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common, according to Miquel, in all the Molucca Islands. Bentham unites Abutilon 

 asiaticum, Don, with this ; but it is retained as a distinct species in the Flora of British 

 India. 



Abutilon graveolens, AVight et Arn. 



Abutilon graveolens, "Wight et Arn. j Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 327 ; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 204 ; 

 Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 145 (Abutilon hirtum). 



Timor Laut. — Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia ; and Grisebach, who treats this 

 as a variety of Abutilon indicum, records it from the West Indies (Fl. Brit. W. Ind., 

 p. 78). 



Urena lobata, Linn. 



Urena lobata, Linn.; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 206; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 148; Hook. f.,Fl. Brit. 

 Ind., i. p. 329 ; Nadeaud, Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 67 ; Jouan in M£m. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xi., 

 1865, p. 99 ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 16; 



Timor Laut.— A common herb in all tropical regions, exhibiting great variability in 

 nearly all parts of its range. 



Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Linn. 



Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Linn.; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 156; Hook, f., Fl. Brit.' Ind., i. p. 344; 

 Nadeaud, Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 67; Seem., Fl. Vit, p. 16; Jouan in Mt5m. Soc. Sci. Xat. 

 Cherbourg, xi. 1865, p. 94. 



Ki. — Cultivated in Java and Timor, and throughout India, according to Hooker. It 

 is found in many of the Pacific Islands, as well as China and Cochin-China, where it 

 may be indigenous. 



Hibiscus surattensis, Linn. 



Hibiscus surattensis, Linn. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 334 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat, i. 2, p. 161 ; 

 Oliver, Fl. Trop. Air., i. p. 201. 



Timor Ladt. — Timor, through the Archipelago to the Philippine Islands, and Penang 

 to Bengal, and common in Tropical and South Africa. Though recorded from Australia, 

 both in the Flora of Tropical Africa and the Flora of British India, we have seen no 

 specimens, and suspect it to be an error. 



Hibiscus tetraphyllus, Roxb. 



Hibiscus tetraphyllus, Roxb. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 341. 



Timor Laut. — This annual herb has a wide range in India ; but we have seen no other 

 specimens from the Archipelago. 



