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Polyscias sp. ? 



Arrou and Babar. — The genus Polyscias was founded by Forster on a Tana Island 

 plant, which also occurs in Sumatra, and is the Ewpteron of Miquel. Altogether, about 

 eight species are known, and they inhabit India and the Archipelago, the Mascarene, and 

 some of the Pacific Islands. 



GAMOPETAL51. 



RUBIACE^E. 

 Oldenlandia paniculata, Linn. 



Oldenlandia paniculata, Linn. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 191 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 69; 

 Seem., Fl. Vifc, p. 126. 



Arrou ; Timor Laut. — Generally diffused in Tropical Asia, and in many of the islands 

 of Polynesia, but not recorded from Australia. Oldenlandia is a large genus, chiefly 

 Asiatic, but spread all over the tropics. 



Ophiorrhiza n. sp. ? 



Arrou. — This genus is a large one, and spread over the warmer parts of Asia and 

 Australia, and it is also represented in Polynesia. 



Musssenda sp. 



Dammar. — Musscenda comprises about forty species, generally diffused in Tropical Asia 

 and Africa, as well as Polynesia, yet apparently not represented in Australia. 



Webera dallachiana, F. Muell. 



Webera dallachiana, F. Muell. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., iii. p. 412. 

 Ki. — Elsewhere only recorded from Albany Island and Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 



Randia sp. 



Timor Laut. — A genus of general distribution in tropical countries, several of the 

 species inhabiting maritime districts. 



Guettarda speciosa, Linn. 



Guettarda speciusa, Linn.; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 262; Benth., Fl. Austr., iii. p. 419; Hook, f., 

 Fl. Brit. Ind, iii. p. 126; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 131; Nadeaud, Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 52. 



Arrou ; Ki. — An exceedingly common tree in tidal forests in the Old World and 

 Polynesia ; it also grows some places inland, and is sometimes cultivated for the sake of its 

 sweet-scented flowers. With the exception of the western coast of Tropical Africa, it is 

 found on nearly all tropical coasts in the Old World ; and it is found on most islands, 



