200 THE BOTANY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND. 



ening to | in fruit. Bracts very small ovate scurfy 

 pubescent. Calyx lobes very short ovate pubescent. 

 Corolla rose pink J inch across lobes rounded ovate 

 mucronulate. Stamens glabrous with short filaments 

 not spiculate. Style twice as long fruit globose white 

 turning to black jt inch through finely longitudinally 

 ribbed when dry. Ardisia complanata, Hemsl. and Bak. 

 fil. In Monograph of Christmas Island etc. Not of 

 Roxburgh. 



Common on the Plateau. 



I cannot see how this beautiful and very distinct 

 plant can have been mistaken for A. complanata. 

 The winged stems are striking even in the living plant, 

 and more conspicuous in a dried specimen. 



Composite. 



Ageratun conyzoides, Cass. 



The common white-weed, with its pale blue or white 

 flowers is common in cultivated ground at Flying Fish 

 Cove 



First collected by Andrews. It is common now in all 

 tropical countries as a w r eed of cultivation, and is partly 

 disseminated by the wind but also by its fruit adhering 

 to cloths etc. 



Blumea spectobilis, Dec. A tall weedy plant about 6 or 7 feet 

 tall, with yellow flowers. 



Common on the plateau in more open spaces in the 

 woods, along paths and wherever the trees have fallen. 

 First collected by Lister and certainly indigenous. Seed 

 plumed and so wind dispersed. 



Distribution India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 

 This is a hill forest plant in the Malay Peninsula and 

 does not grow at all in the low country. 



Wedelia biflora, Dec. A half scandent rough herb with yellow 

 flowers. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



