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a60 



PLANTS FROM NEW CALKDONIA. 



3. Alyxia, sp. nov. ? riaino tlos Lacs ; Dacrjjdium association ; 800 ft. 



819. Weak slirub, 5 ft. Loaves tornate, ±5x1 cm., strongly shinino- :i1)ovo. 

 Fruits moniliforni, tlio portions ovoid, 9x4 mm. Nothing like this has 



nnilor notice, either by specimen or by dof^cription. Flowers are 



come 



wantmg. 



14-18 X 8-0 mm. ■ Folianc rather like that 



4. A.'sp. nov. ? Mt. Humhohit; forest by stream ; 1000 ft.; serpentine 

 1035. Leaves termite, oblanceolate-obovate, coriaceous, about G X 3 cm. 

 Ilcrries toruloso, the segments 

 of A. ohflvahim Schlechter. Flowers wanting. 



Cekbeha Odollam Gaertn. Port Ngea ; Noumea. G,S. Taom ; stream- 

 side association ; 200 ft. ; serpentine. 2287. East Indies to Australia and 



Polynesia. 



22 



F rut ex 



suborgyalis, fero ghiher ; 



9-10 xo 



ram IS 



bene foliosis subteretibus levibus ; 



4 cm, petiolatis 



1-5 



) 



ohovato-oblongis 



obtusis vel obtusissimis basi cuncatim angustatis supra lovissime nitidis 

 subtus opacis; corjjmbU 8-11 x5-G cm. sublaxis plurifloris foliis subcequi- 

 iongls ; ?^mcfm ovatis acutis mox dcciduis ±10x5 nnn.; ;Wi'c'(??/;s gracilibus 

 plerumque 12-15 mm, long. ; ca/ytv'^ segmentis quam corolhe tubus manifestc 

 brevioril)US ov^atis vel lanceolato-oblongis obta,^is vel obtuse acutis inter so 

 incequalibiis 5-5-Gx3 mm.; corolhv iwhi 13 mm. long, parte amplificata 

 qiiam pars cylindrica tor longlore lobis tubo eirca ^sequilongis oblongo- 



truncatis margine deniiculatis ; stamhuhus infra medium 



iiisertis antheris oblongo-ovatis apiculatis 2 mm. long. ; carpellis 



(Tlibi-is lxl-25 mm. styluin longiorcai {fere G mm. long.) fulcientibus ; 



obovatis apice 

 tubn 



in 



sanunxi 



oblonga apice rotundata ipso mucronata glabra calyce persistenle 



sti[iata 3-2-3-4xl-5-l-7 cm. 



' Taom; riverside among ])ebbles ; 300 ft.; serpentine. 2323. Shrub 

 5 ft. with coi)ious white hitex. Corolla white witli yellow throat surrounded 



by pui-[do marking, sweet-scented. 

 (PL 22. fij 



Ditl" 



ers 



fro 



m 



i*. Vu'lUardl Bail!. 



several points, notably the inflorescence and the oblong 



samaras. 



P. NERiiFOLTA S. Mooro, sp. nov.- ArhuRcxda', ramuUs crcbro foliosis 

 robn^tis striatulis subtiliter griseo-pubcscentibus ; foUis 8-12x2-5-4 cm. 

 oblongo-oblanceolatis obtusis vel obtusissimis basin versus in petiolum 

 1-3 cm. long, angiistatis utrinque levitor nitidis glabris ; corymlds fasti- 



^y.6 nun. 



o-iatis 



14x12 cm. multifloris pubescentibus ; bradels albis 



ovatis obtusis pnberulis diutule persistentibus; pedicelUs satis validis circa 

 1 cm. long, pubescentibus ; calijcis albi segmentis 7-8x3-5 mm. obovatis 

 vel obovato-oblongls obtusissimis pnberulis ; coroUcr tubi 9 mm. long, parte 

 amplificata parti cylindricnc requilonga lobis obovatis obtusissimis 6*5 nun. 



