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302 PLANTS FROM ]SKW CALEDONIA, 



This species, wliicli i:^ allied to Pancheria gatopensls YieilLj bus light green 

 glabrous leaves, resenibllng those of Vibvrnum Tinus, The margins are 

 recurved, but not serrate. The capitula are small on slender pedicels. 



CODIA FLORIHUNDA Brongn. & Gris. Taom; sorpenline scrub 1500 ft. 

 2327. Shrub 3 h. Leaves medium green, stiff, hard. Flowers white In 

 spherical heads, sweet-scented. 



Pancheria tinifoua Brongn. & Gris. Ignambi; Niaouli association; 

 1000 ft. Gneiss, 1848. Small shrub 3 ft. Leaves shining above. Flowor- 

 lieads greenish white, scentless. Leaves 3-4 cm. long, 10-17 mm. broad, 

 petioles 2-3 mm, long. Heads of flowers 4-5 mm. in diameter. Petals 

 1"5 mm. long. Carpels 2 mm. long. 



Noticeable on account of the rather small ternate verticillatc elli})tical or 

 oblong-elliptical leaves and small heads of flowers. 



P. rubiuvenia 13ak* fil,, sp, nov. Frutex circ, 6-pedalis ramulis validis 

 cortice plumbeo yel cinereo obtectis; foliis rigidis 5-7 cm.x2'5"4'0 cm. 

 verticillatia elliptici>s vel ovato-cllipticis niargine recurvatis et serratis costa 

 subtus prominente nervis lateralibus 7-9 marginem versus furcatis et inter so 

 conjungentibus, petiolo 2-4 mm. longo crasso prreditis ; Jlorilms in capitula 

 sphrerica +10 mm, diam. pedunculata glomeratis ; pedimcnUs fusco- vel rufo- 

 tomcntosis erectis 2'5-3*5 cnulongis; capttulis involucratis; hracteis ovatis 

 acuminatis ; j)etaJis ellipticis scariosis nuirgine ciliatis; staminihus 6-8 

 exsertisj ovarto imperfecto. 



Tonine; mountain-top scrub; 3500 ft. 1935. Shrub (1 ft. Stems hard. 

 Leaves stiff, dark green, reddish nerve, edges lecurved somewhat })uckered. 

 Flowei'S Oil erect peduncles tinged with pink. Strong-scented. 



Noticeable on account of the stifif^ glabrous, elliptical^ or ovate-el]i{)tical, 

 shortly pctiolate leaves, with reddish nerves. The capitula are on erect fusco- 

 or rufo-tomentose peduncles. In this species the capitula are involucrate, 

 but the leaves are whorled and serrate. 



P. PiNNATA Vieill. Plaine des Lacs ; abundant on moderate slopes ; 800 ft.; 

 ser])entine. 30G. Shrub G ft.^ simple unbranched stem. Leaves in whorls 

 of three. Flower-heads white. 



P. LANCEOLATA Yieill. Poume ; serpentine scrub; 500 ft. 2382. Shrub 

 5 ft. Leaves light green, midribs reddish yellow. Perianth brownish^ 

 filaments white. 



P. COMMUNIS Bak. fil., sp. nov. Frutex circ. 5-pedalis ; foliis corlaceis 

 glabris 20-25 mm. X 11-15 mm. quaternatim verticillatis oblongo-obovatis 

 margino a[>icem versus serratis nervis lateralibus 5-6 marginem versus 

 arcuatis et inter se conjungentibus, petiolis 1-2 mm. lungis priuditis ; 



