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PoLYALTlliA XITIDISSUIA Beiitli. {Unoiuc fid(/ens Labill.) Mt. Doro ; 

 streani xaWey woods; 100ft. GGln Troo 25ft., flowers bright yellow. 

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PAPAVERACEiE. 



ArgemonI'] mexicana L. Sandy seashore and in cultivated fields near 

 Xoumca, Anse Vata. 77. Widely distributed. 



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^ GvNANDUorsis rENTAPHTLLA DC, Hieno'hcne; 186L Weed of culti- 

 vation. Pcrenniiil plant with unpleasant snielL Petals white, filunionts 

 brownitilh Leaves soft greyish green. Widely distributed in the Tropics. 



Cappaius neocaledonica Vicill Isle of Pines (Troisiome) ; forest on 

 coral rock, locally frequent, 2275. Sprawlinoj shrub or small tree. Calyx 

 greeUj corolla white, downy. Filaments long, white. 



VIOLACEiE. 



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loNiDiUxM iLTCiFOLiuM Yioill., var, ANGUSTiFOLtUM Dcphincho. Folia quam 



in ty})0 pcrspicue angustiora. Port Despointes, Noumea. 238. Small 

 shrub. 



I, austrocalkdoxicum Vieill. Mt. Mou ; serpentine forest ; 1500 ft. 

 457. Shrub, 



I, SERRATL'M Bak. lib, sp. nov. {L ilicifolinm auct. pro parte.) Frulex 

 eirc. 3-pedalis ad /. ilicifolinm Yieill. accedens ; fords ])allid6 viridilnis 

 oblongo-oblanceolatis 9-1 1 x 2-3 cm. subcoriaceis margine valde serratis 



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quam jis /. ilidfolU longioribus et crassioribus, petiolo 2-3 mm. longo 

 suffultis ; floribus pedunculatis ; sepalis ovatis a pice rotundatis petalis 

 brevioribus ; petalis superioribus +5 mm. longis ovaiis apice obtusis pelalo 

 inferior! 8-9 mm. longo ceteris longiori apice emarginato ; antheris subses- 

 silibus apice in membranam prodncto ; stijlo erecto validiusculo ; capsuUs 

 elastice 3-valvibus externe o-labris 8-9 mm. longis. 



Plaine des Lacs; slight slopes. 304. Low shrub 3 ft. The distinguishing 

 features arc the coriaceous strongly sc^-rate leaves with the inflorescence 

 shorter tliaii the leaves and the calyx about 3'5 mm, long. It differs from 

 the type of 7. ilicifolinm Vieill, (Yieillard no. 1819) in the more coriaceous 



longer leaves and larger flowers. 



AoATioN HUFO-To.^rKNTOSUM Bak. fib, sp. nov. Fruie.v sarmentosus ; foliis 

 pa})yraceis ovatis 7-8 x 4-4*5 cm. abrupto subacumlnatis basi subcordatis 



