190 Chridmas Island. 



Apparently near the Javanese L. laxijlora, "Wedd. (from the 

 description in DC. Prodr., xvi, i, 81), which, however, has leaves 

 puhescent beneath, and the female inflorescence larger than the 

 petioles. 



Flying Fish Cove. A tree ; leaves stinging severely. February, 

 1898. Ko. 147. 



Native name : Jelaton. 



110. Procris pedunculata, Wedd. 



A shruh trailing over rocks. First inland cliff. No. 76. Near 

 Flying Fish Cove, No. 91. 



JDistrib, — Malay Islands, Polynesia, Mascarene Islands. 



111. Boehnieria platyphylla, Don. 



Small tree, common everywhere. Stinging leaves ; wood very 

 soft; in flower all the year. Nos. 18, 60. 

 Native name : Pulus scrobbo. 

 Distrib. — India, Malaya, to China and Japan ; Polynesia. 



MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



By A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S., 



Of the Botanical Department. 



(PLATE XVIII. 



ORCHIDE^. 



1. Dendrobium crumenatum, Sw. 



Common everywhere on trees. No 110. 

 Distrib. — Malaya. 



2. D. macrsei, Lindl. 



The flowers ai^e smaller than usual in the species, but I do not 

 think the Christmas Island plant is specifically distinct. 

 Distrib. — India, Java. 



3. Phreatia listeri, Eolfe. 

 Distrib. — Endemic. 



4. P. congesta, Eolfe. 



Distrib. — Endemic, A small orchid not found in the present 

 •collection. 



