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THE VOYAGE < >E H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



work to look up the plants. We know, however, from Captain Cook's description of the 

 island, that wood is wanting altogether ; his party on two excursions met with only two or 

 three shrubs, one of them, from the description, doubtless Sophora. The generally 

 diffused large Polynesian tree Metrosideros pohjmorplta, which is found in Pitcairn and 

 Elizabeth Islands, and forms extensive forests in some of the groups, especially in the 

 Sandwich Islands, seems to be absent. 



III.— VEGETATION CONTAINING NO ENDEMIC ELEMENT. 



ISLANDS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN. 



List of Plants in the Kew Herbarium collected in some of the smaller 

 Tropical Islands by Dr Coppinger. 1 



Du Lise Island. 



Oleoma (§ Polanisia) strigosa, Oliv. 



Gloriosa group. 

 Portulaca oleracea, Linn. Bird Island, Seychelles 



group. 

 Portulaca quadrifida, Linn. Eagle Island, Amirante 



group, Du Lise Island. 

 Calophyllum inophyttum, Linn. Isle des Roches, 



Amirante group. 

 Sida carpinifolia, Linn. f. Providence Island, Mas- 



. carene group. 

 Sida spinosa, Linn. Du Lise Island, Isle des Roches, 



Cerf Islet (No. 1), Providence Reef. 

 Abutilon indicum, Don. Bird Island, Providence 



Island, Isle des Roches. 

 Hibiscus hornei, Baker. Du Lise Island. 

 Thespesia populnea, Corr. Du Lise Island. 

 Triumfi tta procumbens, Eorst. Providence Island, 



Isle des Roches. 

 Tribulus terrestris, Linn. Eagle Island, Amirante 



group. 

 Sr.<h(titi" acuhata, Pers. Bird Island, Eagle Island. 

 Cassia Occident alis, Linn. Providence Island. 

 /)>■</, hiiiI/i/k rinjatux, AYilld. Providence Island. 

 Pempl is aci Jul a, Eorst. Du Lise Island, Poivre Island, 



Arnirante group. 

 Suriana maritima, Linn. Bird Island, Cerf Islet 



(No. 3), Providence Reef, Isle des Roches. 

 Carica papaya, Linn. Providence Island. 

 Gucumis trigones, Roxb. Du Lise Island. 

 Morinda citrifolia, Linn. Isle des Roches. 

 Guettarda speciosa, Linn. Poivre Island. 



Vernonia cinerea, Less. Isle des Roches. 

 Tridax procumbens, Linn. Isle des Roches. 

 Scwvola komigii, R. Br. Isle des Roches. 

 Ochrosia borbon ica, Grnel. Providence Island, Alphonse 



Island, Mascarene group. 

 Cordia subcordata, Lam. Du Lise Island. 

 Toumefortia argentea, Linn. f. Bird Island, Cerf Islet 



(No. 1), Providence Reef, Poivre Island. 

 Ipomoea grand '(flora, Lam. (non Roxb.) 



„ glabt rrima, Bojer. Providence Island, Du 



Lise Island. 

 Solatium nodiflorum, Jacq. Du Lise Island. 

 Physalis angulata, Linn. Du Lise Island. 

 Datura, alba, Nees. Isle des Roches. 

 Striga hirsuta, Lour. Providence Island, Isle des 



Roches. 

 Jin: rhaavia diffusa, Linn. Du Lise Island, Providence 



Island. 

 Achyranthes aspera, Linn. Eagle Island. 

 Amarantus caudatus, Linn. Providence Island, Eagle 



Island. 

 Amarantus retrqflexus, Linn. Providence Island. 

 Hemandia pettata, Meissn. Alphonse Island, Pro- 

 vidence Island. 

 Oassytha filiformis, Linn. Isle des Roches, Providence 



Island. 

 Euphorbia pit tili hca, Linn. Providence Island. 



„ prostrata, Ait. Du Lise Island, Providence 



Island. 

 Ficus nautarum, Baker. Alphonse Island. 

 Pipturus argi ntt us, Wedd. Isle des Roches. 



1 For lists of plants from the Cocos and Chagos Islands, see Part III., pp. 113-115. 



