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Port Bouquet; on riverside serpentine scrub ; 50 £t, 2245. Shrub or 



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small tree. Flowers greenisli^ scentless. 



Closely allied to P. myrsinoides Scblechter, from which it differs by its 



smaller obtuse or subemarginate IcaveSj with shorter petioles, b}' 

 pubescent inflorescence^ the shorter calyXj and the greenish flowers. 



the 



Olavis Specterum. 



A. Folia 8-10 cm. longa. Petioli 10-15 mm. longi. 



P. myrsinoides Schlechter 



B. Folia minora^ 3-5 cm. longa. Petioli breviores, 3-5 mm. longi. 



a. Folia ba?i subcordafa, 

 &, Folia basi late cuneata. 



P» mhiutijiorum Balv, fil. 

 P. neocaledonicinn Bak. fil 



IluBUH MOLUCCANUS L., var. keocaledonicus Schlcchter. Mont Mou ; 

 weedy area derelict cultivation; 8000 ft. 560. Petals white. Drupels 

 bright red. 



SAXIFRAQACEiE. 



Argophyllum Sghlechterianum Bonati & Petitmangin. Buie Ngo; 

 abundant in serpentine scrub; 100 ft. 250. Shrub 6 ft. Inflorescence grey. 

 Corolla yellow. 



Var. nov. yestitum Bak. fil. Friite.v circ. G-pedalis ramis tomento brevi 



griseo vol cinereo indutis ; foliis ellipticis Yel oblongo-ellipticis superne 



nitidis subtus tomento brevi rufescente vel cinerascente vestitis margme 

 Sfcpius ultra medium grosse serratis ; floribus numerosis in cymas peduncu- 



latas digestis. 



Taom; frequent in serpentine scrub; 1000-2000 ft. 



2298. Corolla bright 



yellow, 

 tomentose 



Rest of inflorescence white downy. Scentless. Calyx albo- 



3 mm. long. Petals yellow, 4 mm. long. 



A. NiTiDUM Forst. Mt. Mou ; damp guUey ; 800 ft. 544. Mont Panic ; 

 •neiss. 1827. Shrub 8 ft., much branched. Corolla white. Flowers 



whitish on white-stemmed panicle. Scentless. Australia. 



A. ellipticum Labilb, var. nov. Comptonii Bak* fil. Frutex 6-pedalis 

 ramis rigidis cicatricibus foliorum delapsorura notatis ; foliis obovatis vel 

 ovatis 5'5-S'O cm. x 4-5 cm., superne glabris subtus tomento brevi rufes- 

 cente vel cinerascente instructis apice obtusis vel subacutis petiolis 10-15 mm. 

 longis suffultis; Jloribus in cymas axillares dispositis; calycis lohis brevibus ; 

 petalis 5 intus luteis +5 mm. longis^ triangulari-ovatis ; ovario semisupero 



stylo simplici. 



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