300 LIST OF PLANTS. 



Vitex an V. acuminata, Br. 1 "vulgo " Fasnla." A large forest tree, a 

 hundred feet and over in height, with small buttresses, supplying 

 wood for paddles and canoes. 



Clerodendron inerme, Br. 



Verbenacea diibia ? vulgo " Au-au." A tree fifty to sixty feet high. 



LABI AT Ji. 



Moschosma polystachyum : Bth : vulgo " Pipituan." 

 Ocymum sanctum, L : vulgo " Kirannna." 



Plecti-anthus v. Coleus 1 vulgo " Momauri." Leaves, when crushed, give a 

 reddish-brown stain, and used for staining the skin. Height l^feet^ 

 Plectranthus parviflorus, W. 



AMARANTACE/E. 



Amarantus melancholicus, L. 

 Cyathula prostrata, Bl. 



PIPERACE^. 



Piper Betel var. (Chavica Siriboa, Miq.) vulgo " Kolu." 



MYRISTICACEiE. 



Myristica sp. . . vulgo " Ito-ito." Coast tree fifteen feet in height. 

 Myristica sp. . . vulgo " Baimoloi." A tree fifty feet high, gTowing 1600' 

 feet above the sea. 



LAURACE.'E. 



Litsoea sp. . . vulgo " Pitoponkano." A tall forest tree. 



HERXAXDIACEyE. 



Hernandia peltata, Meiss : vulgo "Koli." 



EUPHORBIACE^. 



Euphorbia pihilifera, L. 



Euphorbia Atota, Forst. 



Phylhinthus ( § Emblica) sp., allied to P. ba3obotryoides, Wall 1 vulgo 

 " Mefuan." A tree 15 to 20 feet high. 



Mallotus tilisefolius, M. Arg. M. acuminatus, Jussi Tree twenty feet high, 

 growing at the coast on the border of swampy ground. 



Macaranga sp. . . vulgo " Balako." A tree forty to fifty feet high, with 

 ringed trunk. 



Aleurites ' vulgo " Aligesi." A stout climber on forest trees. Kernels of 

 fruit edible. 



Sapium indicum, Willd"? vulgo "Aligesi." A tree seventy feet high, grow- 

 ing on the verge of a/mangrove swamp. 



Excajcaria Agallocha, L. 



Codiaium sp. . . ( ^^ ) 



Codiajum variegatum. A. Juss : vulgo "Tiatakush." 



URTICE.'E. 



Trema (Sponia) sp. . . : vulgo " Kio." A tree seventy to eighty feet high. 



