190 Christmas Island. 



Apparently near the Javanese Z. laxiflora, TVedd. (from the 

 description in DC. Prodr., xvr, i, 81), which, however, has leaves 

 pubescent beneath, and the female inflorescence larger than the 

 petioles. 



Flying Fish Cove. A tree ; leaves stinging severely. February, 

 1898. No. 147. 



l^ative name : Jelaton. 



110. Procris pedunculata, TVedd. 



A shrub trailing over rocks. First inland cliff, ]S"o. 76. Near 

 Flying Fish Cove, No. 91. 



Distrih. — Malay Islands, Polynesia, Mascarene Islands. 



111. Boehmeria platyphylla, Don. 



Small tree, common everywhere. Stinging leaves ; wood very 

 :Soft; in flower all the year. Nos. 18, 60. 

 Native name : Pulus scrobbo. 

 Bisirih. — India, Malaya, to China and Japan ; Polynesia. 



MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



By A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S., 



Of the Botanical Department. 



(PLATE XVIII.) 



OllCHIDE^. 



1. Dendrobium crumenatum, Sw. 



Common everywhere on trees. No 110. 

 Distrih. — Malaya. 



2. D. macrsei, Lindl. 



The flowers are smaller than usual in the species, but I do not 

 think the Christmas Island plant is specifically distinct. 

 Distrih. — India, Java. 



3. Phreatia listeri, RoKe. 

 Distrih . — Endemic . 



4. P. congesta, Eolfe. 



Distrih. — Endemic. A small orchid not found in the .present 

 •collection. 



