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PLANTS FIIOK NEW CALEDONIA. 



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trifle longer (G instead of 5 nun.}. There are no flowers on Sclilechter's 

 specimens availuule tor examination in the London herharia, but one cannot 

 think the difForonce above noted to be of specific vahie. 



SoLANUM AUTENSE Montrouz. ex descript. Nounu'a, Port Despointes 

 woods. 22(), Shrub 4-G ft. Corolhi white^ anthers yellow. Agrees with 

 the description, except that the leaves are a triHe smaller. 



S. TOUVUM Sw. Noumea J abmidant in waysides and waste places. 17. 

 Tropics of both worlds. 



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ISIiCOTiANA SUAVEOLKNS Lehni. Ansc Vata; sandpit. G8. A form of 

 this variable species with small flo^\(u■s slightly if at all larger than those 

 of the dwarf Australian desert plant called by me var, rosulata.- Australia. 



DuBOlSLV MYOPOKOiDES H! Br. Mt. Mou ; forest; 1000 ft.; cretaceous, 

 458* Kuidvuc; abundant in moister parts of scrub; 50 ft.; serpentine. 

 90G. Rlt Canala; edge of forest ; 1500 ft. ; mica schist. 12G2. 



Ignambi ; 



forest margin ; 2000 ft. ; gneiss. 



1484. Australia. 



SCROPHULARIACEiE. 



LiNDKrvNiA NEOCALEDONiCA S. Moore, sp. nov. Ilerha perennis^ cmdc 

 reju^nte luic atquo iliac ramos simplicos vel perpauciranuilosos ascendentes 

 quadrangularos 



siimmum spithameos nti folia glabros emittente ; foUis 

 plerisque 2-2*5 X l'G-l*9 cm. comparate amplis scssilibus ovatis obhisis basi 

 rotundatis niargine nndulatis trinervibus; fonhus 

 pedicellis grac 



axillaribiis solitariis 

 ilibus 2 cm. long. suffuUis ; calj/d.s 5 mm. long, segmentis 



a basI j^olutis lineari-lanceolatis acutis glabris ; corolla: alba} tubo late sub- 



cylindrico (piam calyx paullulum breviore labio postico quadrate retuso 

 1\5 mm. long, antico 3 mm. long, hujus lubis suborbicularibus 2*5 mm. 

 di:nn. ; staadtuhus posticis inclusis anticorum fllainontis aperto arcnatis basi 

 appi'iulice dentit'ormi anctis omnium anthcrarum loculis divcrgcntibus apice 

 hand confluentibus ; ovario ovoidoo ut stylus 2*5 mm. long.; capsula sub- 

 globosa calyce inclusa glabra 3'5x3 mm,; semmihxis oblongis vel anguste 

 ovoideis dilute brunneis '3-'4 mm. long. 



Tonine ; ponds in stream-bed; 1000 ft. 11)32. 



The Australian L, aUinoides R. Br. would seem to be near this, but its 

 habit, leaves^ inflorescences and flowers are in several respects different. 

 Hitherto, apparently, the presence of this genns in Now Caledonia has not 

 been recorded. 



GESNERACEiE. 



CoRONANTiiERA DELTOIDTFOLIA Yieill. Mt, Panic ; forest ; 1000 ft. ; 



«rnei;^s. ]78'J* Tonine ; forest margin ; 2000 ft. 1981 Tonine; moist 



fonvst; 2500 rt. 1984. fShrub or small tree. Corolla noted as creamy 

 white, creamy yellow, or red-brown. 



