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2 {",2 PLANTS FROM NEW CALKDONIA. 



tcrminata ; sel'ts hijpofjynis G, eloaoatirf ungnste linearibus, ciliatis, 5 

 lono- .; antherls cum connectivo apiculato 3 mm. long.; sfijlo suL-incJio 



3-raino ; mice. ... 



Mts. norih of Ngoyc; Casuarlna forest; serpentino ; 2500 ft. 20GG. 



Nekanilo ; coniCor forest ; serpentine: 3500 ft. 20C()a. 



A remarkable plant which is perhaps congeneric with the next species. It 

 is very different in appearance from any of the species groupea in Costiilana 

 by Clarke, and may perhaps represent a new genus, UnCortr.nately the 

 material contains no fruit. 



OoSTULARiA I'ALUDOSA C. B. Clarke {Tricostulana jjaludosa Bcnth.). 

 riaino des Lacs ; covering small areas on serpentine alluvium, moist parts ; 

 800 ft. 309. Eastern Australia. 



C^LADiUM ])eplanci[ki C. B. Clarke. Baie Ngo ; moist phiccs in flood 

 plain ; serpentine ; 200 ft. 24G. Piaino des Lacs ; common on serpentine 

 hillside ; 1000 ft. 3(;3. 



C. GLOMER.VTUM Ji. Br. TgDuml)! ; wet spots in Niaouli association ; 

 o-noiss; 100(V2000ft. 1G70. 



ScLEiiiA DEPAUPEUATA Bocckl. Noumcu ; Port Dcripointes woods. 238. 



S* MARGAiiiTiFKiiA WilltL Ermitago Stream ; streuuiside among pebbles ; 

 scM'pentine ; 300 ft. 208. Polynesia^ Australia. 



S. NEOCALEDONICA Itendle, sp. nov. Ilerha G'O dm. alta, rliizomato 

 liorizontalo brevi lignoso perennis; culmo crecto rioido multifoliato acute 

 trio'ono obibros^ento rnfescento medio 2'5 mm. crasso, super basin 8-nodo; 

 foliis 4 in parte culmi inferiore confertis, in parte florifera gradatim deminntis 

 (sed culnium excedentibus) et in bracteas transgredicntibus, erecto-patentibus, 

 rio'idnlis lincari-acuminatis planiusculis, margine soabridulo ct nervo mediano 

 in facie inferiore prominente broviter pilosis usqne ad G'5 dm. long, et 8'5 mm. 

 lat., vao-inis pnbescentibus rufescentibus, oa folii mediant 5 cm. long. ; 



illariis (cum singula terminal i) ilensis spiel f or mibus brevibus 

 usque ad 3 cm. long. ; bractels foliaceis ; s^nrulis c. 7 mm. long, in ramulis 

 brevibus paniculoi sessilibiis biuatis vel solitariis moncccis subEusco-rufescenti- 

 bus ; hradeis subtendentibus o basi bita anguste lineari-acuniinata spiculam 

 excedentibus Ycl suba}quantibus ; squamis ovatis mncronatis ; fiore inferiore 

 foemineo, su[)erioribus panels masculis ; stamimhus 3 ; mice oblonga obsolete 

 trioona broviter rostra ta albida, pilis minutis locte-bruni;eis aggregatis 

 liirtella, 3 mm. long. ; disco broviter cupuliformi margine inLcgro. 



Il> Ngoye ; among rocks by river; serpentine; 400 ft. :?047. Avery 

 distinct species cbaracterized by the short dense axillary panicles. 



