30 Transactions. 



122. Excoecaria Agallocha L., E. 142, M. 106. 



Near the beach in wind-shorn bush and clumps from Bamboras to Ball's 

 Bay. According to Pax (" Das Pflanzenreich," iv, 47, p. 167), two varieties 

 occur on Norfolk Island — var. a. genuina, and var. 8. ovalis. 



New Caledonia, Australia to tropical Asia. 



Phyllanthus sp. (= P. Veillardii ?) grows abundantly in the paddocks, 

 and does not seem to have been recorded. It is probably an introduced 

 species from New Caledonia. 



123. Homalanthus populifolius Graham. 



A few trees in a deep rocky ravine on Mount Pitt (H. C. Quintall !).f 

 Forwarded me by Mr. W. R. B. Oliver. New for the island, though see 

 M., p. 748. 



Lord Howe, Australia . 



Celastraceae. 



124. Elaeodendron curtipendulum Endl., E. 141, M. 26. 



One of the commonest trees on the island — " maple." 

 Lord Howe (?). 



Sapindaceae. 



125. Dodonaea viscosa L., M. 27. 



Anson's Bay, and towards the north-west, near the coast only, Dun- 

 combe's Bay, Bullock's Hut. 



New Zealand, Australia, some of the South Sea Islands, and widely in 

 warm countries. 



(Close to D. lanceolata of Lord Howe Island.) 



This plant is not recorded by Endlicher, and yet is fairly common over 

 a limited area, and undoubtedly indigenous. I would explain the omission 

 from Bauer's collection by saying that in his time Anson's Bay must have 

 been inaccessible by land, and it is almost inaccessible by sea. If there 

 were many such omissions from Bauer's list it would be impossible to regard 

 absence from it of a species now common on the island as evidence against 

 a plant being indigenous. Melicytus ramiflorus is another striking omission. 



Malvaceae. 



(Maiden records Malvastrum tricuspidatum Grey, M. 12. Modiola multi- 

 jida Moench. is also common in pastures and waste lands. Both are un- 

 doubtedly introduced. The former is known on the island as " Little Jack," 

 and is very abundant. "Big Jack " is Sida rJiombifolia.) 



126. Abutilon Julianeae Endl., E. 35, M. 13. 



Rocky clefts, back of Mount Pitt. Evidently very rare, and in danger 

 of extermination. Dr. Metcalf informed me that it occurred in Ball's Bay. 

 I did not see it there. 



Endemic. 



f My father (Mr. W. Laing), in sending me a specimen of Homalanthus, informs 

 me that it is fairly common. (March, 1915.) 



