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Peperomia tetraphyllum (Forst. f.) W. R. B. Oliver comb. nov. 

 Piper tetraphyllum Forst. f., Fl. Austr. Prodr. 5, 1786. 

 Recorded : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 25, 1870 (P. reflexa) ; 

 Hemslev, Ann. Bot. x, 249, 1896 (P. reflexa) ; Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W^39, 383, 1914 (P. affinis). 



Habitat : Among rocks. North ridge, Mount Gower, 300 m. alt., in 

 open rocky places. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Australia, tropical regions. 



Peperomia Urvilleana Rich. 

 Peperomia Urvilleana Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 356, 1832. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., Fragtn. Phytogr. Austr. ix. 76, 1875 ; Hemsley, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 249, 1896. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, New Caledonia 

 (P. Endlicheri). 



Celtis amblyphylla F. Muell. 

 Celtis amblyphylla F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 76, 1875. 



Recorded : Bentham, Fl. Austr. vi, 156, 1873 (C. paniculata) ; F. Muell., 

 I.e. ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 251, 1896. 



Anatomy of leaf from coastal scrub, Ned's Beach : Upper epidermis of 

 single row of cells deeper than, sometimes twice as deep as, wide. Outer 

 walls thickened. Palisade tissue of three or four rows of long narrow cells 

 occupying half the mesophyll. Stomata in the upper epidermis open into 

 large chambers the width of four or five palisade cells. Spongy parenchyma, 

 occupying lower half of mesophyll, of small irregular cells with air-spaces. 

 Lower surface similar to upper, the stomata opening into large chambers 

 in the spongy parenchyma. 



Habitat : Forest near sea-coast, West Bay ; coastal scrub at Ned's 

 Beach. 



Distribution : Endemic. Allied to C. paniculata Planch, of Norfolk 

 Island and Australia. 



Malaisa scandens (Lour.) Planch. 

 . Caturus scandens Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 612, 1790. 

 Recorded : Bentham, Fl. Austr. vi, 180, 1873 (M. tortuosa) ; Hemsley, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 251, 1896 (M. tortuosa). 



Habitat : Scandent in forest, reaching to the tops of the highest trees. 

 Abundant from sea-level to 300 m. alt. 



Distribution : Australia. West Polvnesia, Malava. 



Ficus columnaris Moore & Muell. 



Ficus columnaris Moore & Muell., Proc. Accl. Soc. Vic. iii, 71, 1874. 



Recorded: Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 25, 1870; Bentham, 

 Fl. Austr. vi, 168, 1873 (F. rubiginosa) ; Moore & Muell., I.e. ; Hemsley, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 251, 1896 ; Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 134. 1898. 



An immense tree, which from its branches, some 10 m. to 15 m. above 

 the ground, sends down much-branched bunches of aerial roots. One or 

 more of these on reaching the ground takes root and eventually grows into 

 a trunk perhaps as large as the original one, and thus forms a further 



