78 



SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



[Capparidetz. 



1. Sphaerococus concinnus. Ag. Syst. Alg. p. 234. — Fucus concinnus. Turn. Hist. Fuc. 

 t. 153. 



This agrees pretty well with the figure above quoted, but is rather more divaricated. Another plant 

 exists in the Collection without fructification, hut evidently allied to the present species, more slender in 

 every part, the main branches being beset with numerous short simple ramuli, while the ultimate ones are 

 suhsecund. 



Ord. LVIL FUNGI. Juss. 

 PHALLUS. Mich. 



Div. Hymenophallus. Capitulum liberum reticidatum, pervium, inferne indusiatum. Fries. 



1. P. Dcemonum. (Tab. XX.) Humph. Amb. v. 6. p. 131. t. 56. f. 7. Fries, Syst. Mycol. 

 v. 2. p. 283. — Hymenophallus Dasmonuni. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 498. — Dictyophora 

 phalloidea? Leveille in Mem. Soc. Linn. v. 5. p. 507. t. 13. 



Of this extraordinary and beautiful Fungus, no specimen exists in the Collection ; but an admirable draw- 

 ing has been kindly communicated to us by Captain Beechey, which he made from the recent plant in the 

 island of Tahiti ; and which, with a vertical section from the pencil of the same gentleman, gives a better 

 idea of its structure than can be conveyed by words. The volva was probably omitted to be gathered. 

 There can scarcely be a doubt of its being the same species with that figured by Rumphius : and it corre- 

 sponds in so many particulars with the Dictyophora phalloidea of Leveille, (the P. indusiatus of Vent, and 

 Fries,) from South America, that probably the two species may safely be united. Its geographical range is 

 certainly very extensive ; being found in the interior of India, whence we have specimens from Dr. Wallich, 

 gathered at Silhet. 



Tab. XX. Phallus Dsemonum. Fig. 1, Plant, (exclusive of the volva); fig, 2, Vertical section of the 



same : — natural size. 



SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



[Comprising Oahu, Woahoo, or O-Wahu, and Oneeheow or Nihow.] 



Ord. I. PAPAVERACEiE. Juss. 



1. Argemone Mexicana. Linn. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 120. 



Ord. II. CRUCIFER^. Juss. 



1. Lepidium O-lVaihiense ; siliculis suborbiculatis emarginatis, stigmate sessili incluso, 

 foliis obovatis in petiolum attenuatis grosse serratis. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 1. 

 p 32. 



The specimen before us agrees admirably with the description given in the above-mentioned work : it is 

 however, extremely doubtful if it be distinct as a species from L. piscidium. The only specimen in the 

 packet was from Oneeheow or Nihow; but it also occurred at Oahu, according to Mr. Collie's notes. 



Ord. III. CAPPARIDEiE. Juss. 

 1 . Cleome spinosa ; herbacea aculeata pubescens, foliis 5-7-foliolatis glabris, floralibus 

 simplicibus petiolulatis ovato-cordatis, siliqua glabra thecaphoro longiore. DC. — Linn. — De 

 Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 239. 



