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294 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



subfiilcafa : frurtu 10-16 cm. longo, lomentaceo distincte stipitato 3-8-seg- 

 moiita ft-erente, segmentis ellipticis facie reticulatis, 14-18 min. lono-is, 



stipite ±3 cm. longo. 



Tonine ; creekside forest ; 1000 ft. 1928. Small tree 20 ft. Native 

 name " Elui " Poyes tribe. Calyx and corolla white. Sweet-scented. 



This plant is very closely allied to Desmodhnn Amlersonii Seem., of which 

 only fruiting specimens are known, but differs in the narrow terminal leaflets 

 and more numerous segments of the fruit. 



lihachls of inflorescence 2-3 cm. long. Wings 2 cm. long. The last 

 revision of this genus is by Dr. Hochreutiner in Ann. Jard. Bot. Genev. 

 (1000) 30-16. Dr. Schindler subsequently described the genus Nepliro- 

 desmu.% transferring Arthrodlanilms sericeus and A. macrololrys to that 



jSf. alhus. 



Desmodhim (?) 



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Crotalaeia striata do. Mt, Mou ; cretaceous. 462. Widely dis- 

 tiibuted. 



Indigofera suffruticosa Miller (J. Anil Linn.). Port Despointes; 

 woods ; shrub G ft. 223. Widely distributed in tropical regions. 



TEriiuosiA PUHPUREA Pers. Paompai; creekside rocks; 2000 ft. 1012. 

 Small undershrub, branches erect. Corolla purple, standard erect. 



ilo Ouere ; littoral sand. 618. Low^ prostrate shrub. Widely distributed. 



Phaseolus adenanthus Gr. F. W. Mey. (P. truxillens'u II. B. K.). 



Paompai ; creekside weed ; 2000 ft. 1876. Twiner, Corolla purple, keel 

 yellowish, coiled in 2-3 turns of spiral. Widely distributed. 



P. neocaledonicus Bak. fil., sp. nov. Rhizoma crassum ; mnle volubili 

 ferrnoineo-hirto ; stipuUs sagittatis infra insertionem productis ; Joliis 

 pinna'tim trifoliolatis, foliolis lateralibus 5-7 cm. longis 2-.5-3 cm. latis, 

 ina)(iuilateralibus apice subacuminatis foliolis terminalibus 6-8 cm. longis, 

 fcquilatoralibuslobatis, lobo medio majore apice acuminatis basi late cuneatisj 

 florihils flavis ad apicem pedunculorum paucis pedunculis ferrugineo-hirtis ; 

 cahjt-e brevi 3-3'5 mm. longo, dentibus brevibus ; vexillo +11 mm. longo, 

 calyce 2-3-plo longiori ; carina apice incurva; leguminihus linearibuselon- 

 ;atis polyspermis juvenilibus + 7 cm. longis. 



Paompui ; Niaouli association ; 0-2000 ft. Perennial, stout rootstock 

 eaten by natives named "Maniania." Corolla yellow, widely open, apex of 

 keel twisted over to one side. 

 ' Allied to some forms of Fhaseolus Mungo L, 



PuKUARiA Thunbergiana Benth. Mont Moa; cretaceous edge of stream 

 forest. Niaouli reoion; 800 ft. G05. AVoody climber. Purple flowers, 



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blotch of yellow in middle of base of standard. Widely distributed. 



