Dicotyledons. 173 



8. Abutilou listeri, Baker fil. 



Rocky Point. Flowers July and August. Previously collected 

 by Mr. J. J. Lister. Xo. 8, No. 9. 

 Distrih. — Endemic . 



9. Hibiscus vitifolius, Linn. 



Shore terrace, Nortb-East Point. No. 156. 

 Distrih. — AYidely spread in tropics. 



10. Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn. 



Nos. 49, 61, 122, 142. 

 Native name : Waroo. 

 Distrib. — A common seacoast tree in most tropical countries. 



11. Hibiscus (Abelmoschus), sp. 



Valley on west coast. Very rare. No. 58. 



This may be IT. vriesianus, Hassk., in Hoev. and De Vriese 

 Tijdschr. (1838-39), p. 263, a plant which I only know from the 

 description. 



STEECULIACE^. 



12. Kleinhovia hospita, Linn. 



No. 57. 



Native name : Laban. 



Distrib. — Tropical Asia. 



TILIACE.^. 



13. Berria ammonilla, Roxb., forma. 



No. 6. North coast. Nos. 72, 153. Most valuable timber tree 

 on island. Has been called " Teak " in previous reports. The type 

 is figured in Roxburgh's " Plants of the Coast of Coromandel," iii, 

 t. 264 (1819). Espera cordi folia, Willd., in Ges. Naturf. Ereundc 

 Neue Schr., iii (1801), p. 449, is probably an earlier name for 

 the above. 



Native name : Boognor. 



Distrib. (type). — Tropical Asia (var. rotimdifolia, Bentham), 

 Cumberland Islands. 



