BY THE REV. J. E. TENISON-WOODS, F.G.S., &C. 783 



AEISTOLOCHIACE^. 



212. Aristolochia tagalo, Chamisso. A jungle species of 

 this remarkable genus of climbers, which I did not see. 



PIPERACE^. 



213. Piper chaba, Blume. 



214. Piper caninum, Adietr. The above are amongst the 

 many native kinds of pepper growing in the East. 



215. Peperomia exigua, Miq. One of the many small fleshy 

 creeping plants of the order growing on trunks of trees, but of no 

 importance. 



LAURACE.^. 



216. Cassytha filipormis, L. One of the common Indian 

 leafless dodder-laurels, widely spread over tropical Asia, Africa and 

 America, but chieflv near the sea. It extends to Australia, and 

 probably to New Zealand. The genus is, however, chiefly Aus- 

 tralian, with the exception of the one species here enumerated. 

 The habit is in every way that of the European Cuscuta. It is 

 the wire-like vine which makes so many of the Queensland scrubs 

 quite impenetrable. 



EUPHORBIACE^. 



217. Euphorbia thymifolia, L. A small procumbent Indian 

 weed. 



218. Euphorbia pilulifera, L. A common weed which follows 

 cultivation ia warm climates all over the world. It has lately 

 come into notice in Australia as a remedy for asthma and diseases 

 of the chest. 



219. Bridelia stipularis, Blume. A large scandent shrub 

 with bluish-black berries and tawny leaves, common in all mixed 

 forests, especially those near the sea throughout Malaysia and the 

 Philippines. The Sumatran Malays call it Aka-buah. In the 

 Philippines the leaves are used sometimes as a substitute for 

 tobacco. 



