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MALVACEAE. 

 Thespesia populnea, Corr. 



Thespesia populnea, Corr. ; Seem., FL Vit., p. 18; NaJeaud, Euuiu. PI. Tahiti, p. 07 ; Jouau in Mem. 



Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xi., 1865, pp. 96 et 150. 

 Hibiscus bacciferus, Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. Prodr., p. 48. 



Admiralty Islands. — This is another very conspicuous seaside tree iu tropical regions, 

 especially when in flower. Besides being generally dispersed iu the warm regions of the Old 

 World, it is also iu America and the West Indies. Whether introduced by man, or carried 

 thither by other means, is uncertain. Mann does not include it in his list of Sandwich 

 Island plants, but there are specimens in the Kew Herbarium thence, collected by Macrae 

 and Diell, and Seemann records haviup- collected it there himself. Forster collected it in 

 Easter Island. 



SLMAKUBEiE. 



Soulamea amara, Lam. 



Soulamea amara, Lam.; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 34; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 129. 



Cardiophora hmdsii, Lenth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot., ii. p. 210, <.'t in Lot. Voy. Sulphur, p. 181. 



Admiralty Islands. — This tree is found in Java and Borneo, New Ireland, aud 

 Solomon Island; and there are other specimens in the Kew Herbarium, labelled "Fiji, 

 Barclay," in the late Mr Bentham's handwriting ; but Seemann, loc. cit., states that it has 

 not been collected in the Fiji group; and he is probably right, for Bentham himself 

 (Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot., ii. p. 216) only records it from New Ireland. Another species 

 has lately been discovered in the Seychelles ; and there are two species of what may be 

 the same genus from New Caledonia. 



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OLACINE^E. 



Oansjera leptostachya, Benth. 



Cansjera leptostachya, Benth., Fl. Austr., i. p. 394. 

 ADxMiRALTY Islands. — A shrub originally discovered in New Ireland, and subsequently 

 iu some of the islands off the coast of Queensland, Australia. There are two or three 

 other species in Tropical Asia. 



RHAMXEJE. 

 Smythea pacifica, Seem. 



Smythea pacifica, Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 41, t. 11. 



Admiralty Islands.— Also found in the Fijis and the South-eastern Moluccas. 



