Myoporinea.l 
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Radix perennis, subfusiformis. Caules adscendentes valde dichotome ramosi, teretes, infeme frutescentes, 
ubiqne pilis albidis erectis liispidi. Folia unciam longa, lanceolata, inferne attenuata, integeirima, acuta, 
dense sti’igoso-hispida. Racemi terminales, glomerati, plerumqiie bitidi. Calyx quinque-rarius quadri-par- 
titus, laciniis duabus raaximis spatliulatis patentibus, reliquis liiieai’ibus minoribus erectis, strig-oso-hispidus. 
Corolla subinfundibulifomiis, limbo patente 5-6-partito, pHcato, extus tubo prsecipue hispida. Stamina 5-6, 
tubo inserta, inclusa. Germen subrotimdum, 5-lobum. Stylus tubo coroUae brevior. Stigma capitatmn, 
apice pilis albis erectis peniciUatum. Fructus e nucibus 5 scabris. 
Hab. Whitsunday Island. — This singular and interesting plant may probably be the Litliospermum in- 
canum, Forst. ; but we nowhere find it remarked as having a fruit separable into five nuts, a character almost 
at vai-iance w'ith the Boraginece, to which Order, nevertheless, our plant luidoubtedly belongs. 
1. Tournefortia argentea. Linn. 
2. Tournefortia gnaphalioides. Br. — Heliotropium gnaph. Linn. 
1. Cordia discolor? Cham, in Linn. 
One solitary specimen, of which the flowers are unexpanded, seems to agree ndth the C. discolor which we 
have from Chamisso, and also from Dr. Boog, gathered in Brazil, as well as from Rev. L. Guilding, gathered 
in St. Vincent. 
Ord. XXX. CYRTANDRACE^. Jack. 
1 . Cyrtandi’a biflora ; frutescens, erecta, folds ovali-ellipticis utrinque acutiusculis subin- 
tegerriniis glabris subtus pallidis, pedunculis axillaribus subtrifloris, calyce pubescenti-to- 
mentoso. Forst. Gen. p. 5. t. 3. 
Ord. XXXI. SOLANE^. Juss. 
1. Solanum nigrum. Linn. 
In om- specimens the leaves are hairy. 
2. Solanum Quitense. 
1. Lycopersicon esculentum. Dunal . — Solanum Lycopersicum. Linn. 
1. Physalis angulata. Linn. 
Ord. XXXII. SCROPHULARINE^. Juss. 
1. Scoparia dulcis. Linn. 
Ord. XXXIII. LABIATtE. Juss. 
1. Ocymum gratissimum. Linn. 
1. Leucas decemdentatus. Sm. in Rees’ Cycl. — L. stachyoides. Spr . — Stachys decem- 
dentata. Forst. 
Ord. XXXIV. VERBENACE^. Juss. 
1. Verbena bonariensis. Linn. 
1. Premna integrifolia. Linn. 
Ord. XXXV. MYOPORINE^. Br. 
1. Myoporum ? euphrasioides ; foliis oppositis ovatis subden tatis in petiolmn attenuatis, 
floribus geminis, pedunculo petiolum sequante, calycibus ampliatis, drupa biloculari, loculis 
monospermis. 
