Vol. I] STEWART— BOTANY OF COCOS ISLAND 393 



Conostegia D. Don. 



a lasiopoda Benth. Bot. Stilph. 96 (1844): small trees, 

 abundant, (No. 306). Endemic. 



Miconia Ruiz. & Pav. 



M. dodecandra (Desv.) Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. XIV. pt. 4, 

 243 (1887). Melastoma dodecandra Desv. in Lam. Encyc. 

 IV. 46 (1796) : bushes abundant in woodland around Wafer 

 Bay, (No. 307). Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., N. S. Am. 



Ossaea DC. 



O. macrophylla Cogn. D.C Mon. VII. 1064 (1891) : small 

 trees common at 600 ft. (No. 308). Endemic. 



ONAGRACEAE 



Jussieua L. 



J. linifolia Vahl. Ecol. Am. II. 32 (1798) : common among 

 rocks on the side of a cliff near Chatham Bay, (No. 309). 

 Widely distributed in tropical regions. 



MYRSINACEAE 

 Ardisia Sw, 



A. cuspidata Benth. Bot. Sulph. 123 (1844): occasional 

 bushes (Nos. 310-12). Endemic. 



A. humilis Vahl. ? Symb. III. 40 (1794) : occasional bushes 

 at 600 ft. (No. 313). The specific identity of this specimen is 

 doubtful, but it resembles fruiting specimens of this species in 

 the Gray Herbarium. Further distr. East Indies. 



Rapanea Aubl. 



R. Guianensis Aubl. PI. Gui. 121 (1775) : bushes about 8 ft. 

 high on the banks of the stream near Wafer Bay, (No. 320). 

 Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., N. S. Am. 



