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GERANIACE^. 

 Averrhoa carambola, Linn. 



Acerrhoa carambola, Linn. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat, i. 2, p. 133 ; Hook. 1, Fl. Brit, Ind., i. p. 439. 

 Timor Latjt. — Common throughout the Archipelago, and in India ; but it is exten- 

 sively cultivated, and believed to have been originally introduced from America. 



Impatiens sp. 



Ki. — The genus Impatiens, so numerous in India, is represented by few species in the 

 Archipelago, and not at all in Australia. One species occurs in Timor. The specimen is 

 insufficient for determining the species. 



RUTACE^E, 

 Glycosmis pentaphylla, Corr., var. 



Ghjcosmis pentaphylla, Corr., var. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 499 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 2, p. 522 ; 

 Benth., FL Austr., i. p. 367. 



Arrou ; Ki ; Timor Laut ; Babar. — An exceedingly variable shrub or tree, generally 

 spread in Tropical Asia, and occurring in Northern Australia. Fruit a small berry. 



Micromelum pubescens, Blume. 



Micromelum pubescens, Blume; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 368 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 501 ; Oliv. 



in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. v. Suppl., p. 40. 

 Micromelum minutum, Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 31. 



Ki ; Timor Laut ; Dammar. — Common in Tropical Australia and Eastern Polynesia, 

 and through the Archipelago to India and China. Seemann states that he thinks the 

 Australian and Polynesian plant is a distinct species. It is found in North-eastern 

 Australia, New Caledonia, and the Friendly and Fiji Islands. The genus comprises two 

 other species which inhabit the Archipelago. 



Murraya exotica, Linn. var. 



Murraya exotica, Linn. var. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 369; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 522; Hook, 

 f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 502. 



Timor Laut ; Babar. — North Australia and New Hebrides, to India, from Bengal to 

 the north-west. Commonly cultivated for its sweet-scented flowers. There are several 

 varieties. Murraya is a small genus restricted to the area of the present species. 



Atalantia nitida, Oliv. var. 



Aialantia nitida, Oliv. var. ; Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. v. SuppL, p. 25. 

 Timor Laut. — The typical form inhabits the Philippines. The genus consists of about 

 ten Asiatic and one Australian species. 



