94 PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



Bhizophara mangle, Willd. 2, p. 843. (R. conjugata L.). 



" Leaves opposite, elliptic; acute, Peduncles three flower- 

 ed. Flowers octandrous ; Petals four, woolly on the inside." 

 Roxb. Jacquin. Amer : 141, t. 89, gives a very full and accurate 

 description. He says the peduncles are two, and three cleft. 

 The former is what I observed. Pee Candel Hort Mai. 6, t. 34. 

 Mangium cdlendarium Rumph. 3, t. 71. Bacow. Malay. 



Found in grounds overflowed by the tide. Flowers in 

 January. 



Garcinia. 



Garcinia Mangostana, Willd. 2, p. 148. 



There is hitherto only one tree on the Island old enough 

 to bear fruit ; but many have been planted of late. It flowers 

 in April, and ripens its fruit in June ; at which season plenty 

 of the fruit is brought from the opposite continent, and it 

 continues in season till August. At Malacca they have a 

 second season in December. 



Sterculia. 



1. Sterculia balanghas, Willd. 2, p. 872. Phun-pho of the 



Chinese, who eat the seeds when toasted. 



2. Sterculia foetida, Willd. 2, 874. 



ICOSANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. 



PSIDIUM. 

 Psidmm pyriferum, Willd. 2, 957. The guava. Cultivated. 



Eugenia. 



There appear to be several species on the Island, but I 

 have not sufficiently examined them. 



Myrtus. 



Myrtus tomentosa, Willd. 2, 968. M. canescens Lour. 

 (Bhodomyrtus tomentosa). Very common everywhere by 

 the road side. 



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