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description so far as the specimen and the description are comparable. 
The same species, or a very closely allied one, is represented by Foxworthy 
129 from Sarawak, Borneo, and “V A 9” cultivated in the botanic garden 
at Buitenzorg, Java, from Amboina, under the name Barringtonia rubra 
Blume. It is characterized especially by its spicate inflorescence and long 
petioles. 
RHIZOPHORACEAE 
BRUGU I ERA Lamarck 
BRUGUIERA PARVIFLORA (Roxb.) W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 311. 
Rhizophora parviflora Roxb. FI. Ind. 2 (1824) 416, ed. 2, 2 (1832) 
461. 
Amboina, Ayer putri, Rel. Robins. 1772, July 28, 1913, along tidal 
streams. 
Tidal forests, India to the Malay Archipelago. I cannot connect this 
characteristic and strongly marked species with any form described by 
Rumphius. 
COMBRETACEAE 
LUMNITZERA Willdenow 
LUMNITZERA LITTOREA (Jack) Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcut. (1756) 39. 
Pyrrhanthus littoreus Jack in Malay Miscel. 2 (1822) 57. 
Laguncularia purpurea Gaudich Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 481, t. 10J+. 
Lumnitzera pedicellata Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1831) 23. 
Lumnitzera coccinea W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 316. 
Amboina, Paso, Rel. Robins. 1833, October 31, 1913, along the beach. 
Along the seashore, India to tropical Australia and Polynesia. 
LUMNITZERA RACEMOSA Willd. in Ges. Natur. Fr. Neue Schr. 4 (1803) 
187. 
Amboina, Paso, Rel. Robins. 1832, October 31, 1913, along the beach. 
Along the seashore, tropical Africa, Asia, Malaya, Australia, and 
Polynesia. 
MYTACEAE 
EUGENIA Linnaeus 
EUGENIA MOLUCCANA nom. nov. 
Eugenia acuminata Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 37, nomen nudum, FI. 
Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 492, non Link. 
Syzygium acuminatum Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 452. 
Amboina, Hitoe messen, Rel. Robins. 201+7, October 18, 1913, in forests, 
altitude about 400 meters: 
This species was first described from specimens originating in the 
Moluccas and cultivated in the botanic garden at Calcutta. It is well 
figured by Wight, Ic. 2 : t. 607. 
EUGENIA BOERLAGEI sp. nov. § Jambosa. 
Frutex circiter 3 m altus, glaber, ramis ramulisque rubro- 
brunneis, tenuis, teretibus, laevis; foliis brevissime petiolatis, 
chartaceis, subellipticis, usque ad 12 cm longis, utrinque subae- 
qualiter angustatis, basi acutis, apice late obtuse acuminatis, 
