366 PLANTS FROM NKW CALEDONIA. 



circa a?r|uantlbiis ; ovario 1'25 mm. long, comprcsso lute ovoidoo glubro ; 

 styJo suporne leviter clilatato glabro yix 3*5 mm, long* ; stujmate anthorarum 

 medium attingente 1'5 mm, long, 



Hiver Ngoye ; rivei\sidc scrubby Casuarina association ; 400 ft. ; ser- 

 peutiiio. 2105. Corolla dull yelloAvisli wliite. Differs from P. Balans<n 



Baill. infer alia in the texture of tlio some^y^lat differently shaped acuminate 



leaves, the very effuse cymes and much smaller corollas Aviih niirrow lobes. 

 No, 352 from Plaine des Lacs appears to be a foiin of this with more 

 acuminate leaves and small(M', comparatively few-flowered cymes. 



Parsonsia taomensis S. Moore, sp. nov. Caule scandente ramulos teretes 

 subtiliter fulvo-tometitellos deinde glabrescenies gignentc ; foliis ii.^quo 

 5x2 cm. brevipetiolaiig (pet. 3-G turn, long.) oblongis vel anguste obloiigo- 

 ovatis a])ico rotundatis i[)so subito brevissime attenuatis basi obtusis supra 

 glabrls pallidetjue Incldis subtus tomento minuto fulvo vel grisco obtectis 

 costis lateralibus iitrinquo 4-C facie utravis'mcdiocritcr aspoctabilibus ; cynns 

 terminalibus abbreviatis (l"5xl'5cm,) dense pluridoris ; pedicellis calycc 

 paullo brevioribus ; cahjce 2'25 mm. long, usque medium diviso ut jiedicolli 

 corollajquc subtiliter tomentello lobis deltoideis acutis ; corolla: 3"75 mm. 

 long, tubo campanulato ore annulo pilorum onusto quam lobi triangulares 

 acuti 2*25 mm. long, breviore; stamwihus jnxta basin corollas inscrtis lihi- 

 mentis brevibus fere o-labris antlieris broviter exsertis lanceolato-s:i2;ittJitis 

 acuti:^ 2 nun. long. ; disci squamis oblongo-ovoidcis obtusis ; ovario subgloboso 

 disci squamis circiter a^quilongo "75 mm. long, j stylo glabro 1 mm. long, ; 

 sliijiuate anguste claviformi antherarum medium superante '75 unn. long. 



Taom ; serpentine scrub; 1500 ft. 2312. A low liano. Corolla greei)^ 

 without markings. P. nucans Schlechter has foliage soinewhat different in 

 several respects, larger corollas (7 mm. long.) and filaments equal in length 

 to the stamens. 



Var. ruscESCENSj var. nov. Foliis subtus puberulis siccitate fusce- 



sceutibus ; corollce tubo in ore pilis perpaacis pra^dito. 



Taom; serpentine scrub; 1000 ft. 2311. A low liane. Flowers dull 

 groen wnth brown markings on inside of petals. 



ASCLEPIADACEiE. 



AscLEPiAS curassavica L. Tono-houe Mts, Weed of cultivation, 1G4. 

 From the West Indies widely spread over warmer regions of the \vorld. 



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Sarcostemma australe R, Br. Ouen Toro; littoral zone. 50. IJe Ouerc; 

 abundant in littoral zone : scramblinii and twining amonn; bushes. C42, 

 Australia. 



