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SOCIETY ISLANDS. 



[Thymelece. 



Frutex erectus, ramis oppositis pubescentibus. Folia opposita, vix semiunciam longa, ovata, acutiuscula, 

 Integra vel crenato-dentata, imo quandoque incisa, inferne in petiolum brevem attenuata, pubescentia, siccitate 

 nigrescentia. Pedicelli geminati, axillares, breves. Calyx subcampanulatus, 5-fidus, pubescens, laciniis ovatis 

 acutis, demum ampliatis, tubo lineis 5 elevatis. Corolla subcampanulata, 5-loba, lobis fere aequalibus. Sta- 

 mina 4, didynama, tubo inserta : Antherce bilobse, lobis basi divaricatis mucronatis. Germen ovatiun in stylum 

 tiliforme attenuatom : Stigma dilatatum obtusum. Drupa ovali-globosa stylo mucronata, pubescens, calyce 

 persistente cincta, bilocularis, loculis monospermis. 



Hab. Wliitsunday Island. — This singular plant has much the habit of some of the Scrophidarinea, par- 

 ticularly Euphrasia and Bartsia, but there is only seed in each cell of the fruit, and that fills it up entirely. 

 It differs from Myoporum in several points, nor do we know any genus to which it is decidedly referable. 



Ord. XXXVI. NYCTAGINEiE. Juss. 



1. Boerhaavia hirsuta. Linn. — Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 36. 



2. Boerhaavia tetrandra; caule tereti glabro procumbente, foliis subrotundis emarginatis 

 crassiusculis basi vix attenuatis subtus (siccitate) rugosis pallidioribus, floribus umbellatis 

 2-5-andris. " Forst. Prodr. n. 5." Spreng. St/st. Veget. v. 1. p. 37. 



Ord. XXXVII. AMARANTHACEvE. Juss. 

 1. Amaranthus viridis. Linn. 

 I. Gomphrena gtobosa. Linn. 



1. Achyranthes aspera ? Linn. 



This plant is much larger than the usual state of A. aspera ; its leaves soft and velvety, with dense silky 

 hairs j the spike a foot or a foot and a half long; the rachis very woolly; and the flowers remote. 



2. Achyranthes velutina; fruticosa, ramis herbaceis hirsutis, foliis ovalibus utrinque 

 acutis breviter petiolatis sericeo-velutinis, spica demum longissima, floribus inferioribus 

 remotis, rachi lanata. 



Hab. Bow Island. — Allied to Achyranthes aspera, but much larger in every part, with the leaves beauti- 

 fully velvety, with dense silky hairs. We have the same plant, gathered by Mr. Menzies in Owhyhee and 

 by Mr. Macrae in Oahu : that of the former shows the lower part of the plant to be decidedly woody. Some 

 of the undivided stems are, including the spikes, nearly three feet long. From the axils of the leaves, upon 

 exceedingly short ramuli, other leaves appear, which give a fasciculated or almost verticillate appearance to 

 the foliage. The flowers are very glossy, at length reflexed, pentandrous, with 5 fimbriated processes alter- 

 nating with the stamens. Style filiform. Stigma capitate. 



1. Desmochaeta micrantha? De Cand.— Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 818. — Achyranthes 

 prostrata, #. Lam. 



The specimens are small, procumbent, and apparently annual. 



Ord. XXXVIII. POLYGONE^. Juss. 

 1. Polygonum Persicaria. Linn. 



Ord. XXXIX. THYMELEtE. Juss. 



1 . Daphne indica ; capitulis florum sericeo-pubescentium breve pedunculatis terminalibus, 

 perianthii laciniis lanceolatis acuminatis, foliis oppositis petiolatis ovali-lanceolatis acutis 

 ramulisque adultis glabris. (Tab. XV.) Linn. — Wikstr. de Daphn. p. 17. Spreng. Syst. 



