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SCROPHULAR1NE.E. 

 Limnophila serrata, Gaud. 



Limnophila serrata, Gaud. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., iv. p. 490 ; Miq., EI. Ind. Bat., ii. p. G80 ; Nadeaud, 



Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 59. 

 Limnophila fragrans, Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 180. * 

 Ruellia fragrans, Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. Prodr., p. 44. 



Admiralty Islands. — Fijis, Tahiti, and North Australia, and Gaudichaud's original 

 was from the Marianne Islands. It grows in swamps and stagnant pools on the coast. 

 Limnophila is a genus of herbaceous marsh or aquatic plants, and comprises about twenty 

 species spread over the warmer parts of the Old World. 



Limnophila roxburghii, G. Don. 



Limnophila roxburghii, G. Don ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 265. 

 Limnophila menthaatrum, Benth. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. G80. 

 Adenosma triflora, Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 284, non Nees. 



Admiralty Islands.— North India, China, Formosa, and the Philippines, southward to 

 Java, the Fijis and Samoa. 



ACANTHACE.E. 

 Lepidagathis hyalina, Nees. 



Lepidagathis hyalina, Nees. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 815. 



Admiralty Islands. — India and China to the South-eastern Moluccas. 

 Hemigraphis reptans, T. And. 



Ruellia reptans, Forst., FL Ins. Austr. Prodr., p. 44; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 183. 



Admiralty Islands.— Southern Moluccas ; New Hebrides. 



VERBENACE^E. 



Callicarpa cumingiana, Schauer ? 



Callicarpa cumingiana, Schauer? Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. 887. 



Admiralty Islands.— The typical Callicarpa cumingiam is from the Philippine 

 Islands. 



Clerodendron inerme, E. Br. 



Clerodendron inerme, R. Br.; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 188; A. Gr. in Proc. Amer. Acad., vi. p. 50. 

 Volkameria inermis, Linn., Fl. Zeyl., p. 231. 



Admiralty Islands.— A common seaside shrub in Tropical Asia, Australia, and 

 Western Polynesia. 



