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Pupalia lappacea, 30g.—'Tropies of the old world. 
Arua lanata, Juss., var. viridis, d —Tropics of the old world, 
eastward to Java and the Phili ippin 
Achyranthes aspera, Don AES eben in the Tropies. 
PHYTOLACCACEA, 
Mohlana nemoralis, Mari.—Widely distributed in Africa and 
Madagascar ; also in South America, and naturalised in Ceylon. 
PIPERACEJE. 
Piper subpeltatum, W///d—Throughout the Tropics of the old 
world. 
'T'HYMELZEACEJE. 
Dicranolepis Persei, Cummins; fruticosa, foliis subglabris 
ellipticis apice acuminatis basi cuneatis, perianthii tubo subfili- 
formi sericeo, limbi segmentis late ellipticis. 
"rulex 4-8 ped. rcnt Rami sparse pilosi. Foliorum lamine 
i in pues gee iaces. 34 poll. longs, 14 poll. late, basi 
ate, nerviis primariis multis, subtus sparse pilis appressis 
volia tiolus 14 lin. Jok ran Floresi in axillis geminati, breviter 
pedicellati, sericei, bracteis et bracteolis lanceolatis parvis pilosis. 
Perianthii lobi patentes, late elliptici, concavi, 5 lin. longi; 
tubus subfiliformis, 10 lin.-l poll. longus ; squamæ angustæ, 
9 lin. longæ. Staminum filamenta l} lin. longa; antheræ 
æquilongæ. Ovarium oblongum, in disco immersum; stylus 
gracilis, EST ovato dilatato. Fructus ignotus. 
pe wies dn Cummins, 186. 
Allied to D. g ndiflora, Engl, and x vestita, Engl. lt 
differs from the Torm rmer in having larger leaves, a shorter and 
thicker bea -tube, and shorter filaments, and from the 
latter in its thinner and less hairy perianth-tube and more 
globular flower buds. 
BALANOPHOREÆ. 
Thonningia sanguinea, Vahl.—Ashanti to the Niger. 
EUPHORBIACEÆ. 
Phyllanthus Niruri, Linn.—Tropics, except Australia. 
Uapaca guineensis, Muell.-Arg.—From Ashanti to Fernando Po. 
Microdermis puberula, Hook. f.—Sierra Leone to Angola. 
Jatropha Curcas, Linn.— Throughout the Tropics; widely 
cultivated. 
Croton lobatus, Linn — Throughout Mb Africa to Arabia 
Felix ; very widely spread in Tropical Ameri 
a paniculata, Mig.—Tropical hie” dnd eastwards to 
Jav 
i cordata, Benth. non Mwell.-Arg. (A cordifolia, Muell.- 
Arg.).—Sierra Leone to Niamniam Land and Uganda, 
