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368 PLANTS FROM KEW CALEDONIA, 



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among Lushes. 337. Kuakuo; river flood-plains; serpentine ; 50 ft. Oil. 

 Itiver Coniboui; lowland scrub; 500ft.; serpentine. 2224. The flowers 

 iire described as dull greenish, dull yellow and brown, and brownish outside^ 

 yellowish green Inside, sweet-sccn(ed. 



In foliage this is the counterpart of AL BUlardieri Dene, and M, micro- 

 stoma Scldechter : of this latter there is no specimen in the London herbaria ; 

 it is described as having inler alia 8-15-flowered cymes, corollas with sub- 

 orbicular very obtuse lobes, and a corona of broadly trapeziforni leaves 

 entirely adnate to the gynostege. J\I. BUlardieri, also not available for 

 examination except for Schlechter's specimens so named (Nos. 14892 and 

 15200), with what appear to be the Howcrs injured by insects, is said to have 

 l-3-flo\vered cymes, corollas with bundles of hairs in the throat and delto 

 Ungulate coronal leaves : moreover, the corollas of this species would seem 

 to be considerably the larger. 



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HoYA NKOCALKDOyiCA Schlcchter, Erniitage stream; forest; 500 ft.; 

 serpentine. If'?. Taoni ; frequent in creekside forest; 300 ft,; £<;rpontine ; 

 2340, Twining liane. Flowers waxy, white, purple centre, sweet-scented, 



H. LIMONIACA S. Moore, sp. nov, Scandens fere ubique glabra; caule 

 subteretl ad nodos tumido distanier folioso cra?siusculo ; foliis 7-8 X 3-3'5 cm. 

 pctiolatis (pet, usque 15 mm. long.) ovatis apicem versus attenuatis apiceipso 

 obtusis basi rotundato-obtusis 5-nervibus crassiusculo-coriaceis; vnihellis 

 paucifloris pedunculatis ; peduaculo 2*5 cm. long, subteretl sparsim pilosulo 

 florum rhachi abbreviata siibglabrata coronato; pedicellis filiformilms glubris 

 12-15 mm. long.; calycis 1'5 mm. long, extus papillosi segmentis ovatis 

 obtusis glabris ; corolhe pansre 1 cm, diam, meilium usque divisic lobis ovatis 

 obtuse acutis intus subtiliter papillosis ; coromv phyllis patentibus supm^no 

 rhomboideo-ovatis utrinque acntis dorso late canal iculatls usque 4 mm. 

 radiantibus ; ajitheris trapezoideis appendice tenera ovato-lanceolata obtusa 

 onustis ; /;<)///>fu\'? '6 mm. long. oblongo-}>yri£ormibus quam glandula ovata 

 4-plo longioribns. 



Isle of i'lnes; abundant in coral forests; 50 ft. 2253. Liane. Corolla 

 pale yellow, slightly scenteil. Differs from //. ncocaledonica Schlechtor 

 chiefly in tlie subglobosc (not cylindrical) flowering rhachiSj and the short 

 pedicels to tlie smaller pale yellow (not white) flowers. 



To this species may perhaps belong a yellow-flowered Ilot/a of Pancher's 

 collecting (Puncher^ sine no, in Herb. Mns. Brit,). This is not noticed by 



Guillaumin, wlioselist contains only one species of the genus, viz, Schlechtcr*s 



mentioned above. 



LOGANIACE^. 



Gemiostoma Balans^axhisi Baill, Nekando ; serpentine scrub ; 300 ft. 

 2025. Small shrub under 3 ft. Flowers erect, corolla white, stamens white 



spreading outwards between petals. 



