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There are imperfect specimens of another species in Mr Moselcy's Arrou collection. 

 The genus Diospyros comprises upwards of 150 species spread over all tropical couutrics, 

 and a few extending into north temperate regions in Japan, South Europe, and North 

 America. 



OLEACE^E. 

 Jasminum sambac, Ait. 



Jasminum sambac, Ait. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 542 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 591. 



Arrou. — Widely dispersed in Tropical Asia, where, however, as elsewhere in the tropics, 

 it is commonly cultivated. There are nearly a hundred species of the genus, spread 

 over the warmer parts of the Old World ; one species reaching the south of Europe. 



Jasminum didymum, Forst. 



Jasminum didymum, Forst. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., iv. p. 294 ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 154 ; Nadeaud, 



Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 55. 

 Jasminum parviflorum , Dene., Herb. Timor. Descr., p. 77 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 531. 



Timor Laut. — Java to Northern Australia ; also in New Caledonia, Tahiti, and the 



Fijis. 



Jasminum lancifolium, Dene. ? 



Jasminum lancifolium, Dene. 1 Herb. Timor. Descr., p. 76 ; Miq., FL Ind. Bat., ii. p. 539. 



Ki. — Only seen elsewhere from Timor. 



Linociera ramiflora, DC. 



Linociera ramiflora, DC, Prodr.^viii. p. 297. 



CMonanthus ramiflora, Roxb., Fl. Ind., i. p. 107; Benth., Fl. Austr., iv. p. 301 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. 

 Bat., ii. p. 551. 

 Ki.— Tenasserim and the Philipp'ines, to North-east Australia. Clarke (in Hook, f., 

 Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 611) makes this a variety of Linociera macrophylla, Wall., thus 

 extending its range northward to the Himalayas. Linociera numbers nearly forty species, 

 inhabiting the tropical regions of both hemispheres. 



APOCYNACE^E. 

 Rauwolfia amsoniaefolia, A. DC. 



Rauwolfia amsonimfolia, A. DC, Prodi., viii. p. 338. 



Ki ; Timor Laut ; Maru.— Philippines, and probably some of the intermediate islands. 

 Rauwolfia numbers nearly forty species, which inhabit Tropical America, Asia, Africa, and 

 South Africa. 



