Floris Flores, Ende, or Mangarai, an island of the Malay archipelago, N. W. of Timor, between lat. 8° and 9° 10' S., and Ion. 119° 50' and 123° E.; length E. and W. about 200 m., average breadth 45 m. The strait of Flores on the east separates it from the islands of Solor and Adenar. It has a hilly surface, and like all the islands of the same chain is of volcanic formation. There are several active craters, one of which is 7,000 ft. high. The island produces copper, according to native accounts, and also gold and iron, but not sufficient to be profitably worked. The forests yield sapan wood and dye wood; rice, maize, edible roots, and a good species of cotton, are cultivated. Cotton is exported to Celebes. The other principal articles of trade are benzoin, ambergris, beeswax, slaves, and ships' provisions, payment for which is made in cutlery, gunpowder, glassware, and linen. The natives are divided into a number of distinct nations, all speaking different languages. The principal towns are Ende, with about 200 houses, which has a large and safe harbor; Mangarai on the N. coast; Pota on the same side, the site of a Dutch fort and trading post; and Larantuka on the S. E., where the Portuguese have a small settlement.-The Portuguese visited the island at an early period, and gave it the name of Flores. It was subordinate for a time to the Dutch presidency on Timor island, but in 1812 the Bughis expelled all the European settlers.

Christianity has obtained a foothold by the labors of Portuguese missionaries, and the native traders generally sail under the Portuguese flag.