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In aspect this species resembles Breynia cernua Muell.-Arg., to which it 

 is manifestly allied, from which it is easily distinguished, however, by the 

 prominent indumentum on its branchlets, leaves, and calyces. In its in- 

 dumentum it approaches Breynia ovalifolia J. J. Sm., of New Guinea, but 

 is not closely allied to that species, differing in its much larger, differently 

 shaped, more numerously nerved leaves, and its cup-shaped accrescent 

 calyx. 



APOROSA Blume 



APOROSA SPHAERIDOPHORA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 76. 



Amboina, Hitoe lama and Lateri, Rel. Robins. 1711, 1715, 1716, August, 

 September, and October, 1913, in forests, altitude 100 to 200 meters, locally 

 known as makarlasi and simbun apt. 



One of the specimens has pistillate flowers, one very young fruits, and 

 one mature or nearly mature fruits. While they are not absolutely identical 

 with the type material of Aporosa sphaeridophora Merr. I can detect no 

 constant differences which would warrant me in separating the Amboina 

 form from the Philippine one. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines and also known from Java. 



ANTIDESMA Burman 



ANTIDESMA GHAESEMBILLA Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) 189, t. 39, excl. 

 syn. 



Amboina, Soja road and vicinity of the town of Amboina, Rel. Robin*. 

 1710, August and October, 1913, on stony and grassy hillsides, altitude 

 35 to 200 meters, locally known as melur utan. 



India through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



M ALLOT US Loureiro 



MALLOTUS PANICULATUS (Lam.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 189. 

 Croton paniculatus Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 207. 

 Mallotus cochinchinensis Lour. F. Cochinch. (1790) 635. 

 Amboina, Hoetoemoeri road, Rel. Robins. 1 723, September 30, 1913, along 

 roadsides, altitude about 150 meters, locally known as haleky ewan. 



Burma to southern China and Formosa, southward to tropical Australia. 



MALLOTUS COLUMNARIS Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 13 (1891) 349. 



Amboina, Amahoesoe, Rel. Robins. 1719, 1720, August, 1913, on coral 

 limestone at low altitudes, locally known as haleky karang. 



Amboina and the Key and Aru Islands. 



HOMONOIA Loureiro 



HOMONOIA JAVENSIS (Blume) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 200. 

 Spathiostemon javense Blume Bijdr. (1825) 622. 

 Mallotus eglandulosus Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1898) 313. 

 AMBOINA, Ayer putri, Mahija, and Halong, Rel. Robins. 1717, 1718, July 

 to September, 1913, on coral limestone, river banks, etc.; altitude, sea level 

 to 300 meters, locally known as pita hatu. 

 Luzon to Java and New Guinea. 



