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. wholly disappeared, and the ground was occupied We coconut palms. 
Darwin collected nineteen species of flowering plants, to which Forbes 
added a few more herbaceous species. None of the plants are endemic ; 
the two oops by Henslow as new proving to be forms of widely 
dispersed specie 
Dr. Guppy is e upon a much fuller account of the vegetation 
than has hitherto appeared. 
CHRISTMAS ĪSLAND.—A small rocky island 1,580 feet high, about 12 
miles ay and T3 miles from the nearest point of Java, in about 10? 30° 
S. lat. and 106" E. long. It is densely wooded, and some of the trees 
are of e dimensions. ‘The flora is essentially the same as that of the 
nearest Malayan islands, with a few peculiar species. 
Hemsley, W. B. Report on the Vegetation of Christmas Island, 
iden. Ocean: Journal of the Linnsan Society, xxv. (1889). 
Lapuan.—An island on the north- west coast of Borneo, situated in 
about 5° 20’ N. lat, and 115° 20’ E. long., with an area of 30 «quare 
miles. Mr. James Motley made a considerable collection of plants in 
the island many years ago, and they are in the Kew Herbarium, but no 
list of them has been published. It is now included in the territory of 
British North Borneo. 
British NogrH Bornko or SaBan.—This comprises an area of 
3l, s T ing eos 4° and 7° 30’ N. lat., and about 
115° 8’ to 119° 16’ E. long. The country is densely clothed with v 
are and there is much valuable times] though botanically it is little 
kno 
ii F. A. W. Flora Indiæ Batavæ. Amsterdam, 1855. 3 vols. 
8vo. 
Beccari, O. Malesia: Raccolta di Osservazioni Botaniche intorno 
alle Piante dell’ Are raspy. sc Indo-Malese e Papuano. Genoa, 1877 to 
1887. 4to. 3 vols., illustra 
Burbidge, F. W. The eae of the Sun, or a Naturalist’s Journal 
on the mountains and in the forests and swamps of Borneo. London, 
8 8vo. pp. 364, illustrated. Vom aaa interesting matter 
relating to the vegetation of North Bor 
Alcock, Rutherford. Handbook of nid North Borneo, Indian 
and Colonial Exhibition, 1886. 
Baker, J.G. The Ferns Hag Borneo: Journal of the Linnwan 
Society, xxii. ., pp. 222-232 
Among the larger talline 2 ad territory are Labuan, Balamban angan, 
Banguez, Jambongon, Timbu Mata, Sebattik, East Noenoekan, Kali 
Babang, "Gaya (East), Tambisan, Mallawalle, Gaya (West), and Shoal. 
HowckowNG.—Situated at the mouth of the Canton is Mr 
between 22° 1’ and 22° 9' N. lat., and between 114° 5' and 114° 18' E. 
long. It is very irregular in outline and surface, and has an area de a 
little more than 29 square miles, and a maximum elevation of between 
1,700 and 1,800 feet. The opposite peninsula of Kowloon forms a part 
of the same colony. The deep narrow ravines of Hongkong spass a 
rich and extremely varied Mr ey ad ue many of the genera and specie 
have hitherto not been found elsewhe 
Bentham, G. Flora eae ie London, 1861. 8vo. pp. 482, 
with a map of the island, 
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