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description so far as the specimen and the description are comparable. 

 The same species, or a very closely allied one, is represented by Foxworthy 

 129 from Sarawak, Borneo, and "V A 9" cultivated in the botanic garden 

 at Buitenzorg, Java, from Amboina, under the name Barringtonia rubra 

 Blume. It is characterized especially by its spicate inflorescence and long 

 petioles. 



RHIZOPHORACEAE 



BRUGUIERA Lamarck 

 BRUGUIERA PARVI FLORA (Roxb.) W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 311. 



Rhizophora parviflora Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 416, ed. 2, 2 (1832) 

 461. 

 Amboina, Ayer putri, Rel. Robins. 1772, July 28, 1913, along tidal 

 streams. 



Tidal forests, India to the Malay Archipelago. I cannot connect this 

 characteristic and strongly marked species with any form described by 

 Rumphius. 



COMBRETACEAE 



LUMNIT2ERA Willdenow 

 LUMNITZERA LITTOREA (Jack) Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcut. (1756) 39. 

 Pyrrhanthus littoreus Jack in Malay Miscel. 2 (1822) 57. 

 Laguncularia purpurea Gaudich Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 481, t. 104. 

 Lumnitzera pedicellata Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1831) 23. 

 Lumnitzera coccinea W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 316. 

 Amboina, Paso, Rel. Robins. 1833, October 31, 1913, along the beach. 

 Along the seashore, India to tropical Australia and Polynesia. 



LUMNITZERA RACEMOSA Willd. in Ges. Natur. Fr. Neue Schr. 4 (1803) 

 187. 



Amboina, Paso, Rel. Robins. 1882, October 31, 1913, along the beach. 



Along the seashore, tropical Africa, Asia, Malaya, Australia, and 

 Polynesia. 



MYTACEAE 



EUGENIA Linnaeus 

 EUGENIA MOLUCCANA nom. nov. 



Eugenia acuminata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 37, nomen nudum, Fl. 



Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 492, non Link. 

 Syzygium acuminatum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 452. 

 Amboina, Hitoe messen, Rel. Robins. 20£7, October 18, 1913, in forests, 

 altitude about 400 meters. 



This species was first described from specimens originating in the 

 Moluccas and cultivated in the botanic garden at Calcutta. It is well 

 figured by Wight, Ic. 2: t. 607. 



EUGENIA BOERLAGEI sp. nov. § Jambosa. 



Frutex circiter 3 m altus, glaber, ramis ramulisque rubro- 

 brunneis, tenuis, teretibus, laevis; foliis brevissime petiolatis, 

 chartaceis, subellipticis, usque ad 12 cm longis, utrinque subae- 

 qualiter angustatis, basi acutis, apice late obtuse acuminatis, 



