416 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HERALD. 
CHLOHANTHACE^. 
■ 583. Sarcandra chloranihoides, Gardn., Contrib. to a Fl. of Ceyl. p. 6. In ravines (Hance ! 
Champion!). 
CONIFERS. 
584. PiNus Sinensis, Lamb., Endl. Synop. Conif. p. 185. The most common tree in the 
Island (Champion ! Hance ! Seemann !) . 
585. Cunningham I A Sinensis, E. Brown, Endl. Synop. Conif. p. 193. Happy VaUey, but only 
in isolated specimens (Hance ! Seemann !). 
586. Gnetum scandens, Koxb., Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 598 (1832).— G. funiculare, Blume, Nov. 
Fam. 32 (1833).— Endl. Synop. Conif. p. 252. Common in the Happy Valley and on Victoria Peak 
(Champion ! Hance !) . 
Cycas revoluta, Thunb., is cultivated in the gardens. 
PALMiE. 
587. Zalacca, sp. ? In woods (Hance !). 
There are only the leaves of this species ; future collectors would do well to gather the flowers and 
fruit, an this species seems to be new. 
588. Hhaphis Kwanwortsik, Herm., Wendl. Index Palm. p. 34. — Chamcerops Kwanwortsik, 
Sieb. In woods (Hance !) . 
589. Ph(enix acaulis, Koxb., Griff. Palms of British India, p. 137. t. 228. In sunny places 
(Hance !). . 
Very little importiance can "be attached to tte stemless cliaractcr of some of the Flimnices as a mark of 
specific dUtiuction. P. reclinata^ Jacq., for instance, had for years been a "planta acaxJis/' in the Imperial 
Gardens at Schonhrunn, near Vienna, and was described as such by Jacquin, when all at once one of the 
old specimens, growing in the ground of one of the hothouses, began to produce trunks which, in the 
course of four years, attained a height of 20 feet. 
590. Cocos nucifera, Linn.j supra, p. 204. Occasionally planted on the sea-shore, but does not 
thrive well (Hance!). . 
PANDANE^. 
591. VxyiDA^va fascicularis, Lam., Kth. Enum. voh iii. p. 98. Near the sea-shore (Hance! 
Seemann !) ; used for making hedges; the tender shoots are eaten. 
AROIDEiE. 
592. PoTiios Seemamii, Schott in Bonplandia, vol. v. p. 44. On rocks, common (Champion ! 
Hance ! Seemann !) . 
593. Alocasia commxdata, Schott, Synop. Aroidearum, p. 45. Hongkong (Hance!). 
