CARL SKOTTSBERG 



ficacion es dudosa, difiere algo de la forma tfpica>, but this applies only to 

 the aberrant form mentioned above. 



Area of distribution: S. E. Asia, Polynesia. Drake del Castillo 

 says 1. c. p. 193 that Broussonetia is »sans doute originaire dans la Chine*. 



Tiliaceae. 



Triumfetta L. 



T. semitriloba L. 



Rano Kao, with Broussonetia, rare (no. 671). 



Listed by FuENTES with a query. His plants, which I have seen, as 

 well as mine, are sterile, but I think the determination is correct. This is the 

 jaujau of the islanders, used for making cordage; it was pointed out to us as 

 the true plant for this purpose and we obtained large pieces of string freshly 

 prepared. 



Area of distribution: Trop. Asia, Polyn. and Amer. 



Sapindaceae. 

 Sapindus L. 



S. saponaria L. 



FORSTER and FUENTES. 



Malvaceae. 

 Thespesia Carr. 



T. populnea (L.) Carr. 



FORSTER, Prodr., reports Hibiscus bacciferus, which is considered to be 

 identical with Thespesia populnea, from Easter Island. No later collector ever 

 observed it there, so it may have disappeared from the island. 



Solanaceae. 

 Solanum L. 



S. (Morella) insulae-paschalis Bitter nov. spec. (S. nigrum L. coll.). 



»Herbaceum, maleolens; partes novellae non jam satis evolutae albide 

 subcanescentes; rami superiores diam. 3—4 mm, obtuse angulati, lineis decur- 

 rentibus manifeste prominentibus instructi, pilis simplicibus pluricellularibus (mem- 

 branis tenuibus in statu sicco ±ve collabentibus) apice in glandulam minutam 

 subglobosam vel ellipsoideam vel rarius in cellulam diaphanam ceteris similem 

 subacutam exeuntibus patentibus sordide albidis 1 -1,5 mm longis densis ob- 



