240 THE BOTANY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND. 



wide. Drupes 9 to 10 or fewer in a syncarp glaucescent 

 bluntly angled tops free, 3 inches long \ inch or less 

 through style short. Stigma ovate acute sloping nearly 

 \ inch long. Common in the interior on the Plateau. 

 Endemic. 



Aroideae. 



Remusatia vivipara, Schott. 



This was obtained by Andrews on the Phosphate 

 Hill Road in January no one has seen it there before 

 or since. I carefully sought both the old road and 

 the new one and the surrounding region in vain for 

 it. But possibly it had temporarily vanished during 

 the hot and dry season. It should be looked for again 

 in the rains. 



The plant occurs in India, Ceylon, Siam and Java 

 but is apparently absent from the Malay Peninsula 

 proper. 



Cyperaceae. 



Cyperus Iria, L. 



Small plants of this very widely distributed sedge 

 were found at Smith Point. 



It was evidently a recent introduction, as it was 

 not seen by Andrews, and seemed hardly to have esta- 

 blished itself. 



Mariscus albescens Gaud, Cyperus pennatus, Lam. 



This fine rough sedge with its great tufts of stiff 

 glaucuos leaves and panicles of pale brownish spikelets, 

 grows on the basaltic rocks over the sea just beyond 

 the Waterfall. It was nearly out of flower at the 

 time of our visit and had not previously been seen. 

 , It is a common sea shore plant distributed over 

 Tropical Africa, India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and 

 Islands, Australia and Polynesia. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



