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GOODENOVIEvE. 

 Scaevola koenigii, Vahl. 



Sccevola kamigii, Vahl ; Seem., FL Vit,, p. 145 ; Nadeaud, Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 50 ; Benth., Fl. Austr., 



iv. p. 86. 

 Sccevola sericea, Forst., FL Ins. Austr. Prodi., p. 89 ; Mann in Proc. Amer. Acad., vii p. 187. 



Admiralty Islands. — A commou seashore shrub in the westeru groups of Polynesia, 

 less so eastward, though it reaches the Sandwich Islands; also in Tropical Asia and 

 Australia. 



MYRSLKEbE. 

 Ardisia sp. 



Admiralty Islands. — Ardisia comprises about 200 shrubby and arboreous species 

 widely spread in tropical and subtropical regions, though very rare in Africa. The allied 

 genus Myrsine is represented in New Zealand by about half a dozen species. 



EBENACEiE. 

 Diospyros sp. 



Admiralty Islands. — Of this genus upwards of 150 species are described ; they are 

 generally spread in warm countries, and a few inhabit north temperate regions. 



OLEACEvE. 



Myxopyrum smilacifolium, Blume. 



Myxopyrum smilacifolium, Blume ; Miq., FL Ind. Bat., ii. p. 550; Hook, f., EL Brit Ind., iii. p. 

 618. 



Admiralty Islands. — Tropical Asia, from the Himalayas southward into both penin- 

 sulas, and also in Borneo. The closely allied species (or variety) Myxopyrum coriaceum, 

 Blume, is represented at Kew by specimens from Malacca, Sumatra, and Java. No other 

 species of this distinct genus are known : it is the Chondrospermum of Wallich. 



APOCYNACE.E. 

 Cerbera odollam, Gsertn. 



Cerbera odollam, Gfertn. ; Benth., FL Austr., iv. p. 306; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iii. p. 638. 

 Cerbera ladaria, Hamilt. ; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 158. 



Cerbera forsteri, Seem., loc, cit. in nota ; Nadeaud, Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 55. 



Cerbera manghas, Linn.; Forst., FL Ins. Austr. l'rodr., p. 19; Jouan in Mem. Soc ScL Nat. Cher- 

 bourg, xi., 1865, p. 114. 



Admiralty Islands.— Tropical Asia and North-east Australia, and throughout 

 Polynesia, except the Sandwich Islands. The plant collected in Pitcairn Island by Cuming, 



(BOT. CHALL. EXP. — PAET III. — 1885.) 



