294: MR. T. F. CHEESEMAN ON 
VISCUM ARTICULATUM, Burm. f.— Parasitic on Plectronia at Papua, on the south side 
of the island. Not seen elsewhere, but it is easily overlooked. 
Pacific Islands, Australia, Tropical Asia. 
THYMELJAACE.E. 
WIKSTR@MIA VIRIDIFLORA, Meisen, (W. indica, C. A. Mey.)—Hills of the interior, 
not common. Slopes of Maungaroa, 800-1200 ft.; Tekou, 800-1800 ft.; Papua, 800- 
1900 ft. Iam not at all sure that the identification is correct; the branches seem to he 
too silky and the leaves too large. 
Pacific Islands and Australia, northwards to Malaya, India, and China. 
EU PHORBIACE. 
EUPHORBIA CHAMISSONIS, Boiss.—Not uncommon in open places near the sea, also 
noticed on several of the rocky peaks in the interior. 
Fiji Islands. 
*EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA, Linn.—A common weed by roadsides, in waste places, and 
abandoned cultivations. 
Most warm countries. 
*EUPHORBIA HUMIFUSA, Willd.—A weed in native cultivations at Arorangi, doubtless 
a recent introduction. 
Now common in most warm countries. 
*EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA, Willd.—Commonly planted in the gardens of the natives, 
often rendering them a blaze of colour. 
Originally from Mexico and Central America, but now planted and naturalized in 
many warm countries. 
EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA, Willd.—Plentifully naturalized in waste places at Avarua, 
but its origin can easily be traced to a garden in the vicinity. 
Tropical America. 
*PHYLLANTHUS NīIRURI, Linn.— Waste places and roadsides, very plentiful all round 
the island. 
All tropical countries except Australia. 
PHYLLANTHUS SIMPLEX, Retz.—Dry hills in the interior, not uncommon. 
ave Islands and Australia, and northwards to the Malay Archipelago, India, and 
. China. | 
