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37/ Combretum acuminatum, Boxb. 



East coast; August. Climber. No. 41. 

 Distrih. — India, Malaya to Philippines. 



38. Gyrocarpus asiaticus, Willd. 



. Tlowering specimens. Also fruit specimens. Common near sea. 

 Seedlings soon occur in great numbers when clearings are made, 

 m. 140. 



iN'ative name : Buah ba-siap. 



Probably synonymous with G. am.ericanus^ Jacq., Select. Amer., 

 p. 282, t. 178 (1763). Comes into leaf January, flowering about 

 April. As soon as fruit is ripe leaves fall, and tree is bare from 

 June to December* 



Distrih. — Widely spread in tropics. 



39. duisqualis indica, Linn. 



Distrih. — India, Malaya, China, Philippine Islands, Tropical 

 Africa. 



MYRTACE^. 



40. Eugenia, sp. 



Large forest tree. Elowers March, April. ITo. 162. 

 !N^ative name : Gowok. 



This plant requires comparison with some of the Miquelian types 

 contained in the Dutch Herbaria. 



41. Barringtonia racemosa, Blume. 



"EoB. 13, 27, 38. Also spirit specimens. 

 I^ative name : Jamboe passagi. 

 One of largest and commonest forest trees. 

 Distrih. — Malaya, Polynesia. 



LYTHRACE^. 



42. Pemphis acidula, Eorst. 



Forming clumps on sea cliffs. jN'os. 65, 116. Also in herbarium 

 from Cocos-Keeling Island. H. 0. Porbes. 

 Native name : Kayu burung. 

 Distrih. — Tropical coasts of the Old World. . 



