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[Orchidea. 
aceis longe petiolatis grosse serratis triplinerviis piloso-hispidis subtus pallidioribus, spicis 
axillaribus folia excedentibus glomerato-interruptis. 
This is nearly allied to Urtica cylindracea of North America, in the shape of its leaves and general 
appearance of the flowers on the spikes ; but the former are constantly alternate, and the whole plant is 
more hispid. ' 
1. Procris sessilis ; herbacea, erecta, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis falcatis penninerviis 
grosse serratis supra praecipue pilis fusiformibus adnatis asperis basi obliquis subauriculatis 
subsessilibus junioribus subtus birsutis, stipidis oblongis membranaceis, capitulis masculis 
sessilibus foemiueis pedunculatis involucratis. — Elatostema sessile. Forst. Gen. p. 106. — 
Dorstenia pubescens, “ Forst. Prodr. n. 59.” — Procris australis. Spr. 
2. Procris integrifolia ; herbacea, erecta, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis subfalcatis 
obscure penninerviis integerrimis supra pilis fusiformibus adnatis asperis basi obliquis breve 
petiolatis, stipulis lanceolatis, capitulis sessilibus. Don, Prodr. FI. Nepal, jo. 61. 
Oiu- specimens of these two species of Procris are not in a sufiiciently perfect state to allow us to judge 
how far one or other of them may belong to the Genera Elatostema and Sciophila^ as defined by Gaudichaud 
in the Botany of Freycinet’s Voyage. The present species we possess from the Maiu-itius and Prince of 
Wales Island, and it appeai-s identical ndth the P. integrifolia of Mr. Don. 
Ord. XLII. AMENTACE^. Jnss. 
1. Casuarina equisetifolia. Forst. 
Ord. XLIII. PIPERACE^. Rich. 
1. Piper latifoUum; fruticosum, foliis latissime cordato-subrotimdatis 11-15-nerviis 
obtusis membranaceis petiolisque glabris, spicis axillaribus aggregatis. — “ Forst. Prodr. 
n. 22.” 
1. Peperomia rhomboidea ; herbacea, foliis rhombeo-rotundatis acutiusculis carnosis inte- 
gerrimis breve petiolatis siccitate pellucidis 5-9-nerviis, spicis solitariis (?) filiformibus erectis 
folio longioribus. 
Of this plant, the leaves are from an inch and a half to two inches or more in length, and about two- 
thu'ds the length of the spikes, on petioles that are scai’cely two lines long. 
Ord. XLIV. ORCHIDEA. Juss. 
1. lApaxis. revoluta ; bulbo unifolio, scapo ancipite racemoso folium lanceolatum sessile 
membranaceum striatum superante, periantliii foliolis revolutis, labello ovato acuto in- 
tegro apice revoluto basi ecalloso, bracteis pedicelli longitudine. (Tab. XVI.) 
Bulbi aggregati, ovati, vix unciam longi niticli, basi squamis magnis membranaceis tecti, unifolii. Folium 
tenninale, digitale, lanceolatum, membranaceum, striatum, basi attenuatum. Scapus e basi folii et eo longior, 
racemosus, interne anceps. liaceimis gracilis, multiflorus. Flores parvi, ut videtur flavescentes. Bractece 
majuscuhe, membranaceie, germine breviores, ovato-acuminatse. Pedicelli bi’eves. Periantliii foliola 3 ex- 
teriora majora, reflexa, oblongo-ovata, 2 interiora linearia, revoluta. Labellum erecto-patens, majusculum, 
ovatmn, iiitegerrimum, basi ecaUoso lateribus incurvis, apice acuto, recmwo. Columna semiteres, labello 
duplo brevior. Antherce hemisphaericBP. Gei-men obovatum in pedicello attenuatum. 
Tab. XVI. Fig. 1, Flower; fig. 2, Labelliun; fig. 3, Column; — magnified. 
