25G PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



Campynemantiik viRiDFLoiiA BuilK Mt. Moti, Mt. Koglil ; serpentine 



forest ; 2500 & 3000 ft. 573, 720. 



(Ja:mpynkma neocaledonicum lioiidlo^ sp.nov. (PL 14.) Ilerha perennis 

 12-30 cm, alt. J rJtUoniate brovi radicibas filiformibus et fibiiri dm porsistentibus 

 cuiii va*»iuis luoiubranaceis folioruni niarc:scentiuin dense obsito ; foVus 

 pliirimis equihintibus ercctis o basi bitioro vaginantc linearibiis, versus 

 apiceiu trideiitlculatum angnstatis, caniosulisj 1-3 dm. long. 3-7 niin. 

 lat. ; scupo laterale ereeto coiii})res.^o rigido niarginibus leviter alato, foliis 

 bruvioi'e, hracteis 3, o basi bitiore et vaiiinanfo aitenuatis nienibranaecis 



lonoiiudino instructo ; Jtorilms 2-plurimifl (ad 10) longo pedicellatis pro- 

 taiidri^ in scapi apice, flore terminali e( cyniis 1-3 unilateralibus ; pedicellls 

 conipressis leviter alatid rigidis 2'5-4 cm. long, ; hradeU liiieari-lanceolatits 



acuiiiinatis pcdicellis 2-4-plo brevioribus ; penanilui .segmentis crassiusculiri 

 viridibus^ in facio supcriore brunneo-purpureis, ellipticis fciibaeutis, 8 iiini. 

 long., 3 interioriljus pauUo angustioribus, 3 cxterioribus in ovarium decur- 

 rentibns ; stamlnilnis pcriantiiio brevioribu.^, nntbcris dorsifixis introrsis 

 1'3 mm. long., conncctivo leviter unibonato, filanientis porsistentibns 1'3 mm. 

 long. ; sti/h) brevi columnari medio in ramis 3 in facie siiperlore stigniatosis 

 deinum recurvatis diviso, 2'5 mm, long. ; fructff turbinate 5-6 mm, long., 



poiicarjiio inter alas 3 rigidas tenuiter membranaceo seminum fomiani 

 patefaciente ; semimhus numerosis nggregatis j)yriformi-imgulatis in funiculo 

 pendulis ; testa tenui rubro-brunnea sparsius macidata. 



Ignambi ; forest ; 3000 ft. 1575. Mt, Panie ; moist cbiyey soil in 

 forest; gneiss; 1500 ft., 1782; and 4000 ft., 1811. Flowers scentless; 

 perianth green outside^ deep brown-purple inside. 



An interesting addition to the genus which has hitherto been known only 

 from Tasmania; where it is represented by one (or two) species. The New 

 Caledonian species is more leafy and fioriEerous than the Tasmanian, in which, 

 moreover, the anthers are described as extrorse and the styles free to the base. 



DIOSCOREACE^. 



DiuscOKEA JJULBIFERA L. Mt. Mou ; frequent in old cultivation areas ; 

 serpentine ; 800 ft. 507. Introduced. 



LILIACE^^i 



Smii.AX ruRPUiiATA Forst. Mt. Mou ; moist forest ; cretaceous ; 800 ft. 

 505. Mt. Humboldt ; streaniside forest ; serpentine ; 1000 ft. 1038. 

 Hiver Tcliiem ; sea-level. 1996. 



Var. CONCOLOii A.DO. Dumbea; serpentine scrub; 100 ft. 412. Kuakue; 

 flood pliiin of river ; serpentine ; 50 ft. 903, 903 a. Ignambi ; intermediate 

 forest ; 3500 f K 1707. 



S. viTiENSis k.Di). Tonlne ; forest margin; 1500 ft. 1951, 1957. 



Fiji Is. 



