134 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Gouania microcarpa, DC. 



Gouania microcarpa, DC. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., L 1, p. 650 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 643 ; Seem., 

 FL Vit., p. 43. 



Timok Laut. — Java, Malacca, and the Western Peninsula of India. Gouania richii, 

 A. Gr., of the Fiji Islands, is very near this. The genus is generally diffused in the tropics, 

 except Australia. 



AMPELIDE^. 

 Vitis repens, Wight and Arnott. 



Vitis repens, Wight and Arnott; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 646. 

 Cissus repens, Lain. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 605. 



Timor Laut. — Amboina and Java, and almost all over India. According to Miquel, 

 the leaves are employed as an acidulant. 



Vitis tenuifolia, Wight and Arnott ? 



Vitis tenuifolia, Wight and Arnott? Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 660. 



Timor Laut. — Nearly all over India, and also in China and Japan. Fragments of 

 several other species of Vitis were collected in Arrou, Maru, Timor Laut, &c. 



Leea sambucina, Willd. var. 1 



Leea sambucina, Willd. var. 1 Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 451 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 611 ; Hook, f., 

 Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 666 ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 44. 



Arrou ; Dammar. — This handsome shrub is generally diffused in Tropical Asia, Africa, 

 Australia, and the Fiji Islands. Fruit a berry, as in Vitis. Leea is peculiar to the Old 

 World. 



Leea eequata, Linn. 



Leea eequata, Linn., Mant., p. 124; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Bot., 1881, p. 163. 



Arrou ; Ki ; Babar ; Dammar ; Timor Laut. — A very common species in Eastern 

 Tropical India and Malaya. 



SAPINDACEiE. 



Erioglossum edule, Blume. 



Erioglossum edule, Blume ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 574 ; Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 454 ; Hook, i., 

 Fl. Brit. Ind., i. p. 672. 



Timor Ladt. — Northern Australia, and generally spread in Tropical Asia. Miquel 

 states that the fruit of this large tree is eaten in the Archipelago. Erioglossum is a small 

 genus limited to the tropics of the Old World. 



