XI - C > 6 Merrill: Reliquiae Robinsonianae 299 



calyx-tube with scattered, elongated, simple hairs in addition to the stellate 

 ones; the shorter calyx-teeth; and the entirely glabrous petals. Doctor 

 Robinson states that the short stamens are uniformly yellow or yellowish, 

 and that the longer ones have yellow filaments and basal parts of the 

 anthers, but that the tips of the anthers are pale-lilac. 



MEMECYLON Linnaeus 



MEMECYLON COSTATUM Miq. Anal. Bot. Ind. 1 (1850) 29, ex descr. 



Amboina, Gelala, Rel. Robins. 2020, September 19, 1913, on rocky stream 

 banks, altitude about 150 meters. 



Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



ME DIN ILL A Gaudichaud 

 MEDINILLA sp. 



Amboina, Salahoetoe, Rel. Robins. 2022, November 27, 1913, in forests 

 at the summit of the mountain, altitude 1,020 meters. 



The specimen presents immature fruits and no flowers and is scarcely in 

 condition for further determination except by comparison with authenti- 

 cally named specimens. 



OSBECKIA Linnaeus 



OSBECKIA CHINENSIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 345. 



Amboina, Soja road, Rel. Robins. 2023, August 1, 1913, common on 

 grassy hillsides, altitude 50 to 300 meters. 



India to Japan southward to tropical Australia. 



PTERNANDRA Jack 



PTERNANDRA CAERULESCENS Jack Malay Misc. 2 (1822) 61, var. 

 CYANEA (Blume) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 1104. 

 Ewyckia cyanea Blume in Flora 14 (1831) 525, Rumphia 1 (1835) 

 24, t. 8. 

 Amboina, Mahija and Hoetoemoeri road, Rel. Robins. 2025, 2026, August 

 12 and September 30, 1913, in light forests, altitude 150 to 450 meters. 



Tenasserim, Indo-China, and the Malay Peninsula. The type of Ewyc- 

 kia cyanea Blume was from Amboina. 



OENOTHERACEAE 



JUSSIEUA Linnaeus 



JUSSIEUA REPENS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 388. 



Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1801, August 23, 1913, in ditches near the town 

 of Amboina. 



Tropics of both hemispheres. 



JUSSIEUA LIN I FOLIA Vahl Eclog. Amer. 2 (1798) 32. 



Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1800, July 25, 1913, in wet places near the town 

 of Amboina. 



Widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres, probably a 

 native of tropical America. 



