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ACALYPHA Linnaeus 



ACALYPHA WILKESIANA Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 16 5 (1866) 817. 

 Acalypha tricolor Seem. Fl. Vit. (1865-68) 225. 



Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1707, 1708, September, 1913, from cultivated 

 plants, town of Amboina, locally known as ekor Jcuching. 



A native of Polynesia, now widely cultivated in many tropical countries. 



ACALYPHA INDICA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1003. 

 Bali, Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2525, July 7, 1913. 

 Widely distributed in the tropics of the Old World. 



ALCHORNEA Swartz 



ALCHORNEA RUGOSA (Lour.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 170. 

 Cladodes rugosa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 704. 

 Alchornea javensis Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 170. 

 Amboina, Lateri, Rel. Robins. 1702, August 25, 1913, in forests, altitude 

 about 150 meters, locally known as pita hatu. 



Burma through Malaya and the Philippines to New Guinea. 



EXCOECARIA Linnaeus 



EXCOECARIA BICOLOR Hassk. Eetzia 1 (1855) 158, var. VIRIDIS Pax 

 & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 52 (1912) 159. 

 Amboina, Hitoe messen, Rel. Robins. 1703, October 10, 1913, on forested 

 limestone hills, altitude about 150 meters. 



Java to the Moluccas, the form with leaves reddish or purple beneath 

 cultivated for ornamental purposes; the variety viridis Pax & K. Hoffm. in 

 Cochin-China. 



EUPHORBIA Linnaeus 



EUPHORBIA ATOTO Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 36. 



Amboina, Paso, Rel. Robins. 1705, October 29, 1913, along the seashore. 



Tropical sandy seashores, India to southern China through Malaya to 

 tropical Australia and Polynesia. 



EUPHORBIA PROSTRATA Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 (1789) 139. 

 BALI, Boeleleng, Rel. Robins. 2530, July 7, 1913. 

 Widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



EUPHORBIA THYMIFOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 454. 



Amboina, Paso, Rel. Robins. 1706, October 31, 1913, along streets. 

 Widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



ANACARDIACEAE 



BUCHANAN I A Roxburgh 



BUCHANAN I A AMBOINENSIS Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 4 (1868) 

 117. 

 Amboina, Negri lama, Rel. Robins. 1777, September 8, 1913, on river 

 banks, altitude about 30 meters; Hitoe messen Rel. Robins. 1776, October 



