East Tr opical Afric 
12. Scutia Commersoni, Brbngn.~—Tropical Asia, Spiga Mau- 
ritius, Bourbon, and the Cape. 
SAPINDACEÆ. 
13. Schmidelia africana, DC.—Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 
LEGUMINOSÆ. 
l4. Toykrojia purpurea, Pers.— Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
15. Abrus precatorius, Linn.—Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
6. Cassia mimosoides, Linn. gia MN in the Tropics, probably 
native only in the Old World. 
