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Veget. v. 2. p. 236. Br. Prodr. v. I. p. 362. — Daphne foetida. Linn. Suppl. " Forst. 

 Prodr. n. 168." — Capura purpurata. Linn. Mant. (Sm.) 



Frutex valde ramosus, nostris exemplaribus ubique glaber. Folia opposita, duas fere uncias longa, cori- 

 aceo-membranacea, venosa, oblongo-lanceolata, integerrima, acuta, rarius obtosiuscula, breve petiolata, subtus 

 pallidiora. Flores terminales in capitulum brevissime pedunculatum congesti. Pedunculus angulatus, pubes- 

 cens. Perianthium 3 lineas long-urn, gracile, pubescenti-sericeuni ; tubo lineari ; laciniis lanceolato-acuminatis. 

 Stamina parva: 4 inferiora inclusa: 4 superiora paululum exserta: Antherce oblonga?. Germen ovali-ob- 

 longTim : Stylus brevis : Stigma sessile. Fructus nobis ignotus. 



Tab. XV. Fig. 1, Head of flowers; fig. 2, Single flower; fig. 3, Flower laid open, to show the stamens 

 and pistil :— magnified. 



Ord. XL, EUPHORBIACE.E. Juss. 



1. Bradleia Glochidion? Gartn. — Glochidion ramiflorum. " Forst. Prodr. n. 144." 

 Our plant is certainly a Bradleia, but in so imperfect a condition that we cannot be sure it is the Glo- 

 chidion of Forster. It was gathered in Elizabeth Island. 



1. Phyllanthus virgatus; ramis compressis virgatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis, 

 floribus sparsis brevissime pedunculatis. Spr.— U Forst. Prodr. n. 341." Spreng. Syst. Veget. 

 v. 3. p. 23. 



This plant we have received from Baron De Lessert, marked " P. linifolius, Commers." as a native of the 

 Isle of France, and from Madagascar, where it was gathered by Professor Bojer. 



1. Euphorbia ramosissima ; herbacea, ramosissima, prostrata, glabra, foliis oppositis brevi 

 petiolatis rotundato-ellipticis integerrimis subtus glaucis, stipulis ovatis minute fimbriatis, 

 paniculis dichotomis terminalibus paucifloris, involucri glandulis reniformibus petaloideis. 



The nearest affinity of this Euphorbia, which is from Elizabeth Island, seems to be the E. Atoto of Forst, ; 

 but that, according to the character given by Sprengel, is erect, and nearly simple. 



1. Hernandia Sotiora. Linn. 



1. Aleurites triloba. Linn. 



Ord. XLL URTICE.E. Juss. 



1. Urtica virgata; herbacea, ubique glabra, foliis oppositis ovatis acuminatis triplinerviis 

 longe petiolatis obtuse crenato-serratis supra minutissime elevato-punctatis subtus lasvibus, 

 spicis longissimis filiformibus axillaribus interrupts dioicis. — " Forst. Prodr. n. 345." Willd. 

 PL v. 4. p. 355. 



2. Urtica ruder alis; annua, foliis alternis cordato-ovatis acutiusculis triplinerviis obtuse 

 serratis subtus glaucis supra minutissime punctato-scabris, glomerulis masculinis axillaribus 

 racemosis longe pedunculatis, fcemineis paniculato-corymbosis terminalibus. — " Forst. Prodr. 

 n. 344." Willd, Sp. PI. v. 4. p. 364. 



Our specimens, if they be really the plant of Forster, are decidedly annual, and of small stature, as de- 

 scribed by Willdenow; whereas, Sir James E. Smith, in Rees' Cycl., says that what he described from 

 Forster had woody branches, and appeared to belong to a shrubby stem of considerable size. 



3. Urtica affinis; herbacea, debilis, flexuosa, foliis alternis cordato-acuminatis membran- 



