(216) TENTAMEN FLOE^ LUTCHUENSIS. 483 



B. rubra, Blume, in " Fl. des Serres, sér. 1, VII (1851- 

 52) p. 23." 



Butonia alba, Miers, iu Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, Bot. 

 I (1875) p. Qd. 



But. inclyta, Miers, in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, Bot. 

 I (1875) p. 71. 



But. racemosa, Juss. Gen. p. 326 ; Miers, in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, ser. 2, Bot. I (1875) p. 65. 



But. rubra, Miers, in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, Bot. I 

 (1875) p. 70. 



Eugenia racemosa, L. Sp. PL éd. 1, p. 673. 



Stravadium album et rubrum, DC. Prodr. Ill, p. 289. 



Insula Amami-( )öhima : in ripa fluminis, inter Taken 

 et Nishinakama {T. ltd, n. 677, 19 Julio 1894, fl.). 



Insula Utchinâ : ad Shui {T. ltd, n. 791, 24 Julio 

 1894, â.). 



Insula Myâku, fide Tashiro. 



Insula Kumi, fide Tashiro. 



Archipelago Yèma : insula Irumuti, in ostio fluminis 

 Nakaragâ {T. Itô, n. 142, 12 Aug. 1894, fl.) ; insula 

 Isliigatchi in monte Suri (-6". Tanaka ! n. 283, 24 Junio 

 1891). 



Nom. Lutch.: Kiifudji (Ü.) sec T. Itô; Sagari-bana 

 (O.) sec Shitsumon Honzô, i.e. 



DiSTEiB. Formosa [Blahino ! Oivatari ! 1896), Malaya, 

 India and Polynesia. 



Observ. B. Speciosa, Forst. The fruit of this widely dis- 

 tributed species, being carried by ocean-currents, are often 

 cast ashore the Lûchû Islands. I myself found one in 1894 on 



