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Corchorus olitorius, Linn. 



Corchorus olitorvas, Linn. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 397 ; Miq., FL Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 195 ; Benth, 

 El. Austr, i. p. 276 ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr., i. p. 2G2. 



Timor Laut. — Often cultivated as a pot-herb, as well as for the fibres of its stem, 

 and found in a wild state throughout the tropics. 



Corchorus acutangulus, Lam. 



Corchorus acutangulus, Lam. ; Miq., El. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 194 ; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 277 ; Hook, f., 

 Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 398. 



Timor Laut. — Generally dispersed in the tropics of the Old World, and occurring in 

 some parts of South America, where, however, it may have been introduced. 



Corchorus trilocularis, Linn. 



Corchorus triloculare, Linn. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 397 ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr., i. p. 262 ; 

 Muell., Syst. Census Austr. PI., p. 17. 



Timor Laut. — Common in Tropical Asia and Africa, but only recorded from Queens- 

 land in Australia. 



MALPIGHIACE.E. 



Ryssopterys timorensis, Blume. 



Syssopterys timorensis, Blume; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 58-1; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 285. 



Wetter. — Northern Australia, New Caledonia, and New Guinea to the Philippines and 

 Java. Seed-vessel winged like that of the Sycamore. There are several other species in 

 the Indian Archipelago. 



Tristellateia australasica, A. Eich. 



Tristellateia australasica, A. Rich; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 286; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 118; 

 Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 585. 

 Arrou ; Ki ; Timor Laut. — North Australia, through New Guinea and the Archi- 

 pelago to Singapore. Fruit winged. 



ZYGOPHYLLE^E. 



Tribulus cistoid.es, Linn. 



Tribulus cistoides, Linn.; Benth., FL Austr., i. p. 288; Hook, f., El. Brit. Ind, i. p. 423; II. Mann 

 in Proc. Anier. Acad, vii. p. 158. 



Ki; Timor Laut.— Common in Tropical Australia, Sandwich Islands, and many 

 parts of America ; rarer in Tropical Asia and Africa. Seemann does not mention it in his 

 Flora Yitiensis, and it does not appear to reach any of the South Pacific Islands. Seed- 

 vessel furnished with spines. 



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