LIST OF PLA^^TS. 297 



MVRTACEiE. 



Eugenia sp. . . vulgo "Pakuri." A tree tliirty feet high, growing IGOO- 

 fcet above the sea. 



Eugenia clusisefolia, A. Gray (allied to E. Jambolana). 



Eugenia sp. . . vulgo " Tsugi." A littoral tree. 



Eugenia, aft'. E. Ricliii, A. Gr. : vulgo "Malapo." A tree eighty feet high,, 

 with buttresses, gi'owing on coral islets. 



Barringtonia speciosa, F. 



Barringtonia of B. edulis, Seem, and B. excelsa, Huds. (New Hebrides) : 

 vulgo " Borolong." A tree thirty to thirty-five feet in height, grow- 

 ing in plantations. Flowers gathered into very conspicuous pendent 

 yellow spikes, two and a half feet long. Kernel of fruit edible. 



Barringtonia aft'. B. racemosse, Bl. : vulgo " Misioko." A tree forty feet 

 high, gi'owing near coast. 



Barringtonia? ? vulgo " Sioko." A tree fifteen to twenty feet high, growing 

 in plantations. Fruit edible. 



MELASTOMACE.E. 



Mediuilla sp. . . A clirabling plant around the trunks of trees. 



LTTHRACEJE. 



Pemphis acidula, Forst. 



CUCURBITACE.E. 



Cucumis Melo, L., forma? 



ARALIACEZE. 



Panax fruticosum, L. 



Plerandra, near Pickeringii, A. Gray : vulgo "Fo." 



Araliacea (dub?): vulgo "Bubolio." A littoral tree, fifteen feet high. 



RUBIACE^. 



Hedyotis Auricularia, L. 



Ophiorrhiza aft'. 0. cantonensis, Hance. 



Ophiorrhiza sp. . . 



Dolicholobium aftl D. longissimo an D. longissimum, Seem, forma raacran- 

 thus : vulgo " Lowasi." A tree fifty feet high and under, common 

 along the sides of streams. 



Geophila reniformis, C. and S. 



Morinda citrifolia, L. : vulgo " Urati." 



Guettai'da speciosa, L. : vulgo "Orgoi." 



Myrmecodia salomonensis, Becc. A new species separated from M. samo- 

 ensis, Becc. Noticed commonlv on tall manjn-ove trees bordering- 

 the sides of streams in the lower part of their courses. The swollen 

 tuberous stem measures as much as one and a half feet in length, 

 and is usually occxipied by many ants. 



Hydnophytum longistylum, Becc. Found on coast trees. Those I exam- 

 ined contained no ants, but, instead, a few cockroaches. On the 

 outside of one of them' I found a crab. 



Hydnophytum Guppyanum, Becc. A new species. Noticed commonly on 

 the tall mangrove trees bordering the sides of streams in the lower 

 part of their courses. The swollen tuberous portion of the stem has 

 a character! >;tic scaj)hoid form ; those I examined being nearly 



