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35H PLANTS fUOM NEW CALEDONIA. 



antheris '75 mm. long. ; ovario piuno omnino infero 3-!oculavi ; sttjJo 

 filamentis paullo brevJore glabro. 



Mt. Canala ; forest; 200-300 ft; mica schisL 1151. Tree often 

 80-100 £L 



Near S. rotundiforia Brongn., but with dKierent leaves^ considerably 

 larger flowers subtended by bigger bracts, and corolla relatively shorter 

 in comparison "with the calyx. The broader ovary, moreover, suggests a 

 difference in the shape of the fruit* 



For S. MUNPA^ sp. nov,, see p. 415, 



OLEACEiE. 



J ASMiNUM SIMPLICIFOLIUM Forst. Locality and number wanting. Australia 

 and Polynesia, 



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J. DiDYMUM Forst. Mt. Mou ; gully forest ; 1500 ft. ; serpentine, 455, 

 Liane flowering about 25 ft. up. Corolla white, strong scent, Australia, 

 Polynesia, 



OsMAXTHUS Badula Ilutchins. MS. in herb. Kew, {JVotekva Bachda 

 Vieilh) Plainc des Lacs ; edge of flood plain ; GOO ft.; serpentine. 382. 

 Kiv* Dumbea; flood plain ; 100 ft.; serpentine, 413. Riv, Ngoye ; riverside 

 association ; 300 ft, 2049. Shrub 4-8 ft,, much branched, branches often 

 Ivino- on the ground. Flowers globular, scentless. Corolla white. No, 1)G2 



from Ngoye (among stones in river-bed, serpentine, 200 ft,) would seem to 

 be a narrow-leaved form of tins species, 



0. VACClNioiDES Hochreut. {Kotehca vaccinioules Schlecbter.) Nekando • 

 serpentine scrub ; 2000 ft. 2128. Shrub 4 ft. Leaves stiff, hard, li*rht 

 green. Flowers white, scentless. No, 188 would seem to be tiiis in fruit 

 Baie Kuakue ; serpentine scrub ; 300 ft. Fruit ovoid, 7x4 mm. 



APOCYNACEiE. 



MeLODINUS BalanS.e Baill. Riv. Dumlnia ; scrubby woods above stream ; 

 200 ft.; serpentine. 815, Low wootly climber. AVhite latex. Leaves 

 dark irreen above, lioht below. Corolla white. 



M. rniLLiu.EOiDES Labill. Ignambi ; creekside forest; 1500 ft. ; gneiss. 

 16G(5. Liane, White latex. Corolla white, with lobed pink corona at 

 throat, 



M. rAUClVENOSUS S.Moore, sp.nov. Scandens, glabor ; ramulis rigidis 

 crcbro foliosis subtcretibus ; foliis 5-7-5 x 2'5-4'5 cm. brevipetiolatis ovatis 

 vol ovato-oblongis obtusis nisi obtusissimis basi rotundatis crasse coriaceis 

 supra nitidis subfcus opacis costls lateralibus comparate paucis (utrinquo 

 circa 8) ; c}jmis terniinalibus vel ex axillis fojioruni summorum oriundis 



