194 MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON THE FLORA 
Pipturus velutinus, Wedd. (Sponia velutina, Planch.; P. inca- 
nus, Wedd.).—Cook ; Greffe. 
From the New Hebrides and the Ellice group to the Marquesas ; 
also in the Malay Archipelago and the Nicobar Islands. 
(There is a specimen of Behmeria platyphylla, D. Don, in the 
Kew Herbarium labelled “Tongatabou and Tahiti,” but it was 
probably from the latter island. | 
CASUARINES. 
Casuarina equisetifolia, Forst.— Home ; Cartwright. 
Fiji, Society, and Marquesas Islands, and generally spread in 
the coast-regions of tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. It is 
naturalized in tropical America. 
HyYDROCHARIDEX. 
Halophila ovata, Gaudich. (H. ovalis, Hook. f.).—Home ; 
Moseley. 
In the sea: Fiji and Navigator Islands, and widely spread in 
the Indian and Pacific Oceans. 
ORCHIDER. 
Dendrobium macranthum, A. Rich.— Lister. 
Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and Java. 
Spathoglottis pacifica, Reichb. f—Greffe; Lister. 
Fiji, Samoa, and the Society Islands. 
Corymbis veratrifolia, Reichb. f—Moseley. 
Fiji and Samoa Islands, North Australia, through Malaya to 
the Philippines and India. 
ScITAMINES. 
Canna indica, Linn.— Barclay ; Lister. 
Fiji, Samoa, and Sandwich Islands, Malaya, India, and Tropical 
America. 
Hillebrand (Fl. Haw. p. 485) states that this plant is now 
spread all over the islands, but he suspected that it was intro- 
duced soon after the discovery of the islands, yet it has a native 
name. 
AMARYLLIDER. 
Crinum pedunculatum, R. Br. (C. taitense, Red.).— Lister. 
New Caledonia, Fiji, Eastern Australia, and Malaya. 
