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oaniarunr ])la('e Microsemma in Flacourtiacoffi ; ScblecLter places it next 

 Wil'stroemia in T]iyniela?acca?. 



MALVACEAE. 



Malvastrum TRicusriDATUM A. Gray. Noumea. 222. Common road- 

 side weed with yellow flowers. Decumbent, G-12 inches. Widely spread. 



Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Tie Pure E])ic; littoral zone, rare. 917. Tree 

 25 ft. Flowers largOj sul})hur-yellow Avith deep crimson blotch at b.ise of 

 petals. AVidely distributed, 



TiiESFESiA POruLNEA Soland, Oiien Toro near Noumea. CL Tree 20 ft. 

 Littoral zone. Widely distril>uted. 





STERCULIACE^. 



Stkrculia (§ Acropogoii) Comptonii Bak. fil., sp. nov. Arhor erecta ; 

 folUs maximis ad apices approximatis petiolatis, laminu subcordata iisquo 

 ad 35 cm. longa ultra medium 5-lobata papyracea glabra rettculato- 

 nervosa lobis apiccni versus lobulatis petiolo +31 cm. longo glabro ; 

 tnflorescentla caulina paniculata 8-9 cm. longa mnltiflora pyramidali ramis 

 ramulisque brunneo tomentosis pedicellis brevibus ierctibus brunuco-fomen- 

 to.'^is ; corolla in floribus masculis 8-9 



1 



mm. longa camp 



anulata extus 



brunneo-tomentosa 5-G-lobata lobis oblongis ; androgf/nopltoro -fl'5 mm. 

 longo in floribus masculis antheris suba?quiIongo, antheris uniseriafis, thecis 

 parallelis, columna3 apice dense fnlvo-barbata ; florihiis fucmineis ignotis, 



Paompal ; forest ; 100 It. 



1865. 



Tree witli crowns of thin leaves. 



erinji' in the lar£3;er thiunei 



Perianth with S-f* segments, dull yellowish, two crimson streaks on inside 

 of each petal. Scentless. A tree wath large papyraceous 5-lobcd leaves 

 and pyramidal panicle of rather gmall dull yellow flowers allied to Stercidia 

 {Acropogon) fatsioides Schlechter, but diff 

 leaves, 



S. bullata Pancher & Scbert. Noumea, Port Nge'a ; littoral zone. 47. 

 Tree of 40 ft. A^-rees with Pancher no. 108. A tree of 40 ft., with glaucous 

 suborbicular leaves and male flowers with a uni^eriale ring of antheis. 



Mklochia odorata Linn. fil. Mont Canala ; 1500 ft. 1264. SnuiU 



tree 25 ft. Ignambi ; creek at forest edge ; 1500 ft. Gneiss. 1605. 

 Small tree. Pedicels and calvces reddish. Corolla creamy, flecked with 



w 



hite. Slight scent. Widely distributed. 



CoMMERSONiA ECHINATA Forst. Mt. Mou ; crefaceous forest ; 800 ft. 



512. 



Mont Panic ; edge of Niaouli forest ; 1000 ^i. Gneiss. 1825. 



Small free 20 ft. Flowers creamy white^ scentless. Widely distributed* 



