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2G4 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA, 



DICOTYLEDONS, 



POLYPETALJ;. 



By Edmund G, Baker. 

 IIANUNCULACEiE. 



Clematis glycinoides DC. Mt. Cuiiala ; iiitci luoJiatc woods iniVcqurnt ; 

 3 500 a. 1254. Low liaue. Lord Howe Island, Australia. 



DILLENIAC^EiE. 



Tetrauera fajryandra Valil. Littoral zone, Oucn Toro, near Nounira. 

 54. Mt. Mou ; cretaceous edne of forest; GOO It. 5GL Near Taoni ; 

 serpentine plain ; 2000 ft. 2285. Corolla white, very sweet scent. Malaya, 



HiBBERTiA. The Now Caledonian specit^s collected hy Mr, Compton Fall 

 into 4 sections : 



Sect. L Trimorpliandra Bron^vn. & Gris (^enus). Stamina nuinerosa, 



exteriora sterilia, altera fertilia, tiuoruni interiora mullo miijora. 

 Pctiilu 5. Carpella 2 libera circ. G-ovulata. Floros in spieas 2-4-flonis 

 apiceni versus rainoruni nascentes. 



IL ruLCUELLA Scldecliter. [Trlmorphandra puJcheUa Brongn* k Gris.) 

 riainc dcs Lacs, almndant on dry hillsides. 3G4. Shriil> 3ft.- 



Sect, IL Polystiche. Stamina numerosissima, sulwtpalia vel exteriora sub- 



abortiva ovaria circumdantia. Petala 5. Carpella 2-4 nndtioviilata, 

 ovulis in seriebiis panels di^positis. Flores inter niaximos generis in 

 spicas pancifloras vel pluritloras dispositi. 



Series 1. Carpella 3-4, ovulis circ. 15. Spicro sa?pius 8"10-florcX\ 



H. BADOUlNiBrongn.&Gris. Nekando Forest; 3-4(j00 ft. 2125. Small 

 tree 20 ft. IVtals bri^lit yellow. 



I am doubtful if TL magnijini Sclilecliter from Mt. Mou is si)ecifically 



distinct. 



Series 2. Carpella 2, 20-25 ovulata. Si)iea? 2-4-florio. 



IL C-OMrTONll Bak. fiL, sp. nov. Frutex l>iinetralis vel arbor ramulis 

 inferne cieatricibus foliorum delapsorum notatis ; foUh pro genere majiiseulis 

 coriaceis sossilibus vel petiolo brevi instructis oblanceolatis, 10-17 em. longis, 

 2'5-4 em, latis, t^labrls nervis lateralibus tenuibus jnxta niargiiu'm inter se 

 conjungentibus costa supcrne impressa snblus conspicua ; Jior'dnis inter 

 nmximos generis in spiens unilaterales et 2-4-floras dispositis ; hracteis 

 majusculis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis ; sepaUs srepius 5 glabreseentibus ; 



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