180 Christmas Island. 



48. Guettarda speciosa, Linn. 



Large forest tree ; common. East coast. Sweet- scented flower. 

 No. 40. 



l^atiye name : Melati. 



Distrih. — Tropical shores of Old and New World. 



49. Morinda citrifolia, Linn. 



Small tree in Flying Fish Cove. No. 78. 



Native name : Mungkoodoo. 



Seems somewhat different from usual form of this plant, leaves 

 being narrower and flowers occasionally four-merous, but agrees 

 with a specimen so named in Herb. Banks, from Endeavour River, 

 New South Wales. 



Bidrih. (type). — India, Malay Archipelago, Australia, Pacific 

 Islands. 



50. Saprosma nativitatis, sp. nov. 



Frutex. Ramuli adultiores glabriusculi, juniores rufo-pubescentes. 

 Stipulas interpetiolares opposista) membranacete bicuspidatte de- 

 ciduse. Folia disticha e basi acuta oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata 

 vel oblanceolata apice subacuta, breviter petiolata mombranacea 

 subtus palHdiora supra glabra, subtus costulis utrinque 11-13 valde 

 patentibus ante marginem arcuatis et unitis cum costa prima breviter 

 rufo-hirsutis. Flores axillares sessiles. Calycis lobi ovati quam 

 corollas tubus ± dimidio breviores, persistentes. Corolla infundi- 

 bularis fauce \allosa lobis 4 oblongis vel oblongo-ovatis. Stamina 

 fauci corollse inserta ; filamentis pro gcnere aliquantulum longis. 

 Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis ramis 2 recurvatis. Semina 

 plano-convexa. 



Sah. — Christmas Island. Above Cove. No. 79. 



Small shrub with dark cortex, the younger branchlets covered 

 with dark rufescent pubescence, the older branches glabrous or 

 sub-glabrous. Leaves oblong, or oblong lanceolate, or oblanceolate, 

 lamina often about li in. long and 5-7 lines broad at the widest 

 part, petiole short (li-2|- lines long), penninerved, lateral nerves 

 11-13 arching and uniting before the margin, which is entire. 



Flowers axillary, sessile, tetramerous. Calyx lobes reaching about 

 half the length of the corolla tube. Corolla infundibuliform, lobes 

 oblong or oblong ovate, tube about 1 line long. Anthers borne on 

 filaments which are longer than is usual in this genus. Ovary 

 two-celled ; fruiting calyx persistent. 



COMPOSITE. 



51. Ageratum conyzoides, Cass. 

 Common on shore cliff. No. 48. 

 Distrib. — All hot countries. 



