S20 A NATURALIST'S WANDEEINGS 



Liliacese. 



Smilax timorensis, Bl. 3741, 8. The two pairs of utnbtls of flowers together 

 serve rUarly to distinguish it from S. latifoVa. 

 anceps, Willd. — This Mnsoiirine plant was said hy Desaisne to have 

 been collected in Timor hy Riedle and Guichenot. Dj Candolle 

 says that the specimens on wliioli Decaisue founded his species are 

 without iiowers and very doubtful. It seems more probable they 

 belong to 8. timorensis, and hardly likely that a plant known only 

 from the Masoarine Islands and Madagascar should be found also 

 in Timor. 

 El'STEEPHCS timokensis, Ridl. (sp. nov.) — Frutex scandens. caulibus lenni- 

 bus ; foliis glabris alternis lut-idis striolatls sexcostatis lanoeulatis minute 

 apiculatis brevi-petiolatis ; petiolis tortis ; bracteis deciduis jiarvis vagin- 

 antibus ovatis purpurascentibus ; inflorescentia ooniposita terminali cymosa, 

 pedicellis florum tenuibus ; bacca snbglobosa nigra periearpio tenui ; 

 pulpa parva ; seniinihus 1-3 nigris IsDvibus politis, oblongis subtriangulatis, 

 embryonc in medio albumiiiis cornei parum cuivo. This is a voiy interesting 

 plant, of which unfortunately we have not the flowers. The only other 

 species in the genus, E. Brownii, is a well-known Australian plant, with 

 pink flowers and oranse btrries. 3530, Q, 

 Laxmaniiia sessiliflora, Decne. Exclusively Australian genus. 

 Cordyline timoriensis, Bl. 



Dracsena timorensis, Kth. (D. reflexa, Deoaisne.) 

 Asparagus racemosus W. (Asparagopsis Decaianei, Kth.) " SamoJok nchau," 



native name. 3800, 9. 

 Gloriosi superba, L. 3435, 1 ; 3827, 10 a. 3430, 1. 



routederiacese. 



Monochoria vaginalis, Becne. 



CommelinaceiB. 



Aneilema nuUiflnnmi, R. Br. 3548, 6 ; 3789, 9. 

 Oyanotis cristata, R. and S. 3724, 8. 



Palmai. 



Metroxylon Eumpliii, Mart. 

 Areca catechu, Roxb. 

 Gocos nucifcra, L. 



FandaneiB. 



Freycinctia angustifolia, Bl, (R. Brown, Coujiang.) 



scandens, Gaud. 3577, 6, 

 Pandanus sp. 



Aroid X. 



Ty|ihoniuni divaricatum, Decne. 



sp. fruit. (R. lirown, Coupang.). 

 Aiisffima sp., in fruit only. 3633, 7. 

 Eemusatiii vivipara, Seliott. 3788, 9 ; on calcareous rocks. 

 Khaphidophora pertusa. ScTintt. (E. Brown, Coupang.) 

 Caludium esculentum, Schott. (B. Brown, Coupang.) 

 Amorphophallus camp.auulatus, Decne. 



Cijperaceie, 



Cyperus hyalinus, Vahl. (R. Brown, Coupang.) A very rare plant, the 

 only other known locality being in Madras, 

 compressus, L. {R, Brown, Coupang.) 

 globosus. All. 

 longifolius, Pair, 

 radiatus, VaM. 



scoparius, Poir. ; an African and Mascarene plant, 

 venustus, R. Br. 

 pennatus. Lam. 



