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vol. i, p, 422, E, globulifera, Kunth in H. B. Nov. Gen. vol. ii. p. 56. £. verticillata, Velloz, FI. 
Flum, vol, v. t. 16.—Nomen vernae. Vitiense, “De ni osi” (7.e. horsedung, from the natives be- 
heving that this weed was introduced together with the horse). Common in waste and cultivated 
places all over Viti (Seemann! n.405). Also collected in the Hawaiian Islands (Nuttall ! Barelay!), 
and Eromanga (M‘Gillivray!). Diffused over tropical America, Asia, aud Africa. 
Evidently a comparatively recent introduction to Polynesia, as it was not mentioned or collected by 
the older botanists. | 
A, E. Tanensis, Spreng. Syst. vol. iii, p. 791; glabra, fruticosa; ramis iuferne uudis cicatri- 
cosis lucidis superne densiuscule foliosis; foliis late linearibus subsessilibus integris obtusis; invo- 
lucris in axillis snpremis terminalibusque pedunculis foliis brevioribus medium versus 2 foliohs 
linearibus instructis suffultis hemisphrico-campanulatis lobis ovatis valde ciliatis; glandulis trans- 
verse oblongis facie interiori pilosis; stylis brevibus crassis ad medium connatis; capsule breviter 
pedicellate magne ovate coccis carinatis; semine ovato levi, caruncula patellari minima.— 
E. Norfolkiana, Boiss. in DC. Prodr, vol. xv.p, 110, Croton cluytioides, Forst. ex Spreng. Croton, 
e Tana, Forst, Herb, in Mus. Brit,—Island of Kadavu (Seemann ! n. 404), Also collected in Nor- 
folk Island (W. Anderson! a.v, 1774), Tana, New Hebrides (Forster!), and Isle of Pines, off New 
Caledonia (M‘Guillivray !). 
A shrub, about six feet high. A specimen collected by Forster, in Tana, and preserved at the British 
Museum, establishes the identity of the hitherto doubtful EZ. Tanensis, Spreng., and Boissier’s 2. Noxfolkiana. 
5. E. Pidjiana, Boiss. in DC. l,c, p. 110; glabra, fruticosa (?) ; ramis teretibus inferne nudis 
cicatricosis superne confertim foliosis ; umbellie radiis 2—4 foliis supremis brevioribus bis terve divari- 
catim dichotomis ; foliis elliptico-lmearibus obtusis in petiolum brevem attenuatis mucronulatis in- 
tegerrimis floralibus ad dichotomias ovatis scariosis mucronatis ; involucris intra folia floralia longi- 
uscule pedunculatis campanulato-hemispheericis; lobis elongatis oboyatis apice dentatis, glandulis 
transverse ovatis ; capsula . . .—Viti, locality not specified (U. 5. Expl. Exped.). 
Il. Antidesma, Burm. Thes. Zeyl. p. 22; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr, vol. xy, p. 247, Calycis 
masculis laciniz imbricative. Petala suppressa. Stamina laciniis calycis opposita, circa rudimeatum 
ovarii evolutum inserta. Anthere 2-rimosie; locnli ex apice penduli; loculorum basis in alabastris 
infera, in floribus evolutis oscillando-supera. Disei glandule inter rudimentum ovarii et stamina 
site, cum filamentis et lacinis calycis alternantes. Ovarium evolutum, 1-loculare ; loculus 2-ovulatus. 
Fructus drupaceus, indehiscens. Semina exarillata, ecarunculata, albuminosa. Radicula elongata, 
tenuis ; cotyledones late ovate, complanate.—Arbores arbuscule v. rarius frutices, Folia siterma, 
simplicia, 2-stipulata, breviter petiolata, penninervia; coste ante marginem semper integrum arcuato- 
adscendentes, anastomosantes. lores semper dioici, spicati v. racemosi, numerosi, parvi, Rhachis 
inflorescentiz simplex v. ramosa.—Stilago, Schreb. in Linn, Gen. Pl. ed. 8. n. 1381. 
A. spherocarpum, Mill. Arg., from the Samoan Islands (U.S. Exp]. Exped.), and A. platyphyllum, 
H. Mann, from the Hawaiian group, are the only species of the genus, besides the following, hitherto dis- 
covered in tropical Polynesia. 
1. A. pacificum, Miill. Arg. in DC. loc. p. 254; stipulis et bracteis lanceolato-ovatis brevi- 
bus; calyce ? parvulo profunde 5-4-fido, lacinis triangulari-ovatis acutis ; disco hypogyno subin- 
tegro pubescente; drupa oblique ellipsoidea utrinque subacuta modice incurva sublevi.—Viti, loca- 
lity not specified (U, S. Expl. Exped.). 
Ill. Phylanthus, Linn. ; Mull, Arg. in DC. Prod, vol. xv. p. 274. Calyeis ¢ lacinie im- 
bricativze, dorso non plicato-appendiculatz, Petala 0. Disci extrastaminalis glandule cum lacinijs 
