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SPEXCER MOORE: GAMOPETAL.E. 353 



sabgloboso albo-sericeo 1 innu long, in styluni brcvem coiioidouin glabruin 

 stiginuto parvo obscarlssimo lobulato tcninnatuiii (lt;sinente. 



Comboui ; serpentine scrub and scrubby wood ; 2500 £t, 2183. 



P. Wakere Pierre* to which this is evidently allied, has hiro-er leaves with 

 much longer petioles, longer pedicels to the flowers^ corolla suddenly 

 expanded at the limb, and a different ovnry and style. 



Planctionella saligna S. Moore^ sp. nov. Planta fuuticosa trimetralis, 

 erecta; ramis subteretibus saltern superno crcbro foliosis cortice griseo oljductis 

 prinio minute pubescentibus mox glabresoentibas;/o/275 10 x l-l"2 cm. alternis 

 sat approximatis lincari-lauceohitis obtuse mucronatis basi in petiolnm latum 

 5 mm. long, extenuatis coriaceis glabris ; flonbus m axillis solitariis pediccUo 

 brevi insidentibns ; cahjcis segmentis 5 valde imbricatis, 4— 1'5 x2-2'5 mm- 

 ovato-oblongis obtusis extcrioribus (uti pedicelli) dorso pills ferrugineis 

 copiose pr^editis iutcrioribus minoribus necnon glabris ; corolla lactea calyco 

 paullulum breviori extus glabra tubo 1'5 mm. long, lobis tube ?oquilongis 

 orbicularibus a^stivatlono valde imbricatlsj staminihus tubo paullulum infra 

 03 staminodiis quam stamina paullo altius insertis his linguret'ormibus crassi- 

 usculis fihimentis '75 mm. long, antheris baud visis ; ovario basi villoso 

 5-loculari ut stylus 2 mm. long,; st^Io crassiusculo glabro ; ovulo apicem 



versus loculi affixo. 



Mont Panic; among rocks by cascade ; 1200 ft. 1826. 



The glabrous willow-like leaves with the shortly pediccUed axillary flowers 



serve to distinguish this on sight. 



>S, Moore, sp. nov, Arhov 9-mctralis late 



ramosa ramis apicem versus foliosis cortice cinereo obductis ; 

 9-10x3-4 cm. breviter petiolatis oblongis obtusis basi rotundatis margine 

 cartihigineis coriaceis utrobiquo glabris cosfa media snbtus eminente cosfis 

 lateralibus utrinquo circa 12 interjoctis aliis valoris minoris omnibus sicut 

 reto sublaxum mediocriter aspectabilibus ; floriljus pedicellatis in fascicules 

 5-8-floros sessiles approximates ex axillis foliorum mortuorum oriundos 

 digestis; pedicellh circa 7 mm. long, flores pansos vix a3quantibus sicut calyx 

 tubtiliter ferrugineo-sericeis ; calycis fere 5 mm. long, segmentis 5 late 

 ovatis apice rotundatis crassiusculis ; coroUce sordide alba3 tubo calyco paullo 

 brevioro glabro lobis 5 mm. long, ovatis obtusis cito pafentibns ; stmnhnlms 

 10 coroliie ori affix is filamentis G mm. long, exsertis crassiusculis clabris 



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quam antherse sagittatse manifesto longioribus ; ovario dense villoso 5-loculari 

 2 mm. long, stylo conoidoo glabro 3 mm, long, coronato. 

 Tgnambi ; on gneiss in forest ; 3500 ft. 1521. 



Baillon's genus Aclivadotupus should apparently be merged in Palaquium^ 

 otherwise tlie genus, which from India extends over iho Malay Arcli][)elago 

 and on to Samoa, has hitherto had no Xew Ouledonian representative^ 



