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During the heavy storms there might be more. All I could 

 find were Terminalia Catappa, Guettarda speciosa, (sunk) and 

 the remains of a seed of Pangium edule. Portion of a rhizome of 

 a bamboo, long dead however, was found in a bay near the 

 Waterfall. No bamboos are grown on the island. Mr. Chap- 

 man however after my departure at my request kindly sought for 

 seeds etc., after heavy storms, and obtained seed of Cerbera 

 odollam, Terminalia, Entada scandens, Pandanus, and fruits of 

 Bruguiera dead and nibbled by molluscs, and carrying barnacles. 

 Also he found many large bamboos with shoots but dead on 

 the West white beach. 



The following is the list of plants probably introduced by 

 sea. currents to Christmas Island. 



Portulaca oleracea. 



Ochrocarpus ovalifolh(S. 



Calophyl/um inophyl/um. 



Malvastrum tricitspidatum. Probably. 



Sida spinosa. Probably. 



Abutilon auritum. Probably. 



A Lister i. Probably. 



Hibiscus vitijolins. Probably. 



H. tiliaceus. Common sea drifted plant. 



Colubrina pedunculata. 



Erythrina indica. 



Strongylodon ruber. 



Galactia tenuiflora. 



Canavalia. Common in sea drift. 



Pouqamia glabra. 



Inocarpus edulis. 



Gudandina bonducella. Well known as a sea drift seed. 



Entada scandens. Well known as a sea drift seed. 



Terminalia Catappa. Well known as a sea drift seed. 



Combretum acuminatum. 



Quisgualis indica. 



Gyrocarpus asiatica. 



Bvrringtonia rubra. 



Pemphis acidula. 



Sesuviurn portidacastrum. 



R. A. Soc.No. 45, 1905. 



