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Proiir. ». 168.”— C ap u ra p u rp u ra ta. L in n . Mant. {Sm.)
Frutex valde ramosus, aostris oxomploribus ubique glaber. Folia opposita, duas fere uncias longa, cori-
acco-mcmbranacea venosa, oblongo-lanceolata, inlegerrima, acuta, rarius obtusiuscula, breve petiolata, subtus
uallidiora. Floree 'terminales in (apitulun, brevissime pedunculatum cougestí. Pedunadue augulatus, pubesce
™ PeriauAmm 3 liueas lougum, gracile, pubesceuti-serlceum ; tubo lineari ; laeiilus lauceolato-acumiuatis.
Stamina parva; 4 inferiora inclusa; 4 superiora paululum exserta; Antlierm oblonga;. Germen ovali-ob-
loiigum ; Stylus brevis ; Stigma sessile. Fructus nobis ignotus.
T.in. XV. Fig. 1, Head of fioivem ; fig . 2, Single flower; fig . 3, Flower laid open, to show the stamens
and pistil :—magnified.
O e d . X L . E U P Í IO R B IA C E ® . Juss.
1. Brndleia GlúchUion? Gffirto.— Glochidion i-amiflorum. “ Forst. Prodr. ». 144.”
Our plant is certainly a Bradleia, but iu so imperfect a condition that we cannot be sure it is the Glo-
'chidion of Forster. It was gathered in Elizabeth Island.
1. Phyllanthus virgatus; ramis compressis virgatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis,
floribus sparsis brevissime pedunculatis. Spr.— Forst. Prodr. n. 341.” Spreng. Syst. Veget.
V. 3. p . 23.
This plant we have received fi-om Baron De‘ Lessert, marked “ P . linifolius, Commers.” as a native of the
Isle of France, and from IVIadagascar, where it >vas gathered by Professor Bojer.
1. Euphorbia ramosissima; herbácea, ramosissima, prostrata, glabra, foliis oppositis brevi
petiolatis rotundato-ellipticis integerrimis subtus glaucis, stipulis ovatis minute fimbriatis,
paniculis dichotomis terminalibus paucifloris, involucri glandulis reniformibus petaloideis.
The nearest affinity of this Euphorbia, which is fi-om Elizabeth Island, seems to be the E . Atoto of Forst. ;
but that, according to the character given by Sprengel, is erect, and nearly simple.
1. Hern an d ia Sonora. Lin n .
1. Aleurites triloba. Linn.
O r d . X L I . U R T IC E ® . Juss.
1. Urtica virgata; herbácea, ubique glabra, foliis oppositis ovatis acuminatis triplinerviis
longe petiolatis obtuse crenato-serratis supra minutissime elevato-punctatis subtus Imvibus,
spicis longissimis filiformibus axillaribus interruptis dioicis.— “ Forst. Prodr. n. 345.” Willd.
P I V. 4. p . 355.
2. Urtic a ruderalis; annua, foliis alternis cordato-ovatis acutiusculis triplinerviis obtuse
serratis subtus glaucis supra minutissime punctato-scabris, glomerulis masculinis axillaribus
i-acemosis longe pedunculatis, fosmineis paniculato-corymbosis terminalibus.— “ Forst. P rodr.
n. 344.” Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. p . 364.
Our specimens, if tliey be really the plant of Foreter, are decidedly annual, and of small stature, as described
by WiUdenow; whereas. Sir James E. Snuth, in Rees’ Cycl., says that Avhat he described from
Forster had Avoody branches, and appeared to belong to a shrubby stem of considerable size.
3. Urtica affinis; herbácea, debilis, flexuosa, foliis alternis cordato-acimiinatis membrani;
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