Umbe1lifera.~\ 



MEXICO. 



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differs from Tacsonia by the calyx being only five-cleft, and the want of bractea9 ; from Passiflora, by the 

 tube of the calyx being as long as the segments ; from Murucuja, by the structure of the corona ; but it is 

 perhaps nearest this last. 



2. P. pannosa ; caule petiolisque eglandulosis velutinis, foliis utrinque velutino-hirsutis 

 subtus albidis eglandulosis cordato-orbiculatis apice trilobis, lobis ovatis obtusis submit- 

 cronatis medio minore, stipulis lanceolato-subulatis, pedicellis axillaribus solitariis vel 

 geminis, calyce 5-fido piloso biacteis tribus discretis orbiculatis breviter acuminatis 

 concavit, integerrimL vel apice paucidentatis suffulto, laciniis linearibus tubo triplo 

 longioribus. ovario subpiloso. — P. pannosa. Smith? De Cand. Prod. 3. p. 325? 



Hab. Talisco. — This, having large bracteas, and * five-cleft calyx, differs from all other species which we 

 know, and even from all the sections of the genus proposed by De Candolle. We have little doubt of its 

 being Smith's plant. 



Ord. XXXIX. TURNER A C E M. DC. 

 1. Turnera lomentosa. II. B. K.? 

 We have not seen the flowers. 



Ord. XL. FOUQUIERACEiE. DC. 

 1. Fouquiera formosa. Kunth. — Hab. Talisco. 



Ord. XLI. PORTULACEtE. Juss. 

 1. Poi tulaca pilosa. Sm — var. ? foliis anguste oblongis obtusis trilinearibus. 



Ord. XLII. ITCOIDEiE. Juss. 



1. Glinus dictamnoides. Linn. — Pharnaceum pentagynum. Roxb. — Holosteum hirsu- 

 tum. Linn. ? 



] . Tetragonia expansa. Ait. 



Perhaps both this and the last belong to the Loo Choo collection. 



Ord. XLIII. UMBELLIFER^. Juss. 

 1. Hydrocotyle asiatica. Linn. 



Most probably this also belongs to the Loo Choo or Bonin collection. 



1. Eryngium pectindtum. Presl. — De Cand. Prod. 4. p. 96. — var. foliorum dentibus 

 geminatis utroque folii latitudine longiore, involucri foliolis quibusdatri integerrimis. 



The habit of our plant resembles J?, panicu latum and E. aquaticum, but some of the 'eaflets of the involu- 

 crum are toothed, and the teeth of the leaves are ir pairs. The capitula are nearly globose. 



2. E. Cervanlesii. De Laroche ? — Hab. Talisco. 



3. E. tenue ; caule tenui simpliciusculo apice subcorymbosim ramoso, foliis radicalibus 



