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2 EPILOBIUM NOTES FOR 1880.
Cocos IsLmcls, in the Indian Ocean, and this collection contained
both the true Triimfetta procumhens and T. siibpalnmta.'-''
I accordingly requested Mr. E. G. Baker, of the Botanical
Department, British Museum, to examine the original specimens
conserved there, which he did, and also kindly furnished me with
tracings of original drawings ; and I have since had the opportunity
of comparing them myself, with the result that there is no
doubt that two very distinct species have been confused under the
name of T. prociuuJhms. They may be defined briefly as follows :
1. Triuiiifcitit prociDiihi'iis Forster Prodr. Fl. Ins. Austral, p. 35 ;
Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. GO (non Bentli. Fl. Austral, i.
p. 273, nee auct. alior., saltern pro maxima parte). Syn. T. ciassifolia
Solander; Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 2G, et forsan T. Fabreand Gaud.
Bot. Voy. Freyc. t. 102. Folia longe petiolata, molliter tomentosa,
rotundato ovata vel cordata, indivisa vel trilobata, simul crenata.
Fructus longe flaccideque multiaculeatus, aculeis pluraosis.
2. Triumfetta subpalmata Solander, Herb. Mus. Brit, et
in Icon. Park, in Bibl. Mus. Brit, ined., syn. T. prucitiiiln'ns Benth.
Fl. Austral, i. p. 273, pneter specimen a A. Cunningham lectum.
Folia breviter petiolata, rigida, scabrida, alte 3-5-lobata, simul
argute dentata. Fructus breviter rigideque aculeatus, aculeis
glabris.
There are slight differences in the flowers of these two species,
but I have limited the diagnoses to their striking? characteristics.
The first is apparently much the more widely spread, ranging from
Seychelles, Diego Garcia, and the Keeling Islands, through the
Malay Archipelago, and all over Western Polynesia ;
and A. Cun-
ningham collected it in Fitzroy Island, off the coast of Queensland.
The second is known to inhabit Java and Borneo, several
islands off' the coast of Cochin China, the Keeling Islands, and the
Northumberland, Howick, Frankland, and other groups of islands
off the coast of Queensland,
The accompanying figures are from the original drawings by
Sydney Parkinson in the Department of Botany of the British
Museum.
EPILOBIUM NOTES FOR 1889.
By the Rev. Edward S. Marshall, M.A., F.L.S.
During the past season, I have examined many thousands of
living specimens, chiefly in W. Surrey, paying special attention to
hybrids. The result has been gratifying, as several combinations
new to the British Flora have been obtained (marked below witli
an asterisk), and two of these had not been previously observed
* It may bo mentioned in connection therewith, that the Keeling Islands
are about (JUO miles from the nearest land, and were first botanically and otherwise
explored by Darwin ;
and Dr. Gappy went thither to investigate more fully
tlic composition and origin of the liora ami other phenomena, the results of
which liave not yot, I be!ie\c, been ])ul)li>^hi'd.