178 Christmas Island. 



37. Combretum acuminatum, Eoxb. 



East coast; August. Climber. Xo. 41. 

 Distrih. — India, Malaya to Philippines. 



38. Gyrocarpus asiaticus, Willd. 



Flowering specimens. Also fruit specimens. Common near sea. 

 Seedlings soon occur in great numbers when clearings are made. 

 No. 140. 



Native name : Buah ba-siap. 



Probably synonymous with G. americanus, Jacq., Select. Amer., 

 p. 282, t. 178 (1763). Comes into leaf January, flowering about 

 April. As soon as fruit is ripe leaves fall, and tree is bare from 

 June to December. 



Distrih. — Widely spread in tropics. 



39. Cluisqualis indica, Linn. 



Distrib. — India, Malaya, China, Philippine Islands, Tropical 

 Africa. 



MYRTACE^. 



40. Eugenia, sp. 



Large forest tree. Flowers March, April. No. 1 62. 

 Native name : Gowok. 



This plant requires comparison with some of the Miquelian types 

 contained in the Dutch Herbaria. 



41. Barringtonia racemosa. Plume. 



Nos. 13, 27, 38. Also spirit specimens. 

 Native name : Jamboe passagi. 

 One of largest and commonest forest trees. 

 Distrib.— M-alaja, Polynesia. 



LYTHRACE^. 



42. Pemphis acidula, Eorst. 



Forming clumps on sea cliffs. Nos. 65, 116. Also in herbarium 

 from Cocos-Keeling Island. H. 0. Forbes. 

 Native name : Kayu burung. 

 Distrib. — Tropical coasts of the Old World. 



