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Elaeis guineensis oil palm. 



Livistona australis 



Ct/cas revoluta 



Phoenix sp. Younj plants. 



Fourcroya gigantea Two young- plants. 



Poinciana regia. 



Caesalpinia pulcherrima 



Plumiera acutifolia 



Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 



Cassia siamensis 



Canna indica 



Jatropha curcas 



Jasmin urn Savibac 



Renanthera arachnites 



Vanda Hookcriana 



Melia azederach has spread all over the Cove, and as 



far as Phosphate hill, giving a great 

 part of the secondary scrub. 



Codiaeum variegatum Croton, a few bushes. 



Eriodendron anfractuosum Two or three trees. 



Cannabis indica 



Cofea liberica does well. 



Manihot Utilissima Tapioca. 



The Nutmeg and Cocoa and the Sugar Cane and Bamboos 

 formerly cultivated have quite died out. 



Note on the Timbers of Christmas Island. 



The Bastard Teak (Berria sp.) is of course the most valu- 

 able timber of the island, but though a good deal still exists, 

 the supply is not inexhaustible, as it appears only to occur on 

 the lower terraces on the North Coast. It hardly occurs on 

 the plateau and I saw it not on the other coasts. The timber 

 of the Eugenia, the biggest tree on the .island is fairly good 

 but is not what would be classed as a rirst class wood. Sidero- 

 xylon has a white wood, good for planking, etc., but not as 

 good as the wood of most trees of the order, Sapotaceae. 

 Cordia, the iron wood of Cocos Island, is a first class wood but 



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