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ST. HELENA. 
Pharnaceum, Linn. 
64. *P. acidum, Hk. f. — This pretty little indigenous plant, a 
small shrub about eight inches in height, with bluish-green succulent 
leaves and pure white blossoms, grows on the extreme south side of the 
Island, within a few yards of the sea shore at Sandy Bay, where the 
hot barren ground and saline atmosphere seem suitable to it. The only 
plant I know of now in the Island grows on the pathway from Sandy 
Bay Lines to Horse’s Head. Its succulent leaves are of an agreeable 
acid flavour, and are known to the natives of the Island as a good 
substitute for salad. It flowers in August. Plate 27. Also Hk. 
Icon. Plant. 1035. 
Tetragonia, Linn. 
65. T. expansa, Murray. — New Zealand Spinach, a plant resem- 
bling a Mesembryanthemum, with small green and yellow blossoms, 
growing wild about the cornfields at Longwood. M. Alt. 4. Bot. 
Mag. 2362. — Hab. New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and S. America. 
17. Malvaceae ( Mallow Family). 
Althtea, Linn. 
66. A. officinalis, Linn. — Marsh Mallow, growing wild and 
abundantly over the Island generally. — Hab. Britain. 
67. A. rosea, Cav. — Hollyhock, grown in gardens. — Hab. 
China. 
Gfossypium, Linn. 
68. G. indicum, Lam.— The Cotton Plant, introduced by the East 
India Company in 1678, now grows somewhat wild on the low > 
land at altitudes of T to 2, where it attains to a shrub of ten or 
twelve feet high. It grows in some of the poorest soil, and bears 
excellent cotton ; might easily be cultivated as it seeds freely. 
69. G. barbadense, Linn— Barbadoes Cotton, mentioned by 
Roxburgh as growing in the Island. — Hab. Barbadoes. 
Hibiscus, Linn. 
70. H. Abelmoschus, Linn. — Musk Okro, occasionally seen in 
gardens, but does not appear to thrive well. — Hab. India. 
