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A more robust plant than S. hastifolium, Hochst. .„ its nearest ally, 
from which it v differs in having more numerous spines on the stem, 
petioles, and lea the leaves more densely tomentose, the calyx less 
deeply lobed, "en the corolla lobes broader. 
ACANTHACEJE. 
38. Hypoestes aldabrensis, Baker, n. sp.; perennis, e basi ramosis- 
sima ramis gracilibus glabris, foliis pea breviter petiolatis oblongis 
integris basi cuneatis, floribus dense glomeratis involucro cylindrico 
bracteis oblanceolatis apice herbaceis pilosis, corollæ albæ tubo cylindrico 
involucro paulo longiori, limbo parvo. 
Nearly allied to the Madagascar H. adscendens, Nees. ‘The genus is 
concentrated in Madagascar, about 25 species now being known in the 
island. 
VERBENACEJE. 
39. A —-Mangrove swamps from Polynesia 
to East Tropical Africa, soiiatantiy associated with Rhizophora 
mucronata. 
40. Clerodendron minutiflorum, Baker, n. sp.; fruticosum, erectum, 
ramulis apice pilosis, foliis distincte petiolatis ovatis integris acutis 
utri li ramulis pilosis, 
pedicellis brevibus, cal ce tubo campanulato dentibus , deltoideis 
parvis abet, stylo longe exserto, fructu globoso glabro 
Folia 2-3 poll longa. Calyx floriferus 1 oa longus. Corolle 
limbus expansus 1 lin. diam. Fructus 2 lin. dia 
Near the Cape and Tropical African C. Maium E. Meyer. 
NYCTAGINE. 
. Boerhaavia diffusa, Lina.—Spread through the Tropical regions 
of i Old World. 
à AMARANTACEJE. 
42. Achyranthes aspera, Linn.—Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
aig enm 
43. Euphorbia (Goniostema) A bottii, Baker, n. sp. ; fruticosa, ramis 
teretibus inermibus, stipulis emen pulvinatis, folis a 
apicem confertis oblongis acutis ad petiolum brevem alatum angustatis, 
cymis dichotomis oligocephalis pedunculatis, bracteis ovatis, pedicellis 
erectis involucro longiorious, involucro campanulato bracteis 2 ovatis 
foliaceis persistentibus stipato, glandulis marginalibus orbieularibus 
integris, anthere cellulis divaric atis, capsula carpellis orbicularibus. 
olia 2 poll. longa, 6-7 lin. lata, Znvolucrum 14 lin. latum et longum. 
Capsula 3 lin. diam 
Nearly allied to the Mauritian Æ. pyrifolia, Lam., and the Rodriguez 
E. daphnoides, Balf. fil. 
The section to which it belongs is entipgely confined to the Mascarene 
pm 
4. Phyllanthus vere Mull. ico —Mauritius, Madagascar, 
Goti Isles, and East Tropical Afric 
45. Claoxy ar C. indicum, per —-Not identified, but material 
not complete daad to desc 
