51G A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS 



Laurinese. 



Litsea tiiuoriaua. Span, (Tetranlliera discolor, Bl.) 



sebifera, Fers, (Tttruiithera laurifolia, Jncq.) 



6. platvphjlla, IIJ., 2fJ4, ^, 1 ; 3G36, 381)1, 4074, 9, largo tree, 7. 

 (Cv]icoa=ipime) divei'sifulin, BL 3G05, 3G')5 a, 3673, 4035,7; ^^15' 

 3853, 10 b. 

 Illigera dubia, Span. 

 Cassytha pubcsccns, R. Br, 

 Cinn:imoinum ? 3G55, 7. 



TJnjmdeacem, 



ViMi'iLKXhUEMTinXy Faicc. (nov. sp.), — ITerbacca (recta, aiinna (?), glabr.), 

 somipoiiiilis; ft)Ui3 subspatliulalid oppositis nlternibve; involueris gamo- 

 pliyllis turbiuatis 4-5 mm. latia, lobii 4 ovalibus obtusis G 10 mm. lon;;i:^, 

 tulK) 2-4 mm. longo; florit.us hermrvpbrntiitis albis; petliceilis brevibiis 

 compre^sia ad medium liibinn afExis ; jjeriaiithiis involucii lobo brevioribus 

 aiit longioribud, tiibo G-7 mm. longo, angusto, post anthesiu siipni 

 ovarium circumsc-isso, lobis obtusis 1^-2 mm. lougis ; ttamiuibus IJ miu. 



longis, comiLCtivo angu^to; exocarpio mcmbranaceo; seminia superficie 

 nigra rcltculat;i, albumiuu parctj ; tmbryoni\s cotyledonibua ovalibus, 1 lu. 

 Ion iris. 





This species difFcra f(om its ncnrest allies in Ihc involucre as well as, 

 in other roripects, e.g., from P, cormicopiieyV^hh and P. punicea, R. Br. 

 in tlio short peduncle and general habit ; fioia P. concreta, F. jNIuell, in the 

 filaments ; and from P. 8an(jnmea,¥. Muell, in tlie perianth. It is the only 

 one at present described us occurring beyond the limits of Australia and 

 New Zuidand. There h a tmall specimen iu the Br. Mus. Herb., collected 

 on the island of Savu, near Timor, by Bixnka and ISolunder, which is 

 very like this species in habit, but differs in the involucre, which is more 

 liku tliut of P. punkea^ R. Br. 3S2S ; flowers white ; in grass. 10 b. 



Wikstrcemia SpnnoLdiii, Decne. 



Drymispennum laurifolium, Decne, 4050, 9» 



Elearjjiacem, 



Eleagnua forrugiuca, Rich.'? 3570; flowers dirty white dotttd with rusty 



Lorantliaceae. 



Yiscuui orientalo. W. 



articulatum, Surm., v. fimoriensc, DC, 

 LoranthuB longiflunis, Dcsr. 3S44, &om-Y6 scarlet. 10 b. 



obovatus, BL, var. minor (R. Brown, Coupang.) 

 indicug, Desr. 

 triflorus. Span, 



penduhis, Sieb, 8543 ; parasitic on 3544 ; purple calyx, purple 

 anther-tips in lutl ; 6. 



Euphorhiacpm, 



Daphuiphyllum ZolUngeri, Muell Arg. ? 3807, 3809, 3882, tree, IQ b. 

 DoticcaEtcmon Teytmunni, j8. timorensis, Miq. 

 Bridelia ovata, Decne. 

 Andrachne iruticosa, Derne. 



Phyllanthus Casticum, -l/i^eZZ. Arg. var. SG42, small tree, 7; var. fasci- 



culatus- 



rcticulatU3, Fair. 

 0. glaber, Mudl Arg, 



maderaspatensis, L. 



Niruri, L. •' Taou> (R. Brown's list, Coupang.) 



Urinaria, L. 393G. 



di.stichus, JfuelL Arg. -^Sala melcc." (R. Brown's list, Cou- 

 pang.) 



DO-iiflora, Muell, Arg, 



