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Pipturus argenteus, Wedd. 



Pipturus argenteus, Wedd. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., vi. p. 185; Nadeaud, Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 45. 

 Pipturus propinquus, Wedd. ; Seem., Fl. Vit.,p. 214; Miq., Fl. lad. Bat., i. 2, p. 268. 



Arrou ; Timor Laut. — A tree ranging from Java and the Marianne Islands to North- 

 eastern Australia, Fiji Islands, and the New Hebrides. The allied Pipturus velutinus has 

 a similar distribution in the Archipelago, but does not reach Australia, or at least, we have 

 seen no specimens thence. In Polynesia, on the other hand, it has a much wider range, 

 extending from the New Hebrides to the Ellice and Marquesas groups. The genus is also 

 represented in the Mascarene and Comoro Islands, and in New Zealand. 



Pipturus velutinus, Wedd. 



Pipturus velutinus, "Wedd. ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 243; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 268. 



Timor Laut. — Generally dispersed in the Archipelago and Polynesia. See the 

 remarks under Pipturus argenteus. 



Leucosyke capitellata, Wedd. 



Leucosyke capitellata, Wedd. in DC. Prodr., xvi. 1, p. 235 27 (varietates plures). 



Leucosyke alba, Zoll. et Mor., Leucosyke bimeask, Zoll. et Mor., Leucosyke mutabilis, Miq., Leucosyke 



villosa, Miq., Leucosyke. elongata, Miq., Leucosyke falcata, Miq. et Leucosyke cdtidifclia, Miq. in 



FL Ind. Bat., i. 2, pp. 265, 266. 



Arrou; Dammar. — A shrub or small tree spread all over the Archipelago, but not 

 reaching either India or Australia. There are, however, specimens in the Kew Herbarium 

 from New Ireland. The genus consists of about eight species, restricted to the Archipelago 

 and Polynesia. 



CASUARINE^E. 

 Casuarina equisetifolia, Forst. 



Casuarina equisetifolia, Forst., Char. Gen. PL, p. 103, t. 52; Benth., FL Austr., vi. p. 197; Miq., 

 Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 874; Seem., Fl. Vit, p. 263; Nadeaud, Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 42; Jouan in 

 Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xi. 1865, pp. 123, 138, et 147. 



Arrou; Ki ; Timor Laut; Dammar. — This tree is' generally spread in the coast region 

 of Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia, and Polynesia, forming in many places a conspicuous 

 feature in the scenery. It is also naturalised in Tropical America. In Polynesia this is, 

 or was, one of the sacred trees, which was commonly planted in burial places. Ordinarily 

 it grows in the most barren places, unassociated with other trees. It does not extend to 

 the Sandwich Islands. Casuarina, the only genus of the order, comprises about twenty- 

 live species, of which nineteen are endemic in Australia, about four inhabit the Archi- 

 pelago, and as many New Caledonia, while one more, Casuarina no liflora, extends as far 

 into Polynesia as the Fiji Islands. The genus is not represented in New Zealand ; yet 

 three or four species are common in Tasmania. The Australian species are spread all 

 over the country. 



