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PASSIFLORACEAE 



PASSI FLORA Linnaeus 



PASSI FLORA MOLUCCANA Blume Bijdr. (1826) 938, Rumphia 1 (1835) 

 169, t. 15. 



Amboina Mahija, Rel. Robins. 1659, October 3, 1913, climbing over trees 

 at an altitude of about 275 meters; Gelala, Rel. Robins. 1661, August 25, 

 1913, in thickets, altitude about 5 meters. 



A species originally described from specimens collected in Ternate, and 

 known from a few localities in the Moluccas. 



PASSIFLORA FOETIDA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 959. 



Amboina, waste places on the beach near Castle Victoria, Rel. Robins. 

 1660, November 13, 1913, locally known as pepinyo utan babulu. 



A native of tropical America, now introduced and naturalized in many 

 other tropical countries. 



BEGONIACEAE 



BEGONIA Linnaeus 



BEGONIA cf. B. aptera Blume Enum. PI. Jav. (1827) 97. 



Amboina, Kati-kati, Rel. Robins. 1778, October 7, 1913, on limestone rocks 

 at an altitude of about 70 meters. 



A coarse erect plant attaining a height of nearly 1 m, the stout stems 

 about 1 cm in diameter when dry. It apparently belongs in the same 

 group with the Philippine Begonia pseudolateralis Warb., but the material 

 is inadequate to warrant a more definite determination of it, there being 

 no fruits on the specimens. 



BEGONIA sp. 



Amboina, Koesoekoesoe sereh and Soja, Rel. Robins. 25US, August, 1913, 

 terrestrial, rarely on rocks, altitude 200 to 400 meters. 



BEGONIA sp. 



Amboina, cultivated in the town of Amboina, Rel Robins. 1 779, September 

 25, 1913, a single imperfect specimen inadequate for further identification. 



THYMELAEACEAE 



PHALERIA Jack 

 PHALERIA AMBOINENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, circiter 4 m altus; foliis firme chartaceis vel 

 subcoriaceis, ellipticis ad late oblongo-ellipticis, petiolatis, usque 

 ad 23 cm longis, obtusis vel brevissime lateque acuminatis, basi 

 acutis, nervis primariis utrinque 12 ad 15 ; inflorescentiis termi- 

 nalibus, pedunculatis, capitatis, pedunculis circiter 1 cm longis, 

 f asciculatis ; floribus numerosis, circiter 2.5 cm longis, extus 

 glabris, laciniis intus puberulis. 



A shrub about 4 m high, glabrous except portions of the in- 

 florescence. Branches terete, stout, smooth, reddish-brown, the 



