376 CORAL AND ATOLLS 



JSTYCTAGINEiE. 



(39) PlSONIA GRANDIS. 



Native name, Ampol. 



Distribution : Nortli Australia, Polynesia. 



(40) PiSONIA EXCELSA, Bl. 



Native name, Jamhu. A useful fruit. 

 Distribution : Malay Islands. 



(41) BoERHAviA DIFFUSA, W., var. 



Amarantace^. 



(42) Amarantus schoflexus. 



(43) AcHYRANTHES ARGENTEA, Lam., var. villosior. 



LAURINEiE. 



(44) Hernandia peltata, Meissn. 



Native name, K'mador. A tall forest tree of which not 

 many specimens exist. 



Distribution : India, Malaya, Polynesia. 



EUPHOEBIACE^. 



(45) Euphorbia pilulifera, Linn. 



Native name, Che/plok. Produces an edible berry used in 

 the islands. 



Distribution : Tropics and sub-tropics. 



(46) ACALYPHA INDICA. 



(47) RiciNus COMMUNIS, Linn. 



(48) Aleurites moluccana. 



Urticace^. 



(49) Urera gaudiohandiana, Hensl. 



