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Balanops^ it may be reinirlved, has only one bract to each male flower and 

 no female rudiment. The catkins are usually 1 cm* or so in length and the 

 siibcylindrical anthers 2 mm. Schlecliter got his specimen (also at Ngoy^) 

 from a shrub of l^-S^- metres ; a])i)arently a case of precocious flowering. 



URTIOACEJ^]. 



Trema aspera BL, var. microphylla Schlechter. Tnom ; serpentine 

 scrub; 500 ft; rare. 230;i. Shrub 2 ft. Australia (the species). 



T. ViKiLLAKDil Schlecliter. Mt. Mon ; moist forest ; 800 ft. ; cretaceous, 

 506. Shrul) .10 ft. 



Parasponia Andersonii Planch. Mt. Mou ; damp part of Niaouli zone ; 

 800 ft. ; cretaceous. 511. Shrub 10 ft. Flowers white. Polynesia. 



MoRUS ALBA L , var. indica Bur. Ignambi; creekside forest; 1500 ft.; 

 gneiss. IGiO. A widely cultivated plant. 



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Malaisia toktuosa Blanco, var. viridescens Bur. Port Despointcs 

 ^Yoods. 224. E. Asia, Mulaya, Australia, Polynesia (the species). 



Ficus MANGIFERIFOLIA Warl). Iffuanilji ; forest ; 2000 ft. ; gneiss, 1G29. 



Mt. Pauie ; frequent in rocky parts of forest ; 1500 ft. 1801. A small tree 

 (162D) or sliruL G ft. (1801). 



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F. MUTABiLis Bur. Paompai; forest margin; 1000 ft.; sliales. 1898. 

 Shrub 6 ft. Fruits dark green. 



F. NITIDIFOLIA Bur. Riv. Comboui : Spermolepis forest margin ; GOO ft. 

 2202. Tree 20 ft. Fruits green when young, ripening through yellow to 

 rose-red. 



■ F. PROLIXA Forst. Ouen Toro ; seaside forest. 52. Banyan with 

 spreading roots and accessory trunks. Latex buff-coloured. Polynesia. 



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F. AUSTRO-CALEDONiCA Bur. River Ngoye, margin of ; 500 ft. j serpen- 

 tine. 2102. Tree 25 ft. Smooth grey bark. Trunk simple, branches 

 spreading. Fruits red-brown with green blotches^ soft and pulpy. Sticky 

 white latex. 



F. Proteus Bur. Mt. Mou ; moister parts of Niaouli association ; 1000 ft. ; 

 cretaceous. 521. Paompai ; creekside wood ; 50 ft. ; shales. 1903. Tree 

 30-10 ft. Trunk simple. Branches wide-spreading. Fruits erect, green 

 tinged brown. Latex creamy. 



