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Barringtonia NEOCALEDONiOA VieilL lliver Tcliiem; abundant in courses 

 of rivers and creeks ; 0-500 ft. 2001. Tree 25 ft. Branches thick, 

 but soft. Leaves and flowers on different branches. Leaves in ternunal 

 rosettes. Corolla pinkish in bud, white when open. Filaments white. 

 Agrees with VieiHard 2630. 



MELASTOMAOEJi:. 



Melastoma denticulatum Labill. Mont Mou ; moister parts of Niaouli 

 region ; 800 ft.; cretaceous. 52G. Shrub 6 ft. Mont Canala ; frequent by 

 streams in Niaouli region and in old cultivated areas: 2000 ft. 1246. Shrub 

 6 ft. Corolla white. Ignambi; 1841, Samoa^ Fiji, Friendly Islands, etc. 



LYTH RACEME. 



Pempiiis acidula Forst. Cap N'dona ; on rocky [)laces on littoral ; 874. 

 Shrub G ft. Hard leavesj white flowers, easily falling, Widely distributed. 



SAMYDACE^. 



Caskaria Melistaurum Spreng. Quen Toro, near Noumea ; littoral /one 

 just within forest. 55. Stiff branched shrub^ perianth greenish. Tchioni ; 

 creekside association. 2004. Kiver Coniboui ; Callitris forest ; 200 ft. ; 

 serpentine, 215G. Small shrub 3 ft. Branches spreading, dovsiventral. 

 Leaves dark green, hard texture. Flowers Avhite, scentless. Also from 

 Poume ; 2377. A plant from River Ngoye 1011 is closely allied. 



Dr. Scldechter seems to have overlooked the above species when he de- 

 scribed his C. sllvana in Engl. Bot. Jnhrb. xxxix. 198, as he states : " Die hier 

 beschriebene ist die erste Art welche von der Insel goworden ist/' C* silvana 

 Schlechter is probably not distinct from C. Melistaurum Spreng. 



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C CoMrTONii Bak. fiLj s]). nov. Fratex circ, 2-pedalis ramulis teretlbus 

 lonticellosis ; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-ovatis 8-10 cm. x 30-35 mm,, iipico 

 obtusis basi rotundatis margine grosse serratis superne nitidis, costa subtus 

 prominula^ utrinque glabris nervis hiteralibus utrinqne 5-8 gracilibus, 

 [)etioIo 6-10 mm. longo sutfultis ; florihus viridibus in axillis folioruni 

 glomerulatis, glomerulis petiolis 2-3-plo brevioribus ; pedieeUis brevissimis 

 basi bracteatis ; calycls 3 mm. longo ; tuho brevi lobis 5 ovatis ; staunn'thifs 

 10 cum staminodiis totidem hirsutis alternatis; orario hirsuto in styluni 



subnullum attenuate, stigmate capitate; fructu ignoto. 



Taom; Casnarina woods; 200 ft.; serpentine. 2290. Shrub 2 ft. ; simple 

 stem, dorsiventral flowering shoots. Flowers green. Leaves glabrous, 

 shining above. 



Allied to <?. Melistaurum Spreng., but ditfers by the smaller, grossly serrate 

 leaves. 



