Laurinea.-\ LOO CHOO AND:B0NIN. 269 
obtusis calycem subcoriaceo duplo longioribus, staminibus inclusis. (Tab. LVI.) — 
Hab. Loo Choo. 
This has white flowers, and approaches in many respects to L. Ephemerum of Eutope, and some East Indian 
species, with which it forms a peculiar group. 
Tab. LVI. Lysimachia lineariloba. Fig. 1. Flower ; Jig, 2. Stamen ; Jig. 3. Pistil : — magnified. 
Ord. XLV. PLANTAGINE.®. Juss. 
1. Plantago asiatica ; foliis ovalibus obtusis glabris crassiusculis integerrimis petiolatis, 
petiolis ima basi parce lanatis, scapo glabro superne angulato, spica gracili basi dissitiflora, 
corollge lobis ovatis acutiusculis, capsula 4-sperma. — ^P. asiatica. Linn. ? — Hab. Loo 
Choo. 
Perhaps this may be a variety of P. Cornuti, De Cand. 
Orb. XLVI. NYCTAGINE^. Juss. 
1 . Boerhaavia diffusa. W. — Hab. Loo Choo. 
Ord. XLVII. AMARANTHACE^. Juss. 
1. CQ\os\a, argentea. Linn. — Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 106. — Hab. Loo Choo. 
1. Achyranthes aspera. Linn. — Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 105. Hab. Loo Choo. 
Ord. XLVIH. CHENOPODIACE^. Venten. 
1. Chenopodium Vachellii ; foliis planis ovalibus obtusis cum mucrone integerrimis 
subtus subfarinosis, spicis terminalibus paniculatis aphyllis caryopsi horizontaliter de- 
pressa. — C. acutifolium ? Hook, et Arn. supra, p. 207. — Hab. Loo Choo. 
1. Suaeda australis. Moq. — Chenopodium australe. R. Brown ? — Hab. Loo Choo. 
The only specimen before us is very imperfect : it agrees with S. nudijlora in the short floral leaves or 
bractese, but the stem is herbaceous. 
Ord. XLIX. POLYGONE.®. Juss. 
1. 'PoXygonxxm. barbatum. Linn. — Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 165. — Hab. Loo Choo. 
2. P. sinense. Linn. — Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 166. — Hab. Loo Choo. 
Ord. L. LAURINE^. Juss. 
1. Cinnamomum zeylanicum. var. oblongifolium. Nees ab Esenb . — Hab. Bonin and 
Loo Choo. 
