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at Maldivia gardens, and called the Candle-nut tree. Blossoms and 
bears seeds. C. — Hab. China. 
Cluytia, Ait. 
612. C. pulchella, Linn. — Wild Pepper, as it is called; grows 
wild and is very ; cram on as a shrub on the high land, alt. 3’6, in the 
neighbourhood of Scotland, Oaklands, &c., where it is used for 
roadside hedges, but spreads so rapidly as to be an objectionable 
weed on the adjacent lands. Bot. Mag. 1945. — Hab. Cape of Good 
Hope. 
Euphorbia, Linn. 
613. E. rosea, Betz. — French Grass. This pretty little greenish- 
red plant grows wild and is common on the barren, rocky outskirts. 
C. Alt. T to 2. It is probably indigenous to the Island. — Hab. 
E. Indies. 
614. E. Lathyris, Linn. — Wild Caper; grows wild about gar- 
dens, but is rather rare.- — Hab. S. Europe. 
615. E. Peplus, Linn. — Poisonous weed or Chickweed ; two 
varieties of this plant grow wild and are very common. Alt. 2 to 3. 
One of the most objectionable weeds of the place. — Hab. Europe, 
Asia, and N. Africa. 
616. E. Peplus, Linn. var. 
617. E. splendens, Boj. — Scarlet Euphorbia; grows cultivated 
and is rather common in gardens. Alt. '3 to 4 ; introduced about 
twenty years ago at Oakbank. Bot. Mag. 2902. — Hab. Madagascar. 
Phyllanthus, Linn. 
618. P. sp. ? — A small slender Weed, in gardens ; Scotland, &c. ; 
uncultivated, rather common. Alt. 3'6. 
619. P. andrachnoides, Willd. — Mentioned by Koxburgh as 
growing in the Island. 
Poinsettia, Grab. 
620. P. pulcherrima, Grab. — Scarlet-leaved plant ; grows to a 
height of eight feet ; cultivated and rather common in gardens. 
Alt. 3 '8 ; introduced about twenty years ago at Oakbank; does not 
seed. Bot. Mag. 3493. — Hab. Mexico. 
Bicinus, Linn. 
621. R. communis, Linn. — Castor Oil, or Palma Christi ; grows 
