32 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 
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1:25 mm. wide ; leaves, lobes 1 mm. x ‘9 mm., ‘6 mm. x 475 mm., lobule 
‘2mm. bigh x 175 mm. broad; cells ‘03 mm.; underleaves 25 mm. x "25 mm.; 
perianth 1:25 mm. x ‘75 mm. ; andracia 1°5 mm. x 1 mm. ; perigonial bract, 
lobe 75 mm. x:5 mm., lobule *6 mm. x ‘3 mm. 
Obs. I have had the opportunity of comparing my specimens with the 
original, named by Stephani, with which they agree in every respect. 
At once distinguished fromany other species by the remarkable orbicular 
sinus; the segments are connivent or nearly so, with their inner margins 
slightly reflexed. I have seen nothing like it anywhere else. 
Var. EXPLANATA Pearson, var.nov. Lobulis explanatis; stylo minutissimo 
cellulas 4 uniseriatas longo. 
Hab. Port Ngea. Creeping on tree-roots and rocks. „Acacia spirorbis 
woods. 26. Woods near Port Despointes. On stones and bark on the 
ground. 175. Ermitage Stream. On trunk fallen across stream, 194. 
Distrib. Tahiti. 
FnuLLANIA (Homotropantha) Compronu Pearson, sp. nov. 
Dioica (?), elata, rubello-brunnea laxe cæspitosa. Caulis geniculatus irregu- 
lariter bipinnatus, pinnis longis, pinnulis brevibus curvatis. Folia horizon- 
taliter inserta (90°) imbricata concava late ovata apiculata, margine inferiore 
(postico) recto vel curvulo, superiore (antico) curvato ad basin rotundato 
caulem transeunte vel amplius; lobulus minutus clavatus compressus 
dependens papillosus ; stylus minutus cellulas uniseriatas 2-3 longus; 
cellule parvula nodulosæ, trigonis magnis. Foliola quam caulis 3-4-plo 
latiora approximata subrotundata, sepe longiora quam lata, fere ad 4 biden- 
tata, segmentis acuminatis, sinu rotundato. 
Inflorescentia feminea ramulis brevibus orta; bractearum lobus lanceolatus 
acuminatus laciniatus, lobulus quam lobus dimidio minor linearis laciniatus ; 
bracteola oblongo-ovalis laciniata ad medium vel ultra bifida, segmentis 
lanceolatis. 
Dimensions. Stems 2 to 3 inches long, diam. 2 mm. ; with leaves 2 mm. 
wide ; leaves, lobe 1:5 mm. Xx 1 mm., 1 mm.x:75 mm., lobule *2 mm.x 1 mm., 
-15 mm. x ‘075 mm. ; cells *025 mm.; underleaves ‘75 mm. x '75 mm., 6 mm. 
x ‘6 mm., 6 mm. x'ó mm. wide, segments *15 mm. ; bracts, lobe 1:5 mm. 
x ‘6 mm., lobule ‘1 mm. x:2 mm. ; bracteole °75 mm. x ‘5 mm., segments 
45 mm. 
Obs. Differs from F. papilliloba St. from New Caledonia in having leaves 
usually apiculate, large trigones, very small lobule, segments of under- 
leaves acuminate. 
From F. Kehdingiana St. in having broadiy ovate leaves, underleaves not 
five times broader than the stem, nor cordiform with broad acute segments. 
From F. pallidissima St. in having a very small lobule, underleaves not 
cordiform and much smaller. 
