3G2 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



Aestonia ViEiLLARDii Y. Ileurck & Milll. Arg. lllvcr Coniboui ; forest ; 

 100 ft. ; serpentine. 2010. Tree 25 ft. Brunches of inflorescence purple- 

 Lrovvn. Corolla bright yellow. 



A. LANCKOLATA Y. Ileurck & Miill. Arg. Mt. Canala ; transltlonnl forest ; 

 1500 ft. ; frequent ; mica schist. 1271. Ignanil)i ; transitional forest.; 

 2000ft.; scarce; gneiss. 1719. Shrub or small tree. Corolla white, 

 sweet-scented. 



A. TLUMOSA Labill. Ignumbi ; forest; 2500 ft,; fairly fre(|uent ; gneiss. 

 1518. Tree 30 ft. Panicles drooping. Corolla creamy white, scentless. 



A. LENORMA.NDI V. Heurck & Miill. Arg, Mt* Ivoglii ; serpentine scrub ; 

 above 2000 ft. ; "fretpient. 738. Shrub 4 ft. Corolla white^ hairy at 

 mouth, swoet-sconted, Tlie only specimen of this species seen (Vieillard^ 

 019) is not very satisfactory, henco some doubt must attend the 

 identificalion. 



A. LANCE0L1FEK\ S, MoorCj sp. no\\ Ar(/}fscula glal)ra ; vamulis v^^rti- 

 cillatis subteretibns in nodis aliquantulum tumidis snrsnm foliosis ; foUis 



10x2 cm. plernmqne oppositis raro term's \e\ sul)t(M'nis petiolatis (}*et. 

 5 mm. long) oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis basi angustatis pcrgumaceis costa 

 media supra impressa subtus promincnle costis latoralibus nirinque 20 vel 

 ultra subobscuris ; cijmis G X (5-8 cm. pseudotcrminalibus foliis brevioribus 

 pednnculatis ramosis Uixc plurifloris ; pedicellis calycem plane excedentibus ; 

 calfjch 1'5 mm. long, segmcntis late ovatis obtusissimis tubum circa 

 te^j^uantibus ; coroJhc glabra} tubo calycem paullo oxcedentc cylindrico lobis 

 dextrorsum obtegentibus suborbicularibus tubo circiter a?qnilongis j stannmhus 

 juxta medium tubum insert's antlieris ovoideo-oblongis obtusis '75 mm, long.; 

 ovaino fere 1 mm. long, late ovoideo in stylum broviorcm desinente; stigmate 

 elovato-[)ileiforml apice breviter bifido '5 nun. long. 



Mt. Koghi ; margin of valley forest ; 1000 ft. ; serpentine. 76G. Tree 

 25 ft. Flowers creamy-white. This has nmch the foliage^ of A. lanceolata 

 V. Ileurck & Mulb Arg., but different flowers. 



A. COKIACKA Paneh. MS. ox Gnilhuun. Frntex altus glaber, ramuUs 

 nltimis sat validis foliosis; folus +10x2 cm. op})ositis oblongo-oblanceo- 

 latis obtusis basi in petiolum 1-2 cm. long, gradatim attenuntis coriaccis 

 costis lateralibus utrinque ultra 20 png. sup. nitida fere evanidis pag. inf. 

 mcdiocriter perspicuis ; cymh pscudoterminalibus circa G X 10 cm. pcduncu- 

 latis ramosis laxo plurifloris ; pedicellis 5 mm. long. ; rahjcis 1'5 mm. long. 

 fiM'C usque biisin divisi lobis late ovatis obtusis ; corollte tubo in medio 

 aliquantulum dilatato 2'5 mm. long, lobos Innceolatos semisequante ; anlJieris 

 juxta nn-dium tubum inscrtis lanceolatis acutis "8 nun. long ; ovario '5 mm. 



