REPORT OX THE BOTANY OF THE SOUTH EASTERN MOLUCCA I 1 



Tahiti, and except the very rare Phyttostegia tahitensis, described by him in the work 

 cited, it was the only Tahitiau Labiate known to him. "We have not seen his Phyttostegia 

 tahitensis, which, if correctly referred to the genus, is the only one known outside of the 

 Sandwich Islands, where there are upwards of a dozen species. 



Cymaria acuminata, Dene. 



Cymaria acuminata, Dene, Herb. Timor Descr., p. 71 ; Miq., FL Ind. Bat., ii. p. 992 (cum Cymaria 

 molli, _Miq.) 



Ki; Timor Latjt. — Java and the Philippines to Timor. Two other species are 

 described from Burma ; and there is a fragment of what may be a fourth species from Ki. 



INCOMPLETE. 



NYCTAGINE.E. 



Mirabilis jalapa, Linn. 



Mirabilis jalapa, Linn. ; Miq., FL Ind. Bat., L 1, p. 988; Hemsl. in Godm. et Salv. BioL Centr.- 

 Ain. Bot., iii. p. 1. 



Timor Laut. — A native of the Mexican region, now naturalised in most warm 

 countries. The genus is peculiar to America. 



Boerhaavia diffusa, Linn. 



Boerhaavia diffusa, Linn. ; Benth., FL Austr., v. p. 277 ; Miq., FL Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 992 (Boerhaavia 

 glutinosa, Vahl) ; Seem., FL Vit., p. 196; Mann in Proc. Amer. Acad., vii. p. 198; Nadeaud, 

 Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 46. 



Arrou. — A very common perennial herb in the warm parts of Asia, Africa, and 

 Australia, and throughout Polynesia, especially in maritime districts. Boerhaavia 

 repanda, Willd., a stouter coarser plant than Boerhaavia diffusa, Linn., is almost 

 equally common in similar situations. Closely allied species are common in America. 



Pisonia aculeata, Linn. 



Pisonia aculeata, Linn.; Benth., FL Austr., v. p. 279; Miq., FL Ind. Bat, i. 1, p. 989 (rUonia 

 villosa, Poir.) ; Griseb., FL Brit. W. Ind., p. 70. 

 Timor Laut ; Babar. — A spiny shrub common in maritime districts, both in the 

 warmer parts of America and in the Old World ; but generally replaced by the unarmed 

 Pisonia inermis, Jacq., and one or two other species in Polynesia. 



There are about sixty known species of Pisonia, the majority of which inhabit Tropical 

 America ; a few are indigenous in Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Australia ; but hitherto 

 only Pisonia aculeata has been detected in Africa. One of the Australian species is 

 also a native of New Zealand, and some parts of Polynesia. 



