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UnibcUatiiS^ bractoiitas, plurifloras, axillares et terminales digest!, iia 

 paniciilam terniinalein referentcs, 



Merismostigma neocaledonicum S. Moorcj sp. Tinica. (PI. 20.) Eamulis 



SLiLteretibus ad nodes tuniidis distaiitor cicatricitoris ; foliis 7-]0x2"5-4 cm. 

 oLloiioo*ol)laiiceolatis vel obloniro-obovatis obhisis nisi obtusissiinis non- 



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nunqiiain retusis basi ciineatini angiistatis p;ig. utraqiie pallide niteutibus 

 costis secundariis pancis mediocriter aspootabibbus petiolis 1-1'5 cm. long. ; 

 stipulis Yix 3 mm. b)ng. j c^?n?A- foliis ultunis imminutis circitcr rcquilongis 



(4x3 cm.) ; peduHculis pedicellos longe cxcedentibus illis 2-3 cm. iis 5 mm. 

 long. ; hracteis parvulis ovatis obtusis vel acutis ; ovario fero 3 mm, long, 

 ovoidco-turbinato (]^iiam calycis limbus paullnlum longiori; coroUce alba; tiibo 

 ex calyce brcviter eminente 4 mm. long, lobis cito reflexis oblongis obtusis 

 crassiuscnlis G mm, long* ; flamentis glabri^ 3 mm. antlieris G mm. long. ; 

 sti/lo crassiusculo glabro 4 mm. long.; stujmatis ramis anguste linearihus 



obtusis. 



Jgnambi ; forest ; 2000 ft. ; gneiss. 



The chief characteristics of the genus are tlie inflorescence and thebiramose 

 stigimi, the latter a very unusual feature of the Vanguenecu, 



IxoKA YAHOUEXSis Schlechtcr. (/. neocaJedonica Hochrcut.) Mont 

 Canala ; forest ; 2000 ft. ; mica schist. 1115. Shrub G ft. Corolla with 

 crimson tube and white spreading limb. 



I. CAIJLIFLOIIA Montrouz. (ex descript.). River Ngoyc ; frequent in 

 SpermoUpis forest ; 350 ft. ; serpentine. 1025. Small tree. Flowers 

 from main stem on protruding lumps of callus : tube crimson at base, fading 

 off to white at moutli. Stigmas puik. The specimen agrees well with the 

 description so far as concerns the Icafj but the corollas are a little short. A 

 main feature separating this species from others which are cauliflorous is the 

 acute ending of the loaves* 



I. KUAKUENSis S. Moorc^ sp. nov. Arbuscnla 8-metrali3, glabra : triinco 

 cortice griseo circnnuhito ; raor?/Z/5 compressitisculis saltem sui'sum foliatis; 

 foViis 24xG-5cm. valide petiolatis (pot. 2'5cm. long.) oblongo-oblanceolatis 

 obtusissimis basi gradatim angiistatis corlaceis pag, sup. nitidis prommenter 

 reticulatis costis lateralibus pluribus (uLrlnque circa 20) Interjectis aliis 

 Lreviorlbus sed pariter prominentlbus ; sllpidis triangularibus acutis quam 

 petioli certe brevioribus (8 mm. long.) ; cijnih paucifloris in trunco sessilibus ; 

 imlieellis ovario sa^piuslongioribus basi vol juxta medium vel apice bracteatis ; 

 ovario 1*5 mm. long, turbinato calyci tubuloso 4-dentato sequilongo ; corolhe 



4 cm. long. 4-meroft tubo ealycem multoties supenmte quam lobl oblongi 

 acuti 4-plo longiorej staminihus ori i*ffixis exsertis filamoutis quam anlhera? 



5 mm. long, brevioribus; stiymale primo fusiformi apiceque biiido dein e ramis 

 2 lineari-lanceolatis sistente* 



Kualiue ; forest on edge of alluvium ; serpentine ; 50 ft. 928- 



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