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LILIACEAE 
SM1LAX Linnaeus 
SMI LAX sp. ? 
Amboina, Hitoe messen, Rel. Robins. 2008, October 13, 1913, in forests, 
altitude about 150 meters. 
Possibly a species of Heterosmilax, but the flowers are unknown. The 
species is a very characteristic one, unarmed, with solitary umbels of 
comparatively large fruits which are blue and fleshy when fresh, globose, 
about 1.5 cm in diameter when dry, and shining. The prominently reti- 
culate, 5-nerved leaves are 13 to 30 cm long, 5 to 16 cm wide. 
IRIDACEAE 
BELAMCANDA Adanson 
BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS (Linn.) DC. in Red. Lil. (1807) t. 121. 
Ixia chinensis Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 36. 
Belamcanda punctata Moench Meth. (1794) 529. 
Amboina, Liang, Rel. Robins, 2001, November 29, 1913, along roadsides 
at low altitudes. 
A native of China, now widely distributed in cultivation; in Amboina 
apparently an escape from cultivation. 
BURMANNIACEAE 
BURMANNIA Linnaeus 
BURMANNIA LONGI FOLIA Becc. Malesia 1 (1878) 244. 
Amboina, Salahoetoe, Rel. Robins. 181^9, November 27, 1913, terrestrial, 
altitude from 200 to 700 meters and above. 
Malay Peninsula (Selangor), Borneo, Mindoro, Negros, Mindanao, Am- 
boina, and New Guinea. 
MARANTACEAE 
(By Th. Valeton) 
PHRYNIUM Willdenow 
PHRYNIUM CAPITATUM Willd. Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 17. 
Amboina, Way uri, Rel. Robins. 2035, September 9, 1913, near streams, 
altitude about 50 meters, locally known as pohon rit. 
The specimen is in fruit only, but is possibly referable to this species 
although Willdenow’s species is otherwise not known from the eastern 
part of the Archipelago. India to southern China, the Philippines, Su- 
matra, and Java. 
B. DICOTYLEDONS 
PIPERACEAE 
(By C. DeCandolle) 
PIPER Linnaeus 
PIPER GELALAE C. DC. sp. nov. 
Ramulis dense villosis ; f oliis breviter petiolatis, limbo oblongo- 
ovato basi aequilatera utrinque acuto apice acuminato utrinque 
