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LEGUMINOSAE 



Cassia L. 



C. reticulata Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 443 (1809) : forms 

 occasional clumps of bushes 6-8 ft. high near the beach at 

 Chatham Bay, (No. 296). Further distr. Mex., N. S. Am. 



Caesalpinia L. 



C. bonducella (L.) Fleming in As. Res. XL 159 (1810). 

 Guilandina bonducellah. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 545 (1763) : occasional 

 bushes 6-8 ft. high near the beach at Wafer Bay (No. 297). 

 Further distr. general in warm countries. 



Desmodium Desv. 



D. sp. : common at Wafer Bay and at Dampier Head. The 

 specimens are sterile, (No. 298). 



Leguminosaea sp. : a tendril-bearing vine, sterile and inde- 

 terminate, (No. 299). 



EUPHORBIACEAE 



Acalypha L. 



A. bisetosa Bert. ace. to Spreng. Syst. III. 879 (1826): 

 occasional bushes about 8 ft. high, (No. 300). Further distr. 

 W. Ind., N. S. Am. 



MALVACEAE 

 Hibiscus L. 



H. tiliaceusL. Sp. PI. 694 (1753) : common trees near the 

 shore and on the sides of the hills. The specimens found grow- 

 ing on the shore were usually low and spreading, while those 

 on the hillsides were tall and straight. According to Capt. 

 Gissler, the wood of this tree makes excellent paper pulp, and 

 at the time our party visited the island, he was trying to 

 interest parties in this in order to start a pulp-industry on the 

 island, (Nos. 301-04). Widely distributed in tropical regions. 



