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SPKNCER MOORE : GAMOPETAL.E. 



371 



Fagr^a grandis Panel). & Seb. Mt. Mon ; damp piivts of Niaouli 

 association ; 1000 ft. ; cretaceous. 524. 



GENTlANACEA^:. 



Erytiir^A australis R. Br. Anse Vata ; sandpic. 71. Australia. 



BORAGINACEiE. 



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CoEDiA Myxa L. Noumea; Mt. Montravel. 18. Isle of Pines; scrubby 

 woods; serp(Mitine; 100 ft, 2277. Large spreading shrub or tree, 20 ft. 

 Old World tropics. 



TouRNKFOUTiA ARGENXEA L. Cap NMoiia ; littoral zone. 875. Sea 

 coasts from tropical Africa to tropical Australia and Polynesia. 



23, 



CONVOLVULACEyE. 



TroM(EA PALMATA Forsk, Noumea ; Port Ngea. 

 littoral and roadsides round Noumea* Tropics of both hemisplicrcs. 



I, CONGESTA R, Br* Kuakuo ; forest near shore ; serpentine. 

 Queensland J Polynesia. 



Convolvulus parvifloeus Vahl. Ouen Toro; littoral zone; 



Common in 



955. 



clim1)in2 



771. 



East Indies, Malaya, tropical Australia, 



over shrubs and rocks. 

 Polynesia. 



Evolvulus alsinOIDKS L. Kuakuc; amon^- grass and ferns in under- 

 growth of Camarina woods ; 50 ft. ; serpentine. 932. Warmer regions 

 of both worlds. 



CuscuTA OBTUSiFLOiiA H. J3. K. Tongbouc Mts. ; parasitic on various 

 plants, 170. This widely distributed species, although known from several 

 parts of Australia, seems not to have been recorded hitherto as a native of 

 New Caledonia* Distribution of the last. 



SOLANACEiE. 



Solakum nigrum Tj. Mt, Dore ; old cultivation area; 100 ft, C59. 

 Ouen Toro; littoral sand* 781. A cosmopolitan'wced. 



S. pseuderanthemoides Schlechter. Ermitage stream; forests ; 500 ft.; 

 cretaceous. 150. Shrub 6-8 ft. Branches spreading horizontally. Petals 



white. Anthers vellow* 



The anthers of Mr. Coinpton's specimens are all equal or nearl}^ equal and 

 polliniferous instead of one being reduced to a staminode; they are also u 



