772 ON THE VOLCANO OF TAAL, 



obliquely oblong or nearly globular orange fruits frequently 

 united at the base in pairs are well-known and somewhat pretty 

 objects, which meet one on every side. A small species {T. 

 orientalis) has become a common and abundant weed about 

 Cairns in Queensland. As far as I have seen I should say that 

 the Philippine Group is emphatically the home of Tahernm- 

 montana. 



140. TABERNiEMONTANA PANDACAQUI, Poiret. 



141. HoLARHEXA MACROCARPA, Hassk. A Small genus of 

 insignificant trees and shrubs which are not unfrequent in the 

 dry open forests of the tropics of Asia. H. autidysenterica is 

 much esteemed for the medicinal qualities which the name 

 implies. It produces the Connessi Bark of the Materia Medica, 

 valued as a tonic and febrifuge. 



142. Wrightia tomentosa, Roem. et Sch. Lanete, Tagalo ; 

 Bien-taus, Sundanese. Dispersed over tropical Asia, and probal)ly 

 found in Australia under the name of W. pubescens. Mr. 

 Bentham says that a specimen in Cuming's collection from the 

 Philippine Islands appeai-s to be the same. 



143. IcHNOCARPUs frutescens, R. Brown. This is one of 

 a small genus of climbing shrubs, dispersed over tropical 

 Asia, and extending into Africa and Australia. It is very 

 common in the Philippines in the leaf-shedding forests and in the 

 Savannahs. It is equally common in the Malay Peninsula and 

 Burmah. None of the species have any importance. 



144. IcHNOCARPUS OVATIFOLIUS, DC. 



145. ICHNOCARPUS velutinus, Miq. 



ASCLEPIADACE^.' 



146. Streptocaulon banmii, Decaisne. Another unimportant 

 genus of small twining shrubs found in the open forests of tropical 

 Asia. 



147. Calotropis gigantba, R. Brown. Capal-capal, Tagalo ; 

 Badurie, Malay. A showy shrul> with large leaves and handsome 



