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FLEURYA Gaudichaud 
FLEURYA INTERRUPTA (Linn.) Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 497. 
Urtica interrupta Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 985. 
Schychowyska interrupta W. F. Wight ex Safford in Conti’. U. S. Nat. 
Herb. 9 (1905) 371. 
Safford & Seale 1063, locally known as palilolia. Tropics of both hemis- 
pheres, probably a native of the Old World. 
FLEURYA RUDERALIS (Forst. f.) Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mus. 1 (1836) 
187, t. 13. 
Urtica ruderalis Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 66. 
Schychowskya ruderalis W. F. Wight ex Safford in Contr. U. S. Nat. 
Herb. 9 (1905) 371. 
McGregor U19, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 
Malay Archipelago to Polynesia. 
PIPTURUS Weddell 
PIPTURUS ARGENTEUS (Forst. f.) Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 1 (1869) 
235 19 . 
Urtica argentea Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 65. 
G. E. S. 110, locally known as amahadyan. 
Malay Archipelago to Polynesia. 
PROCRIS Commerson 
PROCRIS PEDUNCULATA (Forst. f.) Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 1 (1869) 191. 
Elatostema pedunculatum Forst. f. Prodr. (1776) 105, t. 53. 
Sciophila torresiana Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 493. 
Collected in Guam by Gaudichaud; Malay Archipelago to Polynesia. 
Pellionia divaricata Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 494; Safford 248, 
is without description, fide Weddell, and is therefore a nomen nudum and 
has no standing. 
OLACACEAE 
XI MEN I A Linnaeus 
XIMENIA AMERICANA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1193; Safford 399. 
G. E. S. 375, locally known as pint or piod. 
Along the seashore in the tropics of both hemispheres. 
BALANOPHORACEAE 
BALANOPHORA Forster 
BALANOPHORA PENTAMERA Van Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat. IX 6 (1907) 
151. 
Planta dioica, glabra, in vivo rubra, pedunculis crassis, erectis, 
10 ad 15 cm alta, bracteis imbricatis, late ellipticis, concavis, 
rotundatis, 1.5 ad 3 cm longis; capitulis $ ellipsoideis, 4 ad 5 
cm longis, circiter 2 cm diametro, inflorescentiis $ racemosis, 
floribus superioribus (alabastro) subsessilibus vel sessilibus, 
dense confertis, inferioribus pedicellatis, pedicello 1 cm longo; 
