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PLANTS FUOM NKW CALEDONIA. 



OcTOTHECA FLBRANDROIDES R. Vig. Mont Ko<T]ii ; frequent in forest 

 mar o-in ; 2000 ft.; sorpentino. 789. Tree 30 £t. Flowers greenish white. 



closely allied; Blont Panic Forest; 1500ft. 1787. 



The following is 



Tree 20 ft. Buds black shining. Perianth green on inside, reflexed. 



TiKGHEMOrANAX AUSTROCALEDONICUM P. Vig. Mont Mou ; frequent in 

 forest; 1500 ft.; serpentine. 433. Tree 12 ft.; simple stem, crown of 

 leaves. Terminal inflorescence. 



T. DIOTCUS R. Vig. 



ni 



( 



dioica Harms.) Mont Koghi ; forest- 



margin ; 2000 ft. ; serpentine. 785. Small tree 20 ft. Fruit a small dark 



Kuakue ; edge of scrubby forest ; 100 ft. ; serpentine. 950. Shrub 



b 



orry 



or small tree. Fruit a reddish, slightly flattened berry. 



T SUBINCISLTS R. Vig. Couline Nekete ; forest; 1000 ft.; schists. 1278. 



Small tree. Leaves dark 

 axillary, flowers white. 



green 



rachis and veins brown. Inflorescence 



Enochoria Bat. fiL, gen. nov. 



Flores polygami. Flos $ . Calycis tubus ovarlo adnatus limbiis in lobos 

 6_8 divisus, lobis triano;nlaribus acutis crassis ovario longioribns glabris. 

 Petala 0. Ovarium 6-8-locitlare e carpellis 6-8 sistens, carpello quoquo 

 stylo crasso et brevi coronato, stigmate lineari in facie interior© decurrenlc, 



in umboncm vel conum brevem connatis, Ovula in loculis 



nee 1 



stylis 



soUtaria, ab apice pondula; fructns ignotns. Flos ^ . Stamina G-8, anthera3 



fila mentis 



lono'iores, loniritudinaliter dehiscentes. 



A^'hor erecta. 



Folia 



7 mnjnscnlis penninerviis glabris 



digitatim composita, petiolata, foliolis 

 petiolulatis apice acutis basi cuneatis niembranaceis, nervis lateralibus 

 tenuibus creberrimis parallelis ab costa angiilo recto vol fore recto abeun- 

 tibus niaro-ine nnduLitis vel crenulato-iindalutis. Florum capifula secns 

 ramos panicula3 sessilia, mnltiflora vel pluriflora, densa, bracteata^ floribiis 

 sinouilis basi-bracteatis. (PL 19.) 



Tree; erect stem. Crown of large digitate leaves tbin, medium green. 

 Terminal flesliy inflorcsceneo, flowers dull yellowish. 



It is allied to Brassaia actinopJii/Ua from Queensland in which the flower- 

 heads are rather numerous along the stout rachis of the racemes and not 

 as in Enochona sessile ; and in FnocJwria there are no petals or they are at 

 an early period caducous. The leaves are somewliat similar to those of 



The genera Strolilopanax and Botryodendron have 



Scluflera affinis Baill. 



flowers In heads, but simple leaves. 



Enochoria S.YLVTCOLA5 sp. nov 



Arhor erecta ; foliis palmatim compositis 



petiolatis foliolis 



7 majusculis mcmbranaceis oblongis vel oblongo-ellipticig 



