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The identification of the Amboina specimen has been made wholly from 

 the description, and is, accordingly not certainly correct. If not Celtis 

 paniculata Planch., then it represents a very closely allied form. The cymes, 

 in fruit, are shorter than the petioles, and the leaves are notably dark 

 colored when dry. 



Timor laut and New Guinea to Queensland, New Caledonia, and Tahiti. 



G I RON N I ERA Gaudichaud 



GIRONNIERA AMBOINENSIS Lauterb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 50 (1913) 

 326. 



Amboina, Hoetoemoeri road, Rel. Robins. 1 79U, September 30, 1913, locally 

 known as umian utan. 



A species known only from Amboina, considered by Lauterbach to be 

 closely allied to Gironniera rhamnifolia Blume. The material I have placed 

 under G. amboinensis Lauterb. rather strongly resembles Gironniera subae- 

 qualis Planch. 



TREMA Loureiro 



TREMA ORIENTALIS (Linn.) Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2 (1856) 62. 

 Celtis orientalis Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1044. 



Amboina, Amahoesoe, Rel. Robins. 1763, August 13, 1913, on limestone 

 hills at an altitude of about 40 meters, locally known as rufu. 



Himalayan region to Formosa southward to Queensland, with varieties 

 extending to Polynesia and Hawaii. 



Doubtless this was included by Rumphius in his general conception of 

 Cortex piscatorium, but his description and figure do not apply to this 

 common and well-known form, but to T. virgata Blume. 



MORACEAE 



FATOUA Gaudichaud 



FATOUA PILOSA Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 509. 



Urtica japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 70, non Linn. f. 

 Fatoua japonica Blume Mus. Bot. 2 (1861) t. 38. 



BOETON, Rel. Robins. 2502, July 13, 1913. 

 Eastern Asia, Malaya, and Polynesia. 



MALAISIA Blanco 

 MALAISIA sp.? 



Amboina, Soja, Rel. Robins. 1691, October 24, 1913, in light woods, alti- 

 tude about 375 meters. 



Doctor Robinson describes this as a small tree about 4 m high, but the 

 specimens look as if they were from a scandent shrub. If a Malaisia, 

 then the specimens certainly represent an undescribed species. Unfortun- 

 ately, however, our material presents only matured infructescences, and 

 in the absence of flowers its generic position cannot be determined with 

 certainty. The mature receptacle, when fresh, is yellow, succulent, and 

 the carpels are nearly black. 



