298 LIST OF PLANTS. 



full of dirty rain-water, and almost free from ants ; a few cockroaches 



occurred in all ; some of them are one and a half feet in length. 

 •{Hydnophytum inerine, a specimen I obtained from L^gi Island at the east 



end of the group in 1882, and identified by Mr. C. Moore of Sydney.) 

 Psychotria sp. . . vulgo " Popf.tu." 

 Psychotria, afi". P. Forsterinse, A. Gr. 

 Bikkia sp. . . A littoral tree, twenty feet high, with large handsome white 



flowers. 



COMPOSITE. 



Yernonia cinerea, Less 

 Adenostemma viscosum, Forst. 

 Blumea aft. B. glandulosse, D.C. 

 Eclipta alba, Hassk. 

 Bid ens pilosa, L. 



Wedelia biflora, D.C. A yery common littoral plant, but in one instance 

 I found it 1600 feet above the sea. 



GOODENlACEJi:. 



Scoevola Kcenigii, Vahl. vulgo " Xaiio." A very common littoral shrub. 



SAPOTACE-E. 



Sapotacea? Seeds only obtained. 



Sapotacea (dub) : viilgo " Maranato." A forest tree, a hundred feet high 

 with large plank-like buttresses. 



APOCYXE^. 



Ochrosia parviflora, Hensl : vulgo " Pokosola." 



Ochrosia aff". 0. (Lactaria) calycarpte (Miq.). Tree 30 feet high. 



Ochrosia sp. . . vulgo " Bararai." A tree 30 to 40 feet high. 



Cerbera Odollam, Goertn : vulgo " Lukapau." 



C'crbera sp. . . vulgo "Anoumi." A tree about 50 feet high, growing 



away from the coast. 

 LyousiaH: vulgo "Awi-sulu." A stout climber: its bark supplies the 



fibres used for making fishing-lines. 



ASCLEPIADEJ;. 



Hoya australis, Br.? (H. bicarinata, A. Gr.) forma: vulgo " Ahilu." 



Hoya sp. . . (narrow-leaved species). 



Hoya Guppyi, Oliv. sp. nov. Ramulis ultimis parce hirtellis dense 

 ghibratis, foliis petiolatis coriaceis late ellipticis breviter acuminatis 

 cuspidatisve base late rotundatis subcordatisve supra glabris, subtus 

 prsecipue versus basin plus minus hirtellis, umbellis pedunculatis, 

 pedunculis pedicellisque glabris, calyce ])arvo tubo corolloe 2-4-p;o 

 breviore 5-partito lobis ovatis obtusis ciliohitis, corolla rotata lobis 

 patentibus ovatis v. 4^te ovato-lanceolatis acutatis medio depressis 

 intus hirtellis extus glabris sinuhus reflexis, coronse foliolis cartila- 

 gineo-incrassatis disco ovato lanceolatis concavis obtusis basi angus- 

 tatis dorso profunde excavatis marginibus lateralibus utrinque cari- 

 natis, folliculis subteretihus parce hirtellis. 



Folia 31-4|- poll, longis, 2i-2i poll, latis ; potiolo hir- 

 tello l^-f' poll, longo ; umbella 10-14 flora; j^edunculo 2 poll, longo, 



