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328 PLANTS FHOM NF.W CALEDONIA. 



Tin's IS mucli lilvo 7?, mavmnnensh Broiio-n wliicli lias narrower and 

 thinner leaves, difforentl}' slniped calyx segments, a still longer corolla and 

 an elono-ated, clavate stio'ma. 



LiNDENiA viTiENSis Secm. River Tchiem ; crooksidc ; 200 £t. 1978. 

 Western Polynesia. 



LuciN^A NEOCALEDONICA S. Moore, sp. nov. Fridex scandens^ siirsuin 

 foliosus aliqnanto viscidiis ; raiunlU suMeretibus striatulis minute puLerulis ; 

 /o//iw vulgo IV5-4x 1*8 cm, breviter petiolalis cllipticis vel anguste oblongo- 

 obovatis utrinquo obtu^is crassiusculo-coriaceis nncroscopico pubornlis 

 pf»g. sup. nitidis costis latoralibus pancis inconspicuis ; stipulis })etio]os 

 longit. snperantibus (5-9 nun. long.) oonnatis aj)icc rotundatis; cajjitidis 

 adusqiie 18 (?pepe vcro paucius) -floris 7-8 mm. diam.; ovano 1 mm, long. 

 Lroviior cylindraceo succo resinoso implicato ; cahjce cupnlari ovarium 

 ada^yuanto ; coroUcc 5 nnn. long, tubo ox calyce eniinonto a medio loviter 

 amjdinto oxtus puberulo intus in faucibus villoso lobis tubuni asquantibus 

 ovnto-oblongis apice incrassatis recurvis quoquebasi pilorum pulvino prredito ; 



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a//^/i(??'?^ semi^exsertis subsessilibus faucibus insertis oblono;is acutls 1*5 mm. 

 long. 



No note of locality. 2Ii04:. The corollas examined were pierced b}" some 

 insect, and the stvlos of such flowei*s could not be found. 



No. 23G8 from Poumo, serpentine scrub, 500 ft.; with somewhat smaller 

 and relatively bro:ider leaves, is to be referred here. 



This Malayan genus has recently been reported from New Guinea (Yaleton 

 in Nova GuineUj Bot. vlii, 4G2 ; Wernbam in Trans. Linn. Soc, Bot. ser. 2, 

 ix. 71), and its further extension lo Now Caledonia is a fact of some interest. 



Takenka leioloba S, MoorOj comb. nov. [ChomeUa Jeioloha Guillaum. ex 

 descript.) Plaine des Lacs; Dacryjilmm-Camarina association on dry slopes. 

 ;?73. 



Until quite recently this genus was not known to occur in New 

 Caledonia, although it exfends from India through tlie Archipehigo to 

 Australia and Polynesia, Guillauniiu (Not. System, iii. 1G2) records four 

 Now Caledonian species 



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Banoja nGOYEXSIS Ilntchins. ms. in Kerb. Kew» {Gardenia ngoijensh 

 Schlechter). River (_\)nibouI; creeksido forest in alluvial plain; 50 ft. 

 222(). Small tree 20 £t. Corolla white, scentless. 



11. COMPTONII S. Moore, sp. nov. Frutex ghihcr, bimetralis; ramuUs 

 suhtiM'etibus subdistanter Poliosis; foliis (4-11 x 3-5'5 cm.) petiolatis ovatis 

 vol ovato-oblongis obtusis nisi obtusissimis basi cuneatis coriaceis supra 

 nitontibus costa media facie utravis facile aspectabili costis latoralibus utrinque 

 8-i) tonuibus pet, l-2'5 cm. long. ; stipulis ovatis acutis vcl brevitcr acumin- 



atis usque 7 mai. long. ; cf/mis 3x3 cm. brovlbus podunculatis axillaribus 



