245 



3. Polygonum chinense Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 363; Stapf in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4 (1894) 216; Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Bot. 42 (1914) 124. 



British North Borneo, Haviland 1350, Gibbs 3415, Clemens 

 10367 \ India to Japan southward to Timor. 



4. Polygonum flaccidum Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 291 ; 

 Meissn. in DC. Prodr.. 14- (1856) 107; Boerl. Handl. Fl. Nederl. 

 Ind. 3 (1900) 47; Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42 (1914) 125; 

 Winkler in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 49 (1913) 366. 



Dutch Borneo, Schlechter 13376; British North Borneo, Gibbs 

 2845. India to southern China south to Java. 



5. Polygonum orientale Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 362; Meissn. 

 in Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1865-66) 61; Winkler in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 49 (1913) 366; Boerlage Handl. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 

 3 (1900) 46 (var pilosum Meissn.). 



Dutch Borneo, Korthals, Winkler 3118. Tropics of the Old 

 World. 



6. Polygonum pedunculare Wall. Cat. (1829) No. 1718; 

 Meissn. in Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1865-66) var. 

 lanceolatum Meissn. et var. subaiiriculatiim Meissn.) ; Winkler in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 49 (1913) 36. 



Dutch Borneo, Korthals, Winkler 2938, 3291. Tropical Asia to 

 Australia. 



1. Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechy's Voy 

 (1841) 308, t. 69. 



British North Borneo, Clemens 96221 Introduced from 

 tropical America. 



No representative of the Chenopodiaceae is definitely 

 reported from Borneo; the pantropic Chenopodium ambrosioides 

 Linn, doubtless occurs there. 



Amaranthaceae. 



1. Celosia argentea Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 205. 

 British North Borneo, Clemens 9839\; Sarawak, Native 

 collector 472 \ Bur. Sci. Pantropic. 



1. Amaranthus mangostanus Linn. Cent. PI. 1 (1755) 32; 

 Becc. Nelle Foreste di Borneo (1902) 596. 



Sarawak, Beccari. Tropical Asia and Malaya. 



2. Amaranthus spinosus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 991. 

 British North Borneo, Clemens 102891, Topping 1554\; 



Sarawak, Native collector 23391 Bur. Sci. Pantropic. 



