

292 FLINTS FROM NEAV CALEDONIA, 



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ovato-lanceoliitis 9-11 cm. longis 40-45 mm. lutis apicc aciiminafis apicc 

 ipso obtusis basi late ciineatis margine remote crenato-serratis vcl subunJu- 

 latis, coshi subtns prominnla, nervis lateralibiis tenuibus petiolulis 4-5 mm. 

 lougis ; floribiis pallide flavis paniciiLatis ; paniculis terminalibus qnam folia 

 brevioribus pedicellis o^racilibus ; cahjcis Umbo subtrnncato tiibo tnrl)inato 

 calyce in toto 0'5-0*75 mm. longo ; petalis 4-5 oblongis deinum reflexis 

 + 2"5mm. longis ; staminihtis 4-5 petala niimero jeqi^antibus ; orario OToidco, 

 oviilo infra apicem locnli suspense. ^ 



Paompai ; forest margin ; 1500 fL Shales. 1897, Leaves ligbt green, ^ 

 Inflorescence ierminab Flowers pale yellow, s\Yeet-scented. Petals reflexed, 

 anthers brown. 



A small tree with imparipinnate leaves and about 4 pairs of ovate-lanceo- 

 late leaflets, and a terminal panicle of flowers. The ultimate clusters or 

 glomerules are arranged in a subumbellate manner, and contain G-12 flowers. 



Khus simakuc^FOLIA a. Gray, var, nov. keocaledonica Bale fib Frutex 



ramulis pilosis teretibus vel subteretibus ; foliis imparipinnatis 10-13 cm. 

 longis foliclis 3-4-jugis cum impari lateralibus leviter inasquilateralibus 

 oblongis 3-4 cm. longis margine integris vel rarissime liinc inJe serratis 

 snperno glabris apice acutis basi cuneatis terminalibus 5-5'5 cm. longis 

 15-22 mm. latis, petiolo communi semitercte instruclis ; Jlorihus albis parvi- 

 uscnlis paniculatis ; cahjvis segmentis brevibus extus glabris calyce in toto 

 + 1 mm. longo ; petalis calyce longioribus imbricatis albis oblongis obtusis 

 + 2 mm. longis; ovario glabro sessili stylis brevibus ; c^r?/^}/^ globosis Irevibus 



4 mm. diam.i 



Port Despointes Woods, Noumea. 136. Shrub, Flowers white. 



The typo comes from Fiji. This variety differs from type in its oblong 

 petals^ etc. 



Semecakpus ngoyensis Bak. fib, sp, nov, Arhusmla 20-pcdalis sec. cl. 



detectorem ; foliis coriaceis glabris 12-17*5 cm. X C-7'5 cm. supra opacis 

 ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis apicc obtusis vel emarginatis basi acutis nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 13-15 subtns conspicuisj petiolo 4-5 cm. longo supra 

 canalicuhito suffuUis ; florihiis in paniculis 5-13 cm, longis digestis ramis 

 2-3 cm. longis atro-tomentosis crecto-patentibus ; calyce cupuliformi laciniis 

 imbricatis ; iielalis crassiusculis +6 mm. longis quam iis S. Balanscc Engler 

 longioribus ; ovario in floribus hermaphroditis globoso atro-fusco, stylis 

 divergentibus. 



River Ngoy6 ; shrubby Casxiarina association by riverside ; 400 ft. 

 Serpentine* 2112 and 2103. Petals pinkish white* Ovary very dark 

 browm, velvety. Dark viscous exudation from cut stems. Leaves with dull 



upper surface. 



Differs from S. Balanscv Engler, with which it has been compared in the 



Paris Herbarium, by the dull upper surface of tlie leaves and longer petals, 



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