'Í!¡
(Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. p. 98,) is the same, since no description has been given. Mr. Brown taJces notice of
two other species found iu the Sauduiuh Islands, both ivith the segments of the corolla quite naked; these,
however, we have not seen. The habit of our plant is so simihu- to Leucopogon obovatiis. Labili., that
Sprengel has united them without attending to the position or number of tlie bracte® at the base of the calyx.
O r d . X X V H . A P O C Y N E ® . Juss.
1. Alyxia sulcata; foliis oppositis ovatis obtusis submenibranaceis utrinque nitidis
obsolete parallelim venosis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis 3-floris folio dimidio brevioribus,
fructibus olivasformibus longitudinaliter multi-sulcatis.
This is a very handsome species, aud perhaps, as we at fii-st tliought, the A . olivcpfoiiiiis of Gaudichaud
(Freyc. Voy. p. 451,) found iu the same islands ; but there are too mauy points of discrepancy to allow
of our joining them. The leaves arc never, that wc see, in threes; nor iu-e they iiciite at both extremities,
!is in Gaudichaud’s plant ; nor do we think he would have neglected to notice the numerous longitudinal
fiuTows on the fruit. From A . scandens, Foi-st., this differs iu many respects, particularly in the ftirrowed
fruit, which has a perfectly even surface iu that species ; a character we omitted to remai-k a t page 6 6 , from
not being a t that time acquainted with the present plant.
1. Qexheva parviflora ; foliis quateniis oblongis obtusiusculis paraUelim venosis planis,
cymis pedunculatis axillaribus ramosis clivai-icatis.— “ Forst. Prodr. n. 121.” Willd. Sp. PI.
y. \ . p . 1222. Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p . 438.
This species is omitted by Sprengel, and placed by WiUdenow and subsequent authors among the doubtful
species. It is very closely allied to C. maculata, WiUd., nor cau we easily point out any chai-acter to
sepai’ate the two, except the shape of the leaves, which in our plant are very much broader, and not at aU
spotted, as is weU represented in the other species by Jacquin, (Ic. Rai-.ii. t. 321.) There are constantly four
leaves in each whorl. The bracteas are smaU, aud, towai-ds the base, furnished with several spinous processes,
or teeth.
O r d . X X V H I . C O N V O L V U L A C E ® . Juss.
1. CowwoXw Ams tuberculatus ? Desv. in Lam. Encycl. v. 3. p . 545.— Ip om « a tubercu-
la ta ? Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p . 208.
Tlie specimen is not in flower, and is otherwise imperfect.
2. Convolvulus Cairicus. Vahl.—Bot. M a g .t. 699. Spreng. Syst. Veget, v. 1. p . 592.—
Ipomiea palmata. Forsk. JEgypt. p . 43. Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p . 207.
3. Convolvulus L in n .—Bot. Mag. t. 113 et 1005. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1.
p. 597.—Ipomsea purpurea. L am .—Roem. et S ch d t. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p . 232.
4. Convolvulus Pes Capra. L in n .—Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. \ . p . 609.— Ipomiea m aritima.
B r .—Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p . 249. Bot. Reg. t. 319.
5. Convolvulus Batatas. L in n .—Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. \ . p . 607.— Ipomtea Batatas.
L am .—Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p . 218.
6. Convohuilus ovalifolius. Vahl.—Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p . 288. Spreng.
Syst. Veget. v. 1. p . 613.
In the specimens before us, the branches are long and slender, from which ive might almost conclude
the plant to have been prostrate aud uot erect. We possess, in our herbarium, a plant from Mr. Menzies,
also from the Sandwich Islands, which is a remaikable vai-iety of the present species, being densely jiubescent.
„ e r iy tomentee. This was f„„ud both in the islands of Oahn and Oneeheow, hnt the preceding five
species appear- to liave been observed in the latter only.
O b d . X X IX . B O R A G IN EÆ . Jnss.
1. Hdioti-opium curassavicum. L im i .-B o em . ct Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p . 32. Spreng.
Sust. Veaet. v. 1. p . 540.
T h e re is in th eC o lie ctionave ryslendersta toofthlB spedosfronrOahn; the more common appearance
L in n .-E o .cm . ct Schult. Syst. Vcgct. v. 4. p . 452. Spreng. Sy.st.
Veget. v. 1. p . 649. B o t Mag. t 794.
This appeai-s to be cultivated.
O r d . X X X . C Y R T A N D R A C EÆ . Jack.
1 Cyi-tandra cordi/olia; foliis sribrotundo-ovatis acutis oblique c o r d ^ dentatis supra
hirs'utis subtus villoso-tourentosis ferrugineis, pedunculis trifloris, c alycbus ferrugmeo-vtllosis.
Gaud, in Freijc. Voy. p . 446. ¿ .5 6 . . , i a
2 Cyrtandra g randiflora; foliis oblongis acununatis basi angustatis obsolete denticulatis’
ciliatis supra glabriusculis subtus pallidioribus, nervo venisque pulverulento-pubescen-
tibus, pedunculis apice diphyllis bifloris, calycibus glabris. Gaud, m Freyc. Voy. p . 44 .
t 55
' Tlie specimen is very imperfect, though decidedly the plant flgnred by Gaudichand.
3. Cyrtancb-a Lcssoniana; foliis oblongis acmninntis basi angustatis
puberulis subtus tomeiitoso-serieeis ferrugineis, pedunculis imifloris b ibracteate, ca^jc b
^uinquepartitis subvdlosis, laciniis margine undulato-reflexis. Gaud, m Freyc. hoy. p . 447.
t. 54.
There are two varieties i
Gaudichaud.
1 the CoUection, one ot which has the leaves brice as long as those figiu-ed by
aumcuaua.
4. Cyrtandra Ga rnotiana; foliis elliptico-oblongis acutis in petio tun
remote serrulatis snpra hirtellis subtus molliter tomcntoso-pubescenübus - n e s c e n t i t e ,
pedunculis paucifloris subdicliotomis, calycibus villoso-pubescenübus. Gaud, m Freyc. mj.
p . 447. t. 53.
5. Cyrtandra pMiMosu; f o l i i s oblongis acuminatis ba.,i angustatis 7 ' ' ' "
subtus pallidioribus, pedunculis brevissimis flores paucos ped.cellatos umbellatmi d.spositos
gerentibus, calycibus glabriusculis. Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. p . 447.
Althengh G.a„dichand deserihes his plant as haring ^
diseeverod by Mr. Menzies, which we propose to call C. MenzicsH; folns
acuminatis basi cuueatis versus apicem subdeuticulato-sen-atis supra scabriusculis subtus J a b ru ,
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