320 I'LANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



HoMALiUM GuiLLANii Guillauuiiu. Kiuikuc ; forest on iilluviuiii ; 50 ft. 

 895. Small tree 20 It. Flowers white, in half-pendent racemes. Fuint 

 unpleasant smell. 



II. AUSTUOCALKDOXICUM Soom. Rivor Comboui ; alluvial serj)entino 

 scrub near river ; 100 ft. 2234. Small tree 12 ft. Catkins drooping. 

 Flowers greenit^h white, slight sweet scent. 



H. RUiUGlNOSUM Warb. (BlackweUia rnhiginosa Vieill.) Mont Caiuilii ; 

 moist forest ; 1500 ft. ; mica schists. 1207. Small tree 20 ft. with spreailin g 

 crown. Flowers o-roenish Avhite, llacomes pendent. 



H. SYLVICOLUM Bak. fil., sp. nov. ArLuscula circ. 27-peJalis sec. cl. detcc- 

 torem ad II. intennedium Vieill. valde accodeiis; foJiis suLeoriaceis glabris 

 ovato-lanceolatis 7-9-5 cm.x3-4\5 cm.^ margine grosse serratis vel undulatis 

 superne nitidis nervis lateralibus G-8 marginoin versus arcuatis et inter so 

 conjangentibus nervis secundariis tenuibns reticulatis, potiolis 8-11 nun. 

 longis ^uKnUl^iforibus subsessilibus in racemos spiciformes dispositis; caJyce 

 5 mm. longOj tuljo extus puhescente longitudiniiliter striatis lobis 7 lineari- 

 lanceolatis 2*5 mm. longis, apice subacuminatis petalis {^equilongis ; petalis 

 2*5 mm. longis, intus hirtis apice subobtusis ; stammihifs circ. 28; stalls 3 ; 



ovario hirto* 



Nekando; Spermolcjns forest; 1000 i\, ; serpentine. 9i8. Small tree 20 ft. 

 The distinguishing features of this species are the suLcoriaceuus ± ovate- 

 lanceolate glabrous petlolate leaves. The flowers are in lax s])ikes, and there 

 are 7 calyx-lobes alternating with 7 petals, and about 28 stamens and 3 

 styles. 788 from Mt, Koghi is allied, but the flowers are only in bud. 



H. KANALENSE Briquet. Plaino dcs Lacs ; flood plain ; 800 ft. ; serpen- 

 tine. 378. Shrub 6 ft. Flowers greenish. 



JussiKUA SUFFRUTICOSA L. Canala ; freshwater swamps and streams; 

 1309. Subshrub. Leaves light green, often turning red. Corolla yellow, 

 falling readily. Erect white soft aquatic aerating roots. Ignambi ; fresh- 

 water ditches, pools, and muddy creeks ; 1606. AVidely distributed. 



PASSlFLOREiE. 



pAt5?>iFL0UA FG^TiUA L. Port Ngea, Noumea ; littoral also roadside 

 weed, uncommon ; 2i. Calyx with long sticky glandular hairs. Petals 

 white, incurved, Plant nauseous. AVidely distributed. 



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