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Fleurya interrupta, Gaud. 



Fleurya interrupta, Gaud. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 228 ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 237 ; Nadeaud, Enum. 

 PI. Tahiti, p. 41 ; Mann in Proc. Amer. Acad., vii. p. 200; F. Muell., Syst. Census Austr. PL, 

 p. 22. 



Ki ; Timor Laut. — An exceedingly common herb throughout the Archipelago and 

 Polynesia ; also in India, Eastern Africa, and North-eastern Australia. 



Laportea crenulata, Gaud. 



Laportea crenulata, Gaud.; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 231. 



Arrou ; Timor Laut. — An arboreous plant generally diffused in Tropical Asia, but not 

 in Polynesia nor in Australia, where it is replaced by other species. Laportea numbers 

 between twenty and thirty species spread over the warmer regions of the Old World ; a 

 few inhabiting Mexico and extratropical North America. 



Procris pedunculata, Wedd. var. 



Procris pedunculata, Wedd. var. ; DC, Prodr., xvi. 1, p. 191 ; Nadeaud, Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 44 ; 



Baker, Fl. Mauri t., p. 276. 

 Procris cephalida, Comm. ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 241. 

 Procris lucida, Spreng., Syst. Veg., iii. p. 846. 

 Elatostema pedunculatum, Forst., Char. Gen. Plant., p. 106, t. 53. 

 Dorstenia lucida, Forst., Prodr. Fl. Ins. Austr., p. 11. 



Arrou. — Philippines, Java, and Timor,and common throughout Eastern Polynesia, and as 

 far in Western Polynesia as the Society Islands ; also found in the Mauritius, Seychelles, 

 Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands. There are about half-a-dozen species of Procris, 

 restricted to Tropical Asia, including Polynesia, Africa, and the Norfolk Island. Procris 

 montana, Steud., has recently been discovered in Australia. 



Boehmeria sp. 



Ki. — This is perhaps Boehmeria nivea, Hook, et Arm, which is widely spread, both 

 cultivated and wild, in Tropical Asia. The genus is a considerable one, generally spread 

 in Tropical Asia and America, and extending into North America, and southward to Chili, 

 and in Eastern Asia as far north as Japan. There are several species in Polynesia, but the 

 genus is not recorded from Australia. 



Pouzolzia pentandra, Benn. 



Pouzolzia pentandra, Benn., PL Jav. Rar., p. G6, t. 14. 



Mi morialis pentandra, Wedd. in DC. Prodr., xvi. 1, p. 235. 



Ilyrtanandra pentandra et Ilijrtanandrajavanica, Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 261. 



Timor Laut. — Throughout India and the Archipelago, but not found either in Poly- 

 nesia or Australia. The genus comprises about fifty species, spread nearly all over the 

 warmer regions, but less numerous in America than in the Old World. 



