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29G ■ PLANTS FKOM NEW CALEDONIA. 



Petals Ivory-wliito, scentless. Oalyx when young externiiUy incano-tomen- 

 tose 18-20 mm. long, lowest lobe longer and narroAver. Wings 50-55 mm, 

 long, li^-15 mm. broad. Differs from type, "which comes from Fiji, by the 

 broader leaflets. . ^ 



Derkts FLiGiNOSA Benth. Port Ngea^ N^oiimra ; littoral /one. 7. AVoody 

 climber and sprawling plant. 



SoPTTORA TOMEKTOSA K Cap N'dona ; littoral uncommon. 873. Small 

 tree 15 fL Grey-green leaves. Widely distributed. 



C;!^:j^alpinia sepiaeia Roxb. Ignambi; 158G, Weed especially by 



creeks and in wet places in lowland Niaouli districts ; 1000 ft. Shrub 8 ft* 

 (vorolla sulphur-yellow. Anthers orange. Widely distributed. 



C, nuga Ait. Oubatche. 183*J. Littoral edge of mangrove swamp 

 Spreading bush. Flowers light yellow, scented. Widely distributed. 



C. SoHLECiiTEUi Harms. Mont Canala. 1200. Small tree 20 ft. Leaves 

 bright shining green, bipinnate. Flow^ers in terminal panicle. Oalyx 

 yellow, corolla yellow with orange blotch on standard. By streams in 

 Niaouli regions, 1000 ft., and in intermediate forest. 1024 from Tonine is 



closely allied. 



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C. BoNDUCELLA Fleming, lie Ouerc ; sandy littoral zone. GiG. 

 Flowers dingy yellow. Widely distributed. 



Storklella (§ T)oga) CoMPTONii Bak. fil., sp. nov. Fnde.v circ. 8-pedalis 

 sec. cL dctectorem ; folns imparipinnatissa^pius 3-4-jngis cum imparl foliolis 

 ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis 38-43x20-25 mm., basi snbcordatis vel 

 rotunda! is subcoriaceisj costa subtus conspicua, nervis lateralibus tenuissimis 

 petioliilis brevibus 3-5 nnu. longis ; floriliis luteis in paniculas densas et 

 multifloras dispositis ; sepalis 4 in alabastris imbricatis 10-11 mm. longis, 

 per anthesin initio subrectis demnm retlexis ; petalis 12-15 mm. longis, 

 lincaribus ; stamhdhus 4 liberis fihuuentis filiformibus nnlheris linearibus 

 basifixis loculis apicc poro dehiscentlbus 6-7 mm. longis ; orario subsessili in 

 fundo calycis libero phiriovulato ; legumine plano-compresso lignoso 1-spermo. 



Foumc ; occasional in scrub ; 400 ft.' 2302. Flowers in dense clusters, 

 bright orange-yellow, scentless; corolla, calyx and stamens all vellow. Fruit 



a flat woody pod with one black seed. 



The distinguishing features of this shrub are the ovate-elliptical or ellip- 

 tical leaflets broader than in Storklella Panrheri Baillon and the dense 

 panicles of orange-yellow flowers. 



