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Family MYRSINACE^. 



iEgiceras majus Gaertn. ; Bail. Ann. Rep. B.N.G. 1900-01, 

 p. 143 ; A. fragrans Koenig, F. Muell. Pap. PI., i (iv), 70. 

 Port Moresby. A common tree in the mangrove swamps. 



Family PLUMBAGINACE^. 



Plumbago zeylaniea Liim. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (i\ ), 58. 

 Port Moresby. 



Family SAPOTACE^. 



Mimusops parviSolia R. Br. Port Moresby ; Yule Island. 



Family EBENACE.E. 



Diospyros maritiraa Bl. Yule Island and mainland opposite 

 (Mekeo District). 



Family OLEACE^. 



Jasminum didymum Forst. F. Muell. Pap. PI., i (i), 11. 

 Port Moresby. 



Family LOGANIACE.E. 



Fagrsea obovata Wall., var. papuana Bail. Queens. Agric. 

 Jouni. iii, 157 (1898). Sapphire Creek and Astrolabe Range. 



Family APOCYNACE/E. 



Alstonia scholaris R. Br. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iv), 70 ; 

 Hemsley Kew Bull. 1899, 106 ; Foxworthy in Ann. Rep. 

 Papua 1909-10, p. 114. Port Moresby. A very common tree. 

 In North Queensland loiown as " iVIilky Pine." 



A. longissima F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (v), 91. Port Moresby. 



Family ASCLEPIADACE.^. 



Dischidia Rafflesiana Wall. Bisiatabu (Astrolabe Range). 

 Epiphytic on trees. 



[D. ovata Benth. Kwato Island, E. Cowley.] 



Family CONVOLVULACE.F:. 



Ipomsea grandiflora Lam. Port Moresby. A climber 

 with large white {lo\\'ers. 



I. Turpethum R. Br. F. MuelL Pap. PL, ii (viii), 49. 

 Yule Island. 



