162 THE BOTANY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND. 



Setaria glauca. 



Pteris quadriaurita. 



Solanum involucratum. 

 Melia azederach, Carica Papaya and Capsicum minimum 

 introduced doubtless by the Ross family have also 

 spread freely over cleared and partly cleared ground 

 in the neighbourhood of the settlements being dispersed 

 by birds, but are absent from the further parts of the 

 island. 



The indigenous flowering plants number about 

 125 of which 29 are distinct enough to constitute endemic 

 species, with 26 Vascular Cryptogams including 3 ende- 

 mic species, and 85 terrestrial cellular cryptogams. 



Endemic species. 

 These are the following. 

 Limacia nativitatis. 

 Pittosporum nativitatis. 

 Abutilon Listeri. 

 Grewia osmo.rylon. 

 Grewia insularis. 

 Acronychia andreivsn . 

 Tristiriopsis nativitatis. 

 Colubrina pedunculata. 

 Eugenia gigantea. 

 Zehneria alba. 

 Heptapleurum natal e. 

 Saprosma nativitatis. 

 Hoy a aldrichii. 

 Ardisia pidchra. 

 Asystasia alba. 

 Dicliptera Maclearii. 

 Peperomia Rossii. 

 Claoxylon caerulescens. 

 Laportea Murray ana. 

 Cryptocarya nativitatis. 

 Dendrobium pectinatum. 

 Phreatia Listeri. 

 Ph. congesta. 



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