XI ' C - 6 Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 291 



and widely distributed species. Melochia concatenate Linn, was primarily 

 based on Fl. Zeyl. 2J>7, the actual specimen being identical with Melochia 

 corchorifolia Linn. 



Common and widely distributed in all tropical countries. 



MELOCHIA PYRAMIDATA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 674. 



Boeton, Baoe baoe, Rel. Robins. 2U9U, July 13, 1913. 



A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in the tropics 

 of both hemispheres. 



DILLENIACEAE 



SAURAUIA Willdenow 

 SAURAUIA TRISTYLA DC. in Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. 1 (1822) 433, t. 7. 



Amboina, Lateri, Rel. Robins. 1857, September 5, 1913, in thin forests, 

 altitude about 20 meters; Batoe merah River, Rel. Robins. 1856, September 

 24, 1913, on cliffs near the river, altitude about 50 meters. 



Originally described from Amboina and known only from this island. 



OCHNACEAE 



SCHUURMANSIA Blume 



SCHUURMANSIA ELEGANS Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1850) 177, 

 f.32. 



Amboina, Hatalai, Rel. Robins. 2036, October 24, 1913, in light forest 

 at an altitude of about 325 meters. 



The type of the species was from Amboina, and Hallier* also reports it 

 from Celebes. Doctor Robinson has suggested on the field label that it may 

 possibly be the plant described by Rumphius as Ligum muscosum, Herb. 

 Amb. 3: 203, but Rumphius's description of the inflorescence, flowers, and 

 fruits certainly does not apply to Schuurmansia. The genus extends from 

 Luzon to New Guinea, comprising nine species — two in Luzon; two in 

 Amboina, of which one extends to Celebes ; one in Ternate and Halmaheira ; 

 and four in New Guinea. The Bornean Schuurmansia angustifolia Hook, f., 

 has been made the type of a distinct genus, Schuurmansiella, by Hallier. 



THEACEAE 



EURYA Thunberg 



EURYA TRICHOCARPA Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. (1839-42) 114, 

 nomen nudum; Blume FL Ind. Bat. 2 (1856) 115. 



Amboina, Hatiwe, Rel. Robins. 180U, September 15, 1913, in thickets, 

 altitude about 250 meters, locally known as rumput bulu. 



This species was described from Amboina material, and the specimen 

 cited above agrees closely with the description so far as it is comparable; 

 the flowers are young, and no fruits are present. It closely resembles the 

 polymorphous species known as Eurya acuminata DC, and doubtless would 

 be included in that species as interpreted by Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 1 (1874) 285. The short-apiculate sepals are, however, characteristic, 

 while the fruit is described by Blume as somewhat pubescent. 



•Recuiel Trav. Bot. Neerl. 10 (1913) 346. 



