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obtusis calycem subcoriaceo duplo longioribus, staminibus inclusis. (Tab. LVI.) — 

 Hab. Loo Choo. 



This has white flowers, and approaches in many respects to L. Ephemerum of Europe, and some East Indian 

 species, with which it forms a peculiar group. 



Tab. LVI. Lysimachia lineariloba. Fig. I. Flower ; Jig. 2. Stamen ; Jig. 3. Pistil: — magnified. 



Ord. XLV. PLANTAGINEiE. Juss. 



1. Plantago asiatica ; foliis ovalibus obtusis glabris crassiusculis integerrimis petiolatis, 

 petiolis ima basi parce lanatis, scapo glabro superne angulato, spicagracili basi dissitiflora, 

 corollas lobis ovatis acutiusculis, capsula 4-sperma. — P. asiatica. Linn. ? — Hab. Loo 

 Choo. 



Perhaps this may be a variety of P. Cornuti, De Cand. 



Ord. XLVI. NYCTAGINEZE. Juss. 

 1. Boerhaavia diffusa. W. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



Orb. XLVII. AMARANTHACEiE. Juss. 



1. Celosia argentea. Linn Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 106. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Achyranthes aspera. Linn. — Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 105. Hab. Loo Choo. 



Ord. XLVIII. CHENOPODIACEiE. Venten. 



1. Chenopodium Vachellii ; foliis planis ovalibus obtusis cum mucrone integerrimis 

 subtus subfarinosis, spicis terminalibus paniculatis aphyllis caryopsi horizontaliter de- 

 pressa. — C. acutifolium ? Hook, et Am. supra, p. 207. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



1. Suaeda australis. Moq. — Chenopodium australe. R. Brown ? — Hab. Loo Choo. 



The only specimen before us is very imperfect : it agrees with S. nudiflora in the short floral leaves or 

 bractea;, but the stem is herbaceous. 



Ord. XLIX. POLYGONEiE. Juss. 



1. Polygonum barbatum. Linn. — Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 165. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



2. P. sinense. Linn. — Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 166. — Hab. Loo Choo. 



Ord. L. LAURINEjE. Juss. 



1. Cinnamomum zeylanicum. var. oblongifolium. Nees ab Esenb. — Hab. Bonin and 

 Loo Choo. 



