280 PLANTS FKOM NEW CALEDONIA. 



aJ sunnuitatem runiuloruin cymosis vcl at! axillas foliorinn suprcnioriun 

 submubellatis ; sepalis 4 lanceolatls petalis brcviorlbus; pi'/a//5 4 ovato- 

 ol)lono-Is 3-i mm. lono-Is filamontis crassiusculis Mundnloso-vorrucosis ; 

 antJieris iiitus snb apicc filamcntis insert is ; carpeUis 4. 



Taom ; frequent in sorpentinc scrub ; 500-2000 ft. 220G. Shrub 1-3 fL 

 Leaves aromatic. Corolla wbitc tingotl with pink. Scentless. The loaves 

 o£ this plaut are cuneate-obovate and shorter than in B. Panchen Baill., 

 B. vertxciUata Baill, or B. Franca Schlechtor. 



Myrtopsis MACROCARrA Sclilochtor. Eiver Duinbeu ; 200 ft. 827, 



Shrub 8 ft. Leaves dark m-een, rich rod-brown beneath. Cap Bocnge; 



serpentine scrub. 1371. Shrub usually ±3 ft. Leaves finely pubescent 

 when young on upper surface, glabrous later. Cap Bocage ; scrubby woods 

 on serpentine. 1372. Shrub 5 ft. 



Ertostemon tallidus Schlechtor. Kuaku(^; flood plain of river, frequent. 

 010. Shrub 5 ft. Flowers among leaves, almost sessile, white. Mont 

 Dore; shrub ; 1000 ft. ^^Q. Shrub G ft. Flowers white, green outside. 

 Ngoy^ in SpermolepU woods just above rice; 200ft. 960. Small tree 

 12 ft. ; dark green leaves. Flowers wdiite. 



E. CORYMBOSUS Labill. riaine des Lacs ; open dry slope. 396. Shrul>. 

 A form with leaves smaller than those figured by Labillurdiere. 



Melicope platystemON Bak. fib, sp. nov. Arhuscula ; foliis alternis 

 potiolatis trifoliolatis foliolis intermediis niajoribus oblongis vcl ellipticis 

 15-26 cm. X G-8'5 cm. laterulibus 11-15 cm. X 4~C cm. ina^quilateralibus 

 suporne glabris subtus costa pubescente nervis lateralibus marginem versus 



fnrcatis et inter se conjungentibus petiolis 7 



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viridi-albis ao-gregatis in axillis foliorum delapsorum dispositis glomcrulis 



subsessilibus ; caJycls Jobis 4 ovatis brevibus ; petalis 4 punctatis 8-9 mm. 

 Ion ins oblongis vel oblongo-lanccolatis ; staminibus 8, 6-7 mm. longis fila- 



mcntis applanatis; di^sco ovarium circumJante; orario 4-lobo loculis 4 biovu- 

 hitis, stylo erecto, stigmate terminali crasso. 



Io*nambi ; forest ; 2500 ft. Gneiss ; uncommon. 1717. Inflorescence 

 almost sessile, clusters on main stem in axils of fallen leaves. Calyx brown. 

 Petals fa-eenish white, the tips spreading. Slightly scented. Calyx l'5-2 mm. 

 long. A curious species with alternate, digitately trifoliolate leaves and sub- 

 sessile clusters of flowers, with 8 stamens wdtli flattened filaments. The ovary 

 Is 4-lobed and the loculi biovulate. It is a very anomalous species ol Melicope 

 and may bo worthy of generic rank. 



M. MONTANA Bak. fib, sp. nov. Fridex circ. 6-podalis ramulis corticc 

 nio-rescente obtectis inferno cicatricibus foliorum dehipsorum notatis ; foliis 

 di^J-itatim trifoliolutis fgliolis t^rmipalibus oblongo-oblanccolatis vel angt^iste 



