ro 



E. G. BAKEll: rOLYriiiTALii;. 



2S? 



Dysoxylum canale^^sk a. do. in DC 



r> 



Ci 



River 



Coniboiii. Scrubby Spermolepis woods ; 500 ft* ; serpentine. 220G. Small 

 tree 20 ft. Panicles drooping/ Flowers white. Caljx segments reflexed. 

 Scentless. 



OLACINE^. 



XiMENiA ELLiPTiCAForst, fil. Littoral zonCj Ouen Toro near Noumea. 51. 

 II. Tcbiem ; littoral scrub river course near sea, 11399. Straggling shrub, 

 long spreading main shoots. Leaves thin, soft, medium green. Flowers 

 greenish yellow, with copious white halr^ on inner surface of coroHa. Pacific 

 Islands. 



ILICINE.E. 



Sphenostemon CoMFroNii 13ak. fih, sp. nov. (PI. 16 



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figs. 1-7.) Arhor 

 oblongis vel oblongo-oblanceolatls 



circ. 30-])ed;i]i.s, raniis glabris ; 



8-10 cm. longis 35-40 mm. latis subcoriaceis superne nitidis costa crassi- 



uscula ncrvis lateralibus 8-9 margincm versus arcuatis et inter se anastomo- 



santibus, potiolo 15 



/ 



racemes 7-9 cm.longos laxos 7-15-floros dispositis ; sepalis 4 cllipticis vel 

 oblongo-cllipticis 6-7 mm. longis dorso pubescentibus ; pet alls 4 imbricatis 

 ovatia 7-8 mm. longis sepalis suba^quilongis ; stamimhns 6 trigonis sessilibus 



5 mm. longis anthcris linearibus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus ; ovarlo 

 2-loculari hirtoj loculis 1-ovulatis ovulis pendulis, stigmate capitato coronato. 



Ignambi ; forest ; 3500 ft., scarce. 1693. Tree 30 ft* Leaves stittj 

 dark green above, light beneath. Flower white, rather fleshy. Petal nnd 

 anther fused. Pedicels G-S mm. long. Differs from S. Balansw in having 

 hermaphrodite flowers and 6 stamens. 



CELASTlUNEiE. 



3 



GYMNOsroniA Paxciieiuana Loes. Canala ; low^lahd serpentine scrub ; 



100 ft. 1310. Shrub 4 ft. 



Menepetalum SALiciFOLirM Locs. Ignambi ; fairly frequent in forest ; 

 2000 ft. 1476. Shrub 8 ft. Flowers yellowish green. 



Salaciopsis Bak. fib, gen. nov. 



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Flares unisexualcs, actinomorphi, pro ordine majusculi. Flares masculL 

 Sepala 5 inter se libeni, rotundata, 2 exteriora paullo minora. Petala 5 

 ovata vel oblongo-ovata^ calyce 2-3-plo longiora. Stamina 5 extra discum 

 carnosum inserta, pet:dis paullo breviora et iis alterna. Ovarii rudimentum 



cum disco lobulato contluens. Flores feinineL ■ Sepala valde imbricata. 

 Petala 5-7^ priiofloratione valde imbricata. Stamina 0. Staminodia 0. 

 Ovarium triloculare, disco crasso valde prominente semiimmerso, ovulis in 

 loculis plerumque 2 juxta basin affixis erectis. Stylus brevis, validus. 

 Stigma trilobum. 



