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PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



FLAGELLAT^TACEiR. 



Flagellauia neocalrdonica Sclilecliter. II. Comboui ; alluvial serpen- 

 tine scrub ; 0-500 ft. 2173. 



JoiNViLLEA elegans Gaiid. Mt. Canala; forest maroin ; schists ; 1500 ft. 

 1127. Mt. Mou ; damp gully forests ; cretaceous ; GOO ft. 557. 



JUNCACEJi:. 



JuNCUS PAUCiFLonrs K. Br. Tonghoue Mts. IGG. Australasia, East Asia. 



PALMACE^.. 



LIiCROKENTiA EHiosTACiiYS 13entli. & Hook, f, Mt. Mou; conifer forest; 



3500 ft. 491. 



PANDANACEi^^]. 



Pandanus onoRATissiMiis Linn, f, Baio Ouenio, Noumea ; along littoral. 

 239. South Asia, Australia, islands oE Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



Freycinetia (Sect. Pleiostigma) CoMrroKii rtondle, sp. iiov. Frutex 

 radicibus scandons ; ramnlis florentibus speeiminc singulo 8 mm. cra^p., intcr- 

 nodiis brevibus ; foliis in apice ramuli confertis basi brcvissime vagiiianiibus 

 siccls pergamentaceis olongato-obovato-oblongis abrupte cuspidato-acumiitati?, 

 submedio attenuatis, circiLor 40-iierviis, marginibus prjesertim in apico ct 

 secus costam in pagina inferioro aculois miniitis in;^tructiti, ad 35 cm, long. 



7 cm. lat. ; injiorescentia terniinale foiminea, bracteis brunneis ovato-acuti^ 

 5 cm. longis sub medio circiimdata ; pediceUis validis subcompressis glabris 



circ. 4 cm. long. 4 mm. lat. ; st/ncarpiia 4, nngnstc oblongo cyliiidricis 

 atrato-viridibus, 4*5-5'5 cm. long. 7-9 mm. crass. ; carpidiis dense aggrogatis^ 

 prismaticis 2*5 mm, long. 3-4 mm. laK, ])asi staminodiis brevibus circum- 

 datis, parte siiperiore 1 mm. long. truncato-])yramidata libera ; stigmatllms 

 4-7 distinctis, siccis p;dlide brunneis. 



Paouipai; crcok^ide \vood.s ; sbulcs ; 50 f t. 11)09. 



liecalls F. marantifolia Ilemsl. from tbe Solomon Is. in appearance, but 

 tlie leaves and spikes are longer and proportioiuitely narrower. 



F. GEAMINIFOLIA Sohns. ML Mou ; nioi.st valleys ; cretaceous ; 800 ft. 

 513. Mt. Arago ; on trees and rocks in wet forest ; schists ; lOOO ft. . HOG. 



Mt. Panic ; forest ; gneiss ; 1200 ft. 1793. Taompai ; forest ; 0-1000 ft, ; 

 creeksidcs; shales. lyJ:?8. 



F, ]\1ICR01)0NTA Martelli. Erniitage Stream ; forest at 300 f L ; serj)eniine. 



159. 



Mt. Mou; serpentine forest; 1500 ft. 



453. 



Mt. Oanala ; moist 



forest; schists; 3000ft. 1240, Ignambi ; forest; gneiss; 3500 ft, 1543, 



