098 THE FLORA OF NORFOLK ISLAND, 



13. Abutilox Julian.e, End!., PrcxI. Norf. 135. — This rare 

 endemic plant I found in on]}' two localities, which need not be 

 particularised. It is a shrub about 4 feet high, and as cattle are 

 fonrl of it and roam freely, it is in some danger of extinction. I 

 brought cuttings to endeavour to introduce it to cultivation. It 

 is not uf horticultural value. 



14. Hibiscus diversifolius, Jacq., Endl., Prod. Norf. 133. 



15. Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn., Endl., Prod. Norf. 131. 



16. Hibiscus insularis, Endl., Prod. Norf. 132. — Found onl}'- 

 on Phillip Island (called Pig Island b}' Endlicher). A few stilt- 

 like plants remain, almost the last of the vegetation. 



17. Lagunaria Patersonit, Don, Endl., Prod. Norf. 134 (with 

 a full synon3'my). — Found also on Phillip Island (A. Cunn. in 

 London Journ. Bot. i. 116). 



*' Scattered on the grassy hills it forms a spreading tree of forty feet in 

 height; it is here called White Oak; its leaves are of a whitish green, and its 

 flowers pink, fading to white, the size of a wine-glass. It is perhaps the 

 largest plant known to exist, belonging to the Mallow tribe. In a thick wood 

 I met with it eighty feet high, and with a trunk sixteen and a half feet 

 round " (Backhouse, p. 258). 



It is valueless for economic purposes except as an inferior fire- 

 wood, it being one of the few woods of the Island little used for 

 that or any other purpose. Trees 5 feet in diameter are common. 

 It has very large, handsome flowers of a very deep pink, much 

 more ornamental than those of the same species on the mainland, 

 which is var. hracteata, Benth., B.Fl. i. 218. 



STERCULIACE^. 



18. Ungeria floribunda, Schott it Endl. — "Bastard Oak" 

 [probably in comparison with the "White Oak" {Lagiitiaria)]. 

 Endemic. A tree 40 feet in height and w^ith a diameter of 18 

 inches to 2 feet. The saplings grow^ ver}^ straight and tough, and 

 are hence used by the boys for fishing-rods. 



LINE^:. 



19. LiNUM MARGiNALE, A. DC. — New for the Island. 



