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LOO CHOO AND BONIN. 
[ CJiloranthea. 
Ord. LI. SANTALACEJ5. Juss. 
J. Thesium australe ; herbaceum, foliis linearibus acuminatis cauleque glabris, racemis 
subspicatis elongatis remotifloris simplicibus, bracteis foliaceis fructu globoso 4-6-plo 
longioribus, pediceilis flore brevioribus, periantbio sub-4-fido segmentis obtusis tubo 
florente parum longioribus. — T. australe. R. Brown ? Prod. FI. Nov. HolL p. 353. — 
Hab. Loo Cboo. 
This seems to be the species described by Mr. Brown, but he adds that the segments of the perianth are 
longitudinally margined: in the Loo Choo plant the margin is paler, but not, that we can perceive, at all 
thickened. 
Ord. Lll. EUPHORBIACEiE. Jubs. 
1. Rottlera ya/>omcG! ; subberbacea? foliis late ovatis subcordatis subdentatis adultis 
utrinque glabris longe petiolatis eglandulosis. — R. japonica. Spr. 9 — Croton japonicum. 
Thunh. FI. Jap. p. 270. tab. 29? — Hab. Loo Cboo. 
Thunberg’s figure and description do not represent the leaves as cordate, but rounded at the base ; in our 
plant they are either emarginate or slightly cordate. 
2. R. aurantiaca; arborescens, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis 
subtus pubescentibus, glandulis ad basin obsoletis, floribus racemosis, capsula aurantiaca 
farinosa. — Hab. Loo Cboo. 
This approaches very closely to some narrow-leaved forms of It. tinctoria, Roxb. 
1. Croton polystachyum. Willd. ? — Hab. Loo Cboo. 
Our specimens agree well with Sprengel’s character of the plant, except that the leaves are rather ob- 
ovate than oblong, being broader towards the apex than the base. The two glands at the base are flat 
and concave, and almost immersed in the substance of the leaf. If this be really Willdenow’s plant, there is 
probably either some error in the locality given by that author, or Messrs. Lay and Collie have accidentally 
mixed a part of the Brazilian collections with the present packet. We might have considered it C. elaagni- 
folium of Vahl, but here there are two glands at the base of the leaf, and the petiole is two or three lines in 
length. The leaf is from one to four inches long. 
1. Pbyllantbus rhamnoides. Betz ? — Hab. Loo Cboo. 
Leaves larger than in Burman’s figure, usually referred to this species. We have not observed any male 
flowers, so that we cannot determine whether it belongs to the restricted genus Phyllanthus, or to Melan- 
thesa, of Blume. We may here remark, that Ph. lucens (supra, p. 210, cum synon.) is Melanthesa chinensis, 
Blume Bijdr. p. 392. 
Ord. LIH. CHLORANTHE^. R. Br. 
1. Cblorantbus inconspicuus. (Sw.— Nigrina spicata. Thunh. FI. Jap. p. 65. — Hab. 
Loo Cboo 
