

322 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



MvoDOCARPCS ELEGANS Dub. & Vig. ISekaiiclo ; coniferous forest ; 8000 ft.; 

 serpentine, 1083. Small tree 15 ft* 



Pelarbrea collina Vieill. Mont Moii ; moist valley of Niaouli zone ; 

 800 ft.; cretaceous. 514. Tree 25 ft., false dieliotomous branches. Long 

 yellowish inflorescences (spec, of distal ^). 



Meryta cortacea Bailh Mont Ilunihohlt ; streamside forest ; 1500ft. ; 

 serpentine, 1037. Tree 25 ft, ; erect, simple stenij crown of leaves some 

 4ft.]on;5* Intiorescenco in terniina! ^'roup. Inflorescence white, buds green. 



M. iMiCROCARrA Baill. Ignanda ; frequent in forest; 2500 ft. 1611. 

 Small tree 12 ft.; simple stem^ crown of leaves. Terminal panicles. Yellow 



scentless flowers. 



From Oucn Toro 5G is another species of Meryta^ but is without flowers* 



ScHEFFLERA COMBOUIENSIH Bak. fib, sp, uov. Avhuscula circ. 20"pedalis 

 ad S, pachyphjllam Harms accedens ; foliis longiuscule (7-13 cm.) petio- 

 latis di<'i talis 3-foliolatis glabris foliolis brevitcr obovatis vel oblon^o- 





o!)ovatts 8-11 cm. X 3-5 cm., lamina sensim fore ad apicem pctioli decurrcnto 

 apioe rotundatis, costa subtns prominento; panlciila breviter pcdunculata 

 terminali ramosa ramulis und)ellatini digostis podicellis crassiusculis ; cahjcis 

 marf^Ine minute denticulato; j)^^^^^^ ^ vidvatis crassiusculis ; ovario 

 4-loculari stylis 3-4 arote connatis in flore approximatis erectis in fructu 



recurvatis. 



Comhoui Mts. ; forest; >3000 ft,; serpentine. 2181. Stems soft, 

 mucilage exudes. Perianth of 5 segments, rcfloxed with upturned tip. 

 Anthers yellow. Ripe fruits 12-13 mm. long, 7-8 mm, broad. 



Allied to Scliefflera paclifjjfhylla Harms, l)ut the leaflets are larger and the 

 stylos fewer, A small tree with digtiately S-foliolate leaves and flowers in 

 terminal uniLellate panicles, allied also to S, BaJaasivna Bail), and S. Le liati 



IL Vig. 



S. CoMPTONii Bak, fib, sp. nov, Avhuscula circ, 20-pedalis late ramosa j 

 /b/Z/^alternis palmatim 13-14 follolatis foliolis oblongis vel oblougo-lanceolatis 

 10-lG cm. X 25-43 mm. papyraceis,apico rotundatis vel emarginatis 15-30 mm, 

 lono-a petiolulatis, nervis lateralibus tenuibus marginem versus fnrcatis 

 costa subtus conspicua, petiolo communi ±211 cm. longo foliolis longiori ; 

 inflorescentia clongata ±41 cm. longa racemosa, ramis patentibus C-7 cm. 

 lon<ds numerosis tenuibus, floribiis minutis numerosis subsessilibus sub- 

 •viridibus ; calych deniibus hv^y\^^\n\h acuiis ; j^ef alls triangularibus acutis ; 

 stamtnibns 5 petalis alternanfcibus ; ovario infcro 4-loculari ovulis solitariis 



pro loculo, stylis minutis. 



To-nand)i ; forest; 1500-3500 f\.; gneiss, frequent. 10G9. Soft wood. 

 Leaves alternate. Long raceujes of stiff spikes, Flowers greenish, segment^ 

 rcflexed. 



