THE BOTANY OF CHHISTMASJSLAND. 207 



Some of these outlying localities may be doubted, as 

 the Australian and Amboinese plants are said to have 

 white, the Mauritius one yellowish white red spotted 

 flowers. If this is so these are probably distinct. All 

 I have seen have bright yellow flowers. 



/. grandiflora, Lam. 



A climber of no great size with moderately thick 

 stems ovate cordate rather thick leaves, and tubular 

 white flowers, turning yellow soon. The sepals ovate 

 obtuse, corolla tube thick 2£ inches long, limb flat 1 

 inch across. Capsule large an inch through and seeds 

 shortly villous. 



Climbing over rocks and bushes at the wharf, collec- 

 ted also by Andrews " climbing on trees north coast. ,; 



Distribution Africa and islands, India Laccadives and 

 Ceylon, Timor, New Caledonia, Australia and Polynesia. 



Some authors have confused this with /. bona-nox, 

 the well known moon flower which is utterly different. 

 The flowers of /. grandiflora are very much smaller and 

 it is not at all a conspicuous plant. It is evidently a sea 

 shore plant and the seeds probably sea-borne. 



Convolvulus paruiflorus, Vahl. 



A small climbing and twining convolvulus with ovate 

 acuminate pubescent leaves 2-| inches long, and umbels 

 over half an inch across of small pink flowers, calyx 

 densely silky hairy, capsule hardly longer splitting 

 into 5 rather thin lanceate acute valves. 



Common near Smith point and Rocky point, collected 

 also by Andrews. 



Distribution, India and Ceylon, Java and Australia. 

 I have never seen this in the Malay Peninsula. 



This is possibly introduced as a weed of cultivation, 

 but it is difficult to say how it gets dispersed. 



R. A. Soc, No. 45,1905 



