244 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Premna taitensis, Schauer. 



Premna iaitensis, Schauer; Seem., Fl. Vit, p. 186, t. 43; Nadeaud, Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 57. 

 Scrophularioides arborea, Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. Prodr., p. 91. 



Admiralty Islands. — This is common in the Fijis, in the Ellice group, Samoa, and 

 eastward to the Marquesas. 



INCOMPLETE. 

 AMARANTACEiE. 

 Cyathula prostrata, Blume. 



Cyathula prostrata, Blume; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 199; Baker, Fl. Maurit., p. 269. 



Admiralty Islands. — An annual herb, widely spread in Tropical Asia, Africa, and in 

 Polynesia. 



MYRISTICE.ZE. 

 Myristica glabra, Blume, var. 



MyrisUca glabra, Blume, var. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 65. 



Admiralty Islands. — From Silhet southward to Sumatra and Java. 



LAURINE^E. 

 Hernandia peltata, Meissn. 



Hemandia peltata, Meissn.; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 204; Nadeaud, Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 48. 

 Admiralty Islands. — Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia, and eastward in Polynesia 

 as far as Tahiti. 



THYMEL^EACEiE. 

 Phaleria blumei, Benth. 



Phaleria blumei, Benth., Fl. Austr., vi. p. 38. 



Drymispermum blumei, Dene.; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 885. 



Admiralty Islands. — Malayan Archipelago and North-eastern Australia. The genus 

 is restricted to Tropical Asia, and the southern area of the present species. 



EUPHORBIACE^E. 

 Euphorbia atoto, Forst. 



Euphorbia atoto, Forst. ; Seem., FL Vit., p. 216; Nadeaud, Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 72; Benth., Fl. 

 Austr., vi. p. 46. 



Admiralty Islands. — India, Ceylon, Malayan Archipelago, and North-eastern 

 Australia, and in Polynesia it extends eastward to Tahiti, and northward to the Marianne 

 It-lands, and closely allied species occur in Pitcairn, Elizabeth, and the Sandwich Islands. 



