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



Hewittia bicolor, Wight. 



Hewittia bicolor, Wight; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 216; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 620. 

 Ipomoea timorensis, Blume, Bijdr., p. 711. 



Timor Laut. — This perennial herb ranges from Assam and the Philippines to Timor, 

 and it is common in Tropical and South Africa, but it does not appear to reach the South 

 Pacific Islands, nor Australia, nor the Mascarene Islands. Hewittia is a monotypic genus. 



Convolvulus parviflorus, Vahl. 



Convolvulus parvifiorus, Vahl; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 622; Benth., Fl. Austr., iv. p. 430; Hook, 

 f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 220. 



Timor Laut. — Widely dispersed in Tropical Asia, and extendiug to Australia, It is 

 also recorded from Tropical Africa in the Flora of British India, but we have seen no 

 specimens from that country. The species of Convolvulus, of which there are nearly 150, 

 mostly inhabit temperate and subtropical regions, and they are especially numerous in 

 the Mediterranean rep-ion. 



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Cuscuta reflexa, Eoxb. var. ? 



Cuscuta reflexa, Boxb. var. ? Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 225 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 631 ; 

 Dene., Herb. Timor. Descr., p. 66. 



Wetter. — The true Cuscuta reflexa is common throughout India, from the sea-level to 

 an altitude of 8000 feet, and it is also found in Timor. There are about eighty species of 

 Cuscuta known, and they are very generally diffused in tropical and temperate regions, 

 including New Zealand, where there is one endemic species. 



SOLANACEiE. 



Lycopersicum esculentum, Mill. 



Lycopersicum escule?ilum, Mill. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 635; Rumph., Herb. Amb., v. t. 154. 



Arrou ; Maru ; Timor Laut. — The Tomato, a native of America, is now naturalised 

 in many other tropical countries. 



Solanum indicum, Linn. 



Solarium indicum, Linn. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 651 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 234. 



Ki. — Common throughout Tropical India, and extending to China and the Philippines, 

 and southward to the Eastern Moluccas. Miquel also records it from Australia, but it is 

 not included in Bentham's Flora Australiensis. Solanum is one of the largest genera of 

 plants, numbering, according to a very moderate estimate, at least 700 species. They are 

 mostly inhabitants of tropical regions, though a few species extend to both north and 

 south temperate countries. 



