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Flora of Koh Chan2. 



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Contributions to the knowledge of the vegetation in the 



Gulf of Siam. 



By 



Johs. Schmidt. 



Part VI. 



(K. Schumann: Rubiaceae. — C.B.Clarke: Lythraceae, Melastomaceae, Scrophu- 

 lariaceae, Acanthaceae. — O.Warburg: Urticaceae. — E. Rostrup and G. Massee: 



Fungi.) 



Rubiaceae 



by K.Schumann — Berlin 1 ). 



Dentella Forst. 



1. D. repens Forst. Char. gen. 20, t. 13. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. III, 42. 



Lippaya telephioides Endl. Atakta t. 13. 



Klong Sarlakpet, in open moist ground near the village (n. 731). 

 Area: This small dwarfy prostrate plant is a very common weed in moist 

 places from India to Polynesia and Australia. 



Oldenlandia Linn. 



2. 0. {Eu oldenlandia) diffusa Roxb. Hort. beng. 1 1 ; Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. III, 65. 



Klong Sarlakpet, in open moist ground near a village (n. 730). 

 Area: It is also very common in the East Indies and goes through the 

 tropical Asia as far as to the Philippines and is also recorded from Japan. 



3. 0. (Euoldenlandia) pinifolia Wall, in Don, Gen. Syst. III, 525; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. III, GO. 



l ) A smaller number of specimens have been named by Mr. G. B. Clarke 

 of Kew. 



