Elaocarpea.} LOO CHOO AND BONIN.
O r d . I I I . P IT T O S P O R E Æ . Brown.
1. P itto sp o rum pauciflorum. Hook, et A rn. m p ra p . 168— /3? foliis obtusis, petalis
d uplo longioribus, fructu trivalvi.
H a b . fi, Loo Choo (in fruit) ; Bonin (in flower).— Our var. », from China, appears to us to be the Cortez
filarius of Rumph. Amb. l . p . 13. t. 7 ; but is very different from the P.ferrugineum of Aiton.
O r d . IV . C A R Y O P H Y L L E Æ . Juss.
1. Dianthus CAmfiwsîs. L in n .—Var. floribus subaggregatis.
H a b . L oo C h o o .
1. A v en a d a serpyllifolia. L in n .— Thunh. Fl. Ja p . p . 186.
H ab. L o o C h o o .
2. A. procumbens. Vahl, ?—Var. angustifolia.
H ab. Loo Choo.— O f this oniy a small fragment exists in the collection ; it may prove to be a new species,
its leaves being subulate: like some specimens of the true A . procumbens, the habit is that ol A .media, but
there are no scariose stipules. The capsule is 5-vaIved.
O r d . V. M A L V A C EÆ . Juss.
1. Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis. Lin n .
H ab. L oo C h o o .
1. P a ritium ¿«iaceíim. S. m — Hibiscus tiliaceus. Lim.—fil foliis u trin q u e glabris
basi rotundatis.
H a b . », L o o Choo.—fi, B o n in .— T h e sp e c im en s o f b o th a r e v e ry im p e r fe c t ; w e h a v e d o u b ts i f fi b e n o t a
d is t in c t sp e c ie s ; th e s tr u c tu r e o f th e flow e r, c a ly x , a n d in v o lu c e l, h ow e v e r, d o n o t d iffer from th e u s u a l fo rm
o f th e p la n t.
1. Sida alba. L in n ,— Wight and A rn. Prod. PI. Penins. Ind. Or. 1. p . 58.
H ab. L oo C h o o .— B e tte r sp e c im e n s o f o u r S ida rhomhifoUa, f rom C h in a , ( v id e s u p r a p . 1 6 9 ) , p r o v e o u r
p la n t to b e S . microphylla. Cav.
O r d . V I . E L Æ O C A R P E Æ . 'J u s s .
1. E læocarpus pkotinioefolius ; arborescens, foliis petiolatis alternis cuneato-oblongis
subacuminatis serratis, serraturis incurvis acutis, axillis subtus glaiiduliferis, petiolis
eglandulosis, racemis simplicibus ex axillis hornotinis folia subæquantibus, staminibus
plurimis, antheris apice barbulatis. (T ab. L I I I .)
H a b . B o n in .
Glaber. Ramuli subangulati. Folia obovata vel obovato-oblonga, obtuse ac brevissime i I bai
cuneata, in petiolum attenuata, coriacea, H -2 i poll, longa, f U lata, margine subrecurva, versus basm remote,
versus apicem copiose, serrata, serraturis incurvis gianduia apiculatis. venis primariis inferioribus ad axillas
o-landula subsphmrica pcrtusa instructis. Petiolus marginatus, eglandulosus, 3-6 hneas longus. Racemus