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ST. HELENA. 
Protea, Linn. 
005. P. mellifera, Thunb. — Honey plant. One or two only at 
Pairy Land. M. Alt. 4. Blossoms freely. Bot. Mag. 346. — Hab. 
Cape of Good Hope. 
92. Eupiiorct ace/E ( Spurge 'Family). 
Aleurites, Forst. 
606. A. moluccana, Willd. ; A. triloba , Forst. — One plant only, 
a fine large tree, growing in tlie Botanical Gardens, J amestown, and 
bearing fruit commonly called Walnuts. C. — Hab. Molucca Islands. 
Acalypha, Linn. 
607. *A. reticulata, Mull. Arg. var. ; A. rubra, Roxb. non 
Willd. — The native String Wood. This beautiful little plant I 
believe now to be extinct. It formerly grew on the main central 
ridge amongst the ferns and cabbage-trees about the locality ol 
Casons, &c., alt. 5. The last plant I saw of it in the Island was 
one that had been transplanted to Oakbank about twenty years ago ; 
it grew to a small miniature tree, about eighteen inches high, and 
blossomed and seeded freely, but is no longer there. — Plate 52. 
Buxus, Linn. 
608. B. sempervirens, Linn. — The Box plant ; grows well and 
rather abundantly on the high land, at an alt. of 3, where it is used 
for flower borders as in England. — Hab. Europe, temp. Asia, &c. 
Carumbium, Reinw. 
609. C. populneum, Reinw. — One large old tree, growing in 
Friars Yalley, near to Oaklands. 
Cicca, Linn. 
610. C. disticha, Linn. — Otaheite Gooseberry ; grows well to a 
tree ten feet high, and fruits abundantly, in Maldivia gardens. C. 
Alt. '8. Seeds to perfection. — Hab. E. Indies. 
Croton, Linn. 
611. C. sebiferum, Linn. — The Tallow tree of China; mentioned 
by Roxburgh. There is only one small plant of it now growing 
