40 MR. I. H. BURKILL ON 
BENINCASA CERIFERA, Savi, in Bibl. Ital. ix. 158. 
Fiji and Samoa ; eastward to the Marquesas Islands ; westward 
in the Solomon Islands; and to the Mascarene Islands. 
U MBELLIFERE. 
Hyprocorye astatica, Linn.; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Bot. xxx. (1894) p.179; Reinecke, in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 
p- 664. 
Tongatabu, Eua; Fiji and Samoa; Sandwich Islands; west- 
ward in New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands. Tropics 
generally. 
APIUM LEPTOPHYLLUM, F. Muell.; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc., Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 197. 
A weed of cultivation in many parts of the tropics. 
ARALIACER. 
MERYTA MACROPHYLLA, Seem.; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 180; Reinecke, in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 
p. 664. 
Samoa. 
RUBIACES. 
BapDvsA CORYMBIFERA, A. Gray; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 180. 
Tongatabu, Eua; Fiji; westward in the New Hebrides. The 
genus 1s confined to the Pacific. 
BIKKIA GRANDIFLORA, Reinw.; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 180. 
Eua and Savage Island (south-east of Samoa). 
A Malayan species has passed under this name, but probably 
in error. B. grandiflora, K. Schum. & Lauterb., in ‘Flora der 
Deutschen Schutzgebiete in der Siidsee’ is, it seems, B. australis, 
DC. 
OLDENLANDIA FaTtpa, Forst.; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 180. 
Samoa and Savage Island ; eastward to the Cook Islands. 
Mussa@ypa FRonposA, Linn.; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 180; Reinecke, in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 
p- 690. 
Nomuka; Fiji and Samoa; eastward to Tahiti; westward in 
