182 Christmas Island. 



APOCYJS'ACEJE. 



59. Cerbera odoUam, Gsertn., forma. 



Small tree, Eocky Point. IS'o. 104. 



This plant, as figured by Eheede in the Hort. Mai., i, p. 71, 

 t. 39, has long lanceolate or oblanceolate leaves. In the Christmas 

 Island plant the leaves are broader and shorter. 



Distrih. (type). — India, Malay Archipelago, China, Australia, 

 Pacific Islands. 



60. Ochrosia ackeringae, Miquel, angustifolia, var. nov. 



Folia quam ea typi longiora et angustiora. Drupse 2 basi 

 connatae divaricatse conicse 1^ poll, longse. 



Forest tree. Timber used for building. !N'o. 35. 

 JS'ative name : Gundra roussa. 

 Distrih. — Banka Islands. 



ASCLEPIADACE^. 



61. Hoya aldrichii, Hemsley. 



Everywhere on trees and rocks ; flowers IS'ovember-January. 

 !N"o. 105. Mr. W. B. Hemsley briefly diagnoses this species in 

 Joum. Linn. Soc, xxv, p. 355. Eor an amplified description Bee 

 Mr. W. P. Hiem in Journ. Bot., 1898, p. 417. 



iN'ative name : Kembang jiwa. ^ 



Dis trih . — Endemic . 



BOEAGINE^. 



62. Tournefortia argentea, Linn. fil. 



Common on sea clifi's. ITo. 137. 



Distrih. — Ceylon, Australia, Malaya, Mauritius. 



63. Cordia subcordata, Lam. 



l^ear sea only. Very hard wood. IS'o. 45. 

 JS'ative name : Grongan. 



Distrih. — South-East Asia to Australia and Sandwich Islands, 

 Tropical Africa. 



64. Ehretia buxifolia, Eoxb. 



Small shrub, common on the higher parts of the island, where it 

 forms the worst of the undergrowth. The leaves are rather larger 

 than usual. I^o. 68. 



Distrih. — Deccan Peninsula, Malaya to Eormosa and Philippines. 



