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PIANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



in sicco luteo-viridibus apice obtusis basi cuncatis, eosta subtus conspicua, 



Litcralibiis tenuibus ' subtus prominulis, petiolis 3-5 mm. longis ; 

 albis suaveolcntibus pedicellatis podicollis strictis aKillaribus ; 



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nervis 



florlhiis 



hracteolls minimis ; cahjce 3 mm. loiio-o, tubo brevi turbinato lobis 5 sub- 



orbicularibus demum reflexis ; petalis 5 suborbicularibus 5 mm. longis ; 

 stamhiihus autheris minimis ; shjlo erecto filiformij ovar'w trilocukri. 



Plaine des Lacs ; Kaori forest, in sbeltorod valley ; 800 £t. ; serpen- 

 tine. 393. Tree slender and lanky. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Allied 

 in some respects to M. Vieillardu Brongn. & Gris. A tree with oval or 

 oblong-elliptical yellowish-green subcoriaceous petiulate glaln'ous leaves and 

 pedicellate axillary flowers, with a trilocular ovary. 



Mv 



Frutex 4:-pedalis ranuilis cortice 



fol 



3',5-4-5 cm. X 1*8-2-8 cm. apico scepius emarginatis, costa subtus conspicua, 

 nervis lateralibus tenuibus, petiolis 4-5 mm. longis ; florihis pentameris 

 paniculatis cymosis pedicellatis cymis folio brevioribus ; caiijc'is tuho sub- 

 (doboso lobis obtusis; petalis albis calyce longioribus; staminlhus numerosis; 



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W 



1002. Shrub 4 ft. Leaves 



lirrlit yellowish green, stiff. FloAvers wbito^ scented. Fruit spherical. A 

 shrub ^Yith elliptical or ovate-elliptical coriaceous yellowish-green petiolate 

 leaves and cymes of pentamerous flo^vors. The fruit is spherical, the 

 embryo curved, 



M. RUFO-ruNCTATA Panchor. Mt. Men; serpentine; 3000 ft,, dry 

 scrub. 627. Plaine des Lacs* 269. Shrub 4 ft. ; dry slopes. Taom ; 

 frequent in upland serpentine scrub ; 2500-3000 ft. 2330. Shrub 4 ft,. 



much branched with d 



foliao'e. 



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Leaves glandular. Flowers white, 



seen 



(less. 



M. PAITENSIS Schlechter. River Ngoye ; riverside scrub ; 400 ft. ; ser- 

 pentine. 2109. Shrub G ft. Stems reddish when young, thin, soft, slightly 

 stiffened. Corolla ivory or greenish, widely open. Slight sweet scent, 



M. NOOYENSis Sclilechtcr. Bale Kuakue ; occasional in scrub; 1000 ft, 



lighter beneath, with 



884. 



Shrub 6 ft. 



Copious dark green leaves, 



recurved margins. Flowers pendent, solitary, white, honeyed, sweet- 



see 



nted. 



M- ViKTLLARDil Brongn. & Gris* 



Taom ; lowland serpentine scrub ; 

 400 ft. 2934. Shrub 3 ft* Leaves light green, shiny, petioles and young 

 gtcm reddish. Flowers green. Calyx white^ corolla sw^eet-scented, 



