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[ Thymelea. 
Fmtex erectus, ramis oppositis pubescentibus. Folia opposita, vix semiimciam longa, ovata, acutiuscula, 
Integra vel crenato-dentata, imo quandoque incisa, inferne in petiolum brevem attenuata, pubescentia, siccitate 
nigTescentia. Pedicelli geminati, axillares, breves. Calyx subcampannlatus, 5-fidus, pubescens, laciniis ovatis 
acutis, demimi ampliatis, tubo lineis 5 elevatis. Corolla subcampanulata, 5-loba, lobis fere sequalibus. Sta- 
mina 4, didynama, tubo inserta : Antherm bilobae, lobis basi divaricatis mucronatis. Gerrnen ovatum in styliun 
iiliforme attenuahim ; Stigma dilatatum obtusum. Drupa ovali-globosa stylo mucronata, pubescens, calyce 
persistente cincta, bilocularis, loculis monospermis. 
Had. Whitsunday Island. — This singular plant has much the habit of some of the Scrophularinea, par- 
ticularly Euphrasia and Bartsia, but there is only seed in each ceU of the fruit, and that fills it up entirely. 
It differs from Myoporum in several points, nor do we know any genus to which it is decidedly referable. 
Ord. XXXVI. NYCTAGINE^. Juss. 
1. Boerliaavia liirsiita. Linn. — Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 36. 
2. Boerliaavia tetrandra; caule tereti glabro procumbente, foliis subrotundis emarginatis 
crassiusculis basi vix attenuatis subtus (siccitate) riigosis pallidioribus, floribus umbellatis 
2-5-andris. “ Forst. Prodr. n. 5.” Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 37. 
Ord. XXXVII. AMAIIANTHACE^. Juss. 
1. Amaranthus viridis. Linn. 
1 . Gomphrena globosa. Linn. 
1. Achyranthes asjoem Linn. 
This plant is much larger than the usual state of A. aspera ; its leaves soft and velvety, with dense silky 
hairs ; the spike a foot or a foot and a half long ; the rachis very woolly; and the flowers remote. 
2. Acliyranthes velutina; fruticosa, ramis berbaceis birsutis, foliis ovalibus utrinqiie 
acutis breviter petiolatis sericeo-velutiiiis, spica demum longissima, floribus inferioribus 
remotis, radii lanata. 
Hab. Bow Island. — Allied to Acliyranthes aspera, but much larger in every part, with the leaves beauti- 
fully velvety, u ith dense sillcy hairs. We have the same plant, gathered by Mi-. Menzies in Owhyhee and 
by Mr. Macrae in Oahu : that of the fomer shows the lower part of the plant to be decidedly woody. Some 
of the undivided stems are, incluchng the spikes, neai-ly tliree feet long. From the axils of the leaves, upon 
exceedingly short ramuh, other leaves appear, which give a fasciculated or almost verticiUate appearance to 
the foliage. The flowers are very glossy, at length reflexed, pentaudrous, with 5 fimbriated processes alter- 
nating with the stamens. Style filifoi-m. Stigma capitate. 
1. Desmocliasta micrantha ? De Land. — Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. \. p. 818. — Acliyranthes 
prostrata, g. Lam. 
The specimens are small, procumbent, and apparently annual. 
Ord. XXXVIII. POLYGONEtE. Juss. 
1. Polygonum Persicaria. Linn. 
Ord. XXXIX. THYMELE^. Juss. 
1. Daphne indica; capitulis florum sericeo-pubescentium breve pedunculatis terminalibus, 
perianthii laciniis lanceolatis acuminatis, foliis oppositis petiolatis ovali-lanceolatis acutis 
ramulisque adultis glabris. (Tab. XV.) Linn. — Wikstr. de Daphn. p. 17. Spreng. Syst. 
