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Hibiscus vitifolius, Linn. 



Hibiscus i-itifoliux, Lhm. ; Benth., EI. Austr., i. p. 215 j Hook, f., Fl. Brit. InJ., i. p. 338; Miq., El. 

 Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 160. 



Moa. — Widely dispersed iu the tropics of the Old World, and naturalised in the West 

 Indies. It is a herbaceous species readily distinguished by its winged capsules. 



Hibiscus virgatus, Blume. 



Hibiscus virgatus, Blume; Miq., El. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 156. 



Timor Laut. — Also from Timor and Java. 



Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn. 



Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 218 ; Miq., El. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 153 ; Hook. f. , Fl. 



Brit. Ind., i. p. 343; Jouan in Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, si. 1S65, p. 94; Seem., Fl. 



Vit., p. IS. 

 Paritium tiliaceum, Adr. Juss. in St. Hilaire Fl. Bras. Merid., i. p. 256. 



Letti ; Babar. — One of the most generally dispersed sea-coast trees in the tropics and 

 some subtropical countries, and particularly abundant in Polynesia and other Pacific 

 Islands, including the Sandwich and Galapagos, often growing within reach of the ordinary 

 tides. It is one of the score or so of flowering plants collected in the Keeling Islands by 

 the late Charles Darwin. Among other localities we have seen specimens from Pitcairn 

 Island. Though naturally a maritime tree, it ascends the rivers to considerable distances, 

 and is often planted inland on account of its ornamental aspect. 



Thespesia populnea, Corr. 



Thespesia populnea, Con-.; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 221; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 345; Miq., 

 Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 150; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 18; Jouan in Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xi. 

 1865, p. 96 (Hibiscus). 



Arrou ; Dammar ; Timor Laut. — A common sea-shore tree in the tropics of the Old 

 World, and especially abundant in Polynesia. Forster, on Cook's second voyage, collected 

 it in Easter Island. It is naturalised in the AVest Indies. Seemanu, in Kittlitz's Views of 

 the Vegetation of the Pacific (English edition), p. 22, enumerates the following as some of 

 the principal trees immediately succeeding the mangroves : — Barringtonia speciosa, Calo- 

 phyllum inophyllum, Hibiscus tiliaceus, and Thespesia p>opulnea. Jouan mentions that 

 Thespesia populnea is somewhat rare in the Marquesas, and only met with on the sea- 

 shore where the waves could have conveyed the seeds. This tree does not occur in the 

 Sandwich Islands. 



Thespesia lampas, Dalz. et Gibs. 



Thespesia lawpas, Dalz. et. Gibs. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 315 ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Air., i. p. 209. 

 Thespesia macrophytta, Blume; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 151? 



Timor Laut. — Common in India, and apparently throughout the Archipelago, but not 



