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334 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



Var. BKRVIBXOUA, A (ypo divergetis solum mode ol) flores brevioros circa 

 2'5 cm. long. Mont Doro ; valloy forest ; 200 ft. ; terpentine. 845. Small 

 tree 20 ft. Corolla with pink tube and Avhito limb. 



The species is easily distinguished from I. caulijlova Montronz. by tlie 

 bluntj more lengthily stalked leaves and the maikedly pedicelled flowers, 



IxoRA FLORIDA S. MoorCj sp. nov. Fridex 2^-metralis, glaber; ranndis sat 

 validis cortice cinereo obductis foliormn cicatricibiis promincntibiis onustis ; 

 foliis 8-12 X 'J='5-5'5 cm. ovato-oblonois ovatisve obtusis vol retusis basi in 

 petioluni latum +10 mm. long, coartatis crasse coriaceis supra leviter nitidis 

 costis lateralibus utrinquo circa 8 parum prominulis reticnlo submediocrller 

 visibili ; stlpulis potiolis brevioribus {r5 mm. long.) late ovatis acutis ; c^mis 

 termimilibus panicnlatis foliis circiter a^quilongis multifloris; jloribus i-movh 

 pedicellis + 10 mm. long, bracteatis calyces facile excedentibus fultis ; 

 ovario 2-5 mm, long, turbinato calycem subpoqimnte ; cal^cis limbo fere basin 

 iTsqno diviso segmentis oblongis obtui^issinn's apice sa^})e recurvis; coroUte t\\hd3 

 tubo elongato (oI'5 mm. long.) Io1)os ovato-oblongos acutos 4-plo excedente ; 

 sLamhdhas exsertis ore corolla) insertis ; stylo exserto stigmate 2-ramoso 

 coronato 36 mm. long. 



Plaine des I^acs ; uncommon on banks of liiv. du Oarenage ; serpentine ; 

 COO ft, 300. 



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Var. ANGUSTA. Folia anguste oblongo-ovata, plerumque 8-11 x 2'5-3'r> cm. 

 Ceteroquin uti in typo. Mont Dore; abundant in 12-foot scrub, 2000 ft. : 

 serpentine. G92. 



I, Jlorhla is evidently near 7. Franni Schlechter & K. Kranse judging 

 from the description of the latter: the chief points of difference are seen 

 in the longer-pedicelled flowers of I.florida and the obtuse segments of the 

 calyx. 



T. CoMPToNii S. MoorC; sp. nov. Arlmscula fere 5-metralis ; ramulis 

 validis glal)rls cortice cinereo obductis superne folio^is ; foliis plerumque 

 11-20 X()'5-U cm. brevipetiolatis late ovato-oblongis a})ice rotundatis nisi 

 obtusissimis vel subito cuspidulatis basi rotundato-cordatis pergamaceis costis 

 pag. inf. fcrrugineis exemph's glabris costis lateralil)us utrinque 9-11 

 mediocritcr visibilibus; siipidis ovatis acuminatis cito deciduis ; (y})tis 

 4-6 X 7-10 cm. foliis brevioribus panicnlatis multifloris j pedicellis circa 

 1 nun. Ion*;, bracteis subulatis 2-3 mm. lon<i;. onusfcis : ovario oblouf^o- 

 ovoideo calyce breviore ; calycis limbo 4-lobo 2*5 mm. lojig. lobis obtusis 

 dorso carinulatis ; corolLv puniccae 4-menx} amygdalodora^ tubo superne 

 levissime ampliato 27 mm. long, lobis ovato-oblongis acutis vel obtusis quani 

 tubus plusqnam 4-plo brevioribus; staminihus ore corolla? affixis antheris 

 5 mm. long, tilamentis manifestis suffultis; stylo breviter exserto; stiguiatis 

 ramis lineari-lanceolatis acntis* 



Ignambi; creekside forest ; 1000 ft. j gneiss. 1604, 



