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A common tree on the sea-coasts of Tropical Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, and North 

 Australia. It is also common in some of the West Indian Islands, though Mr Bentham 

 [Flora Australiensis, i. p. 221) states that it was introduced. 



STERCULIACE^E. 

 Melochia odorata, Linn. 



Melochia odorata, Linn., fil., Sp. PI. Suppl., p. 302; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 94. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Pembroke Marsh — Lefroy. 



A common Pacific island tree, introduced into the West Indies, according to Grise- 

 bach. How it reached the Bermudas we are uninformed. We have not seen Lefroy's 

 specimen, but we learn from his memoranda that it was named by Dr Asa Gray. 



TILIACE^E. 

 Triumfetta lappula, Linn. 



Triumfetta lappula, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 444; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 95. 

 Lappula bermudensis, Pluk., Aim., p. 206, et Phylogr., t. 245, fig. 7. 



Bermudas. — Introduced? or perhaps indigenous. Without exact localities — Lefroy; 



Moseley. Also in the British Museum, in Sloane's Herbarium, xcvi. p. 128. 



A common weed in the West Indies and Tropical America. 



Triumfetta althaeoides, Lam. 



Triumfetta althceoides, Lam., Encycl., iii. p. 420 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 96. 



Bermudas. — Introduced ? Without locality — Rein. Grisebach also records it from 

 the Bermudas, but we have seen no specimen. 

 West Indies and South America. 



Triumfetta semitriloba, Jacq. 



Triumfetta semitriloba, Jacq., Sel. Stirp. Amer., p. 147 ; Linn., Mant., p. 73 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. 

 W. Ind., p. 96. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous? Walsingham — Lane; Lefroy. 

 Nearly all tropical countries, except perhaps Australia. 

 This is the " Box-bush " of the islanders. 



Waltheria americana, Linn. 



Waltheria americana, Linn., Sp. PI, ed. 1, p. 637 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 95. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Pembroke Marsh — Lefroy. 



In tropical and sub-tropical regions all round the globe, though not hitherto found in 

 south-eastern North America. 



