THE BOTANY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND. 171 



hairs especially dense on the midrib, nerves ascending 

 2 pairs petiole 1 inch long geniculate densely pubescent. 

 Eacemes 3 inches long not branched slender, rachis 

 pubescent. Flowers yellow in distant tufts of 5 or 6, 

 shortly pedicelled. Bracts linear pubescent. Sepals 6, 3 

 outer ones linear spathulate pubescent, 3 inner ones 

 broader obovate obtuse, pubescent on the back. Petals 

 smaller sub-spathulate glabrous. Stamens 6 glabrous, 

 6 filaments broadly linear, anthers introrse 2 celled, 

 grooved. Fruit not seen. 



Common near Flying Fish Cove and towards Rocky 

 . point and on the Plateau. 



The plant which climbs on the smaller trees covering 

 them with a thick mat of foliage, only came into flower 

 shortly before we left, and I only obtained male flowers. 



It seems most nearly allied to L. borneensis Miq. and 

 is remarkable for its simple racemes of flowers. 



The genus Limacia entends from Tenasserim and 

 Cochin China to the Malay peninsula and archipelago. 

 The fruits are drupaceous. 



Tiliacora racemosa forma, is given without special locality in 

 the Monograph of Christmas Island. It is an Indian 

 plant. I have not seen it here and would suggest the 

 plant referred to this species may perhaps be the prece- 

 ding. 



Capparide^e. 

 Gynandropis pentaphylla, Dec. 



Pedicellaria pentaphylla Schrank. 



Was collected in the settlement by Andrews. 

 Cleome viscosa, L. 



A few plants were met with on the coral beach in the 

 Flying Fish Cove. 



Both of these tropical weeds occur occasional in 

 cultivated ground, and often disappear again as quickly 

 as they come. 



Ri A. Soc, No. 45, 1905 



