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PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA 



described iii liuving oblong or lauccolato leaves 6 X 2 cm., sessile flowers, a 

 toothed calyx and fruit the si/e of a "petite noix." There is no specimen of 

 this in our licrbaria, and tliough apparently allied to, it is manifestly different 



from Mr. Compton's plant. 



To bo referred here is :— No. 1012, River Ngoyo, Casuarina forest, 500 ft., 



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calyx lobes 



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».). This is noted as u shrub or siniiU tree Avith calyx peri=i^tcnt 



on tlio large oranoe-coloureJ fruit. The young resinous bads arc chewed by 

 tho natives to produce a kind of seah'ng-wax. 



Gakdknla SYLVESTRis S. Moore, sp, nov. Frutex nisi arhuscula usquebinic- 

 trails raniosa novellis pubcrnlis floribusque excniptis glabra j ramidis crecto- 

 ndentibus deorsuui nudis vel potius stipulis fuscis persistcntibus pranlitis 

 sursum paria folioruni pauea cmittentibus glabris; J 



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2*2 cm. o 



blongo-ohlanccolatis obtusissimis 1)asi in petiolum breveni (2-3 mm. 

 long.) cuncatini coartatis utrobirpie succani rcsinosani copiose efferentibus 

 cosfca centrali pag. utraque optiine eminente costis lateralibns ntrinque circa 



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visibilibiis inferioribus 2 srope oppositis suboppositisve ; i^lijndls 



2-3 mm. long, connatis abbreviatis truncatis din persistcntibus ; florilms 

 subscssilibus ex axillis sumniis solitatim oriundis ; orario turbinaio calycis 

 limbo paullo brcviore; caJfjris lobis 5-7 mm. long, foliosis lineari-oblongis 

 aeutis vel obtusluscnlis uti ovarium pubcrulis nccnon vaidc resinosis ; corolla 

 alba suave(den(o exlus pubcrula intus juxta medium pilosa tubo subcylindrico 

 (supcrne Icviter gradatinujuc dilatato) 21 mm. long, lobis obovatis apice 

 rotnndiitis quam tubus plane brevioribus (13x10 mm.); antheris fauci 

 affixis brcvitcr exsertls apice uncinulatis 13 mm* long. 



Tort Dcspoinies; woods. 225. Thero is doubt about the style which, 

 in the case of the only flower examined, is perhaps not the entire organ : 

 this measures to the tip o£ the 2-armed stigma only 5'5 muu in length. 



Evidently near 6'. novmeenns Schlechter k K- Krause, according to the 

 description dilfering from it in the obtuse leaves, the calyx with lobes only 

 half as longj the tubo of the corolla quite or nearly twice as long nnd 



lol 



almost so, and finally in the stamens half as long again. As far 



)es nmrn 



h shorter limn the tube, instead of equalling it in length or 



as tno 



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incomplete dcsori[)tiou goes, it shows much agreement with ih hicens 

 Panch. & Sebert, except that the calyx of this is said to be 5-toothedj certainlj 

 nut a possible account of the foliaceously lolied calyx of C. f^ylvestvis, 



Conspecific with this are Deplanehe 395 and Vieillard 2747 (neither 

 number cited by Guillaumin), named at Kew " Gardenia FitzalaniY .^IwidWT 

 an entirely ditferent plant, 



AxuACTOCAiiPUS cucuMiCAurus S. Moore, sp. nov. Arhuscula ; foliis (uno 

 solum viso) magnis breviter petiolatis ovato-oblongis obtusissimis basi late 



