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including the coral islands of Polynesia. It is common in the Seychelles ; Dr Coppinger 

 collected it in Poivre Island, Amirante group, and Wilford collected it in Pratas Island in 

 the Chinese Sea, and there is a note accompanying his specimen in the Kew Herbarium 

 to the effect that it formed the greater part of the vegetation of the island. Darwin col- 

 lected it in the Keeling or Cocos Islands, and it is in the Kew Herbarium from Pitcairn, 

 Elizabeth, and other remote islands of Polynesia. Seemann states that it is common on 

 the sea-beaches of the Fijis, and it appears to be in almost every island of the Society, 

 Tongan, and other Polynesian groups. It is, however, not recorded from the Sandwich 

 Islands, nor from the Galapagos ; nor have we seen any American specimens. The seed- 

 vessel is light and fibrous, and easily conveyed by the waves of the sea ; and it is among 

 the drift fruits and seeds collected by Mr Moseley. 



Ixora grandifolia, Zoll. and Morr. 



Ixora grandifolia, Zoll. and Morr., Syst. Verz., p. 65 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 143. 

 Arrotj ; Timor Laut. — Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Malacca, Penang, and Singa- 

 pore, and throughout the Archipelago. 



In the Flora of British India, Pavetta macrophylla, Blume, and Pavetta teysmanniana 

 and Pavetta macrocoma, Miq. (Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 267-274), are regarded as varieties of 

 this species, as also Ixora arborescens, Hassk. 



Besides the following species of this genus, there are imperfect specimens of at least 

 half-a-dozen others in the Kew Herbarium from the Eastern Moluccas. As limited in the 

 Flora of British India, the genus comprises upwards of one hundred species, a very few of 

 which are American. 



Ixora timorensis, Dene. 



Ixora timorensis, Dene. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., iii. p. 415 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 278 (sub Pavetta). 



Timor Laut. — This has been collected in several localities in North Australia and 

 Queensland, as well as in Timor. 



Ixora paludosa, Miq.? 



Ixora paludosa, Miq.? Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 271 (sub PaveWi). 

 Timor Laut. — A native of Java and Sumatra, growing near the coast. 



Pavetta indica, Linn. 



Pavetta indica, Linn. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 275 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 150. 



Ixora pavetta, Roxb., Fl. Ind., i. p. 385 ; Fl. Austr., iii. p. 414. 

 Arrou ; Timor Laut.— Throughout Tropical Asia, and in many localities in Nortli- 

 East Australia. 



