62 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
MELOCHIA ARBOREA, Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1, 524. 
Tenom, 700', clearings, abundant throughout the country. Fl. Jan. 
2645. 
Distrib. Borneo (Sarawak). Malaya to Indo-China, India, and Mauritius. 
COMMERSONIA ECHINATA, Forst. Char. Gen. 44, t. 22. 
Jesselton, edge of mangrove swamp. Fl. Fr. Jan. 2594. Sapong, near 
Tenom, 800’, in young jungle. Fl. Fr. 2718. 
Distrib. Borneo (Labuan, Motley ; Sarawak ; D. Borneo). Through India, 
Indo-China, Malaya, Philippines and New Guinea to Polynesia and East 
tropical Australia. 
Common throughout the country in young jungle. 
TILIACEÆ. 
TRIUMFETTA SUFFRUTICOSA, Blume, Bijdr. 113. 
Apin Apin, 1500', on banks of river in recent clearing, abundant. FI, 
Fr. Feb. 2988. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Kadamaian river, 2500', Haviland). Java, 
Timor, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismark and Louisiade 
Archipelagos, Christmas Island. 
CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS, Linn, Sp. Pl. 529. 
Melalap, 800’, clearings. Fl. Fr. 2732. 
Distrib. Borneo (Sarawak). Cultivated in most tropical countries for the 
fibre known as “ Jute.” 
LEPTONYCHIA GLABRA, Twrez. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. xxxi. (1851) 1. 
223. 
Tenom, 700’, swampy ground near the railway in sec. forest. Fl. Fr. 
Jan. 2804. 
Distrib. Borneo (Labuan, Motley ; Sarawak). Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 
Java, Celebes, Indo-China, and Andamans. 
RUTACE E. 
ÜLAUSENA EXCAVATA, Burm. f. Fl. Ind. 87, t. 29, 
Kaningau and Apin Apin, 1000-1500’, in sec. forest. Fl. Jan. 2065. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Tinkayu, Creagh: D. Borneo). Malay Penin- 
sula, Java, Sumatra, Philippines ; Indo-China to E. India. 
A tree with white flowers, common from Tenom to Apin Apin. 
