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PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA.. 



PsEUDERANTiiEMUM TUBERCULATixM Itadlk. -Tslc of Pinos ; corul forest ; 



50 ft. ; frequent 2258. 



P, CoMPTONn 



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Frutlcosnm^ ramosuin ; ramulis sub- 



teretibus acl nodes aliqnanto tuniidis paucifoliis puberulis mox glabresccuti- 

 bus; foUis usque 5 X 2*5 cm. petiolutis (pet. '5-10 mm. long.) ovato-oblongis 

 ulrinquc obtusis marginc leviter undulatis mcmbranaceis utrobiquc pi'?csertim 

 ill norvis puberulis; ci/mis in toto 9x5 cm. nisi brevioribus ex axillis 

 foliorum superiorum oriundis laxis paucifloris puberulis ; hradeis uti 

 bracteola) subulatis puberulis 3 mm. long.; calycis 9 mm. long, segmontis 

 lineari-sctaceis puberulis 7 mm, long. ; corolla' tubo incurvo extus pubcrulo 



piano bllabiuto lablo postico late 



faucibus dilatatis 27 



mm. long, limbo 



oblongo 10 mm. long, postici lobi 



s ovato-oblongis retusis 11 x G 



mm. ; 



antlieris brcvitor exscrtis oblongis obtnsis basi mutici^ 2'2o mm, lung. ; sdjlo 

 breviter exscrto apicc minute bifido 30 mm. long,; capsula acuta 18 mm. 



lonfj. 



I'Jiver Ngoyc; Spermolepis forest near I'lver ; 350 ft.; serpentine. 1077. 



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ra/Z/iW.^ forest; 200 ft. ; serpentine, 21{;L Shrub 2 



oft. 



]n*gb. ' Corolla wliite^ scentless. Known from other Polynesian species by 

 the shape and size of the leave?, coupled with the large corollas with a 

 markedly swollen throat. 



JusTiCLV (§ Rha])hidospora) pinensis, S. Moore^ sp. nov. Frniex ramosus 

 circa bimetralis; ramulis subteretibus striatulis siibdistanter foliosis novellis 



jriseo-pubcrulis exemptis 



btnsii 



ft 



vel ovato-oblongis o 



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P8 cm. ovatis 



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nisi obtusis^imis retusisve basi in petiolum 

 5-20 mm, long, cunoatim attennatis marginc integris vel leviter undulatis 

 mcmbranaceis o-labris : Cf/mis axillaribus laxe 



])ancifloris +4 cm. lonnr • 

 hradeis ±1 cm. long.; hradeolis circa 1 mm, long, subidatis uti cymoe et 

 hractorc et calyces glanduloso-pubescentibus ; calycis 4 mm. long, seo'nientis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis; co^W/tt? extus spar si m pubescentis tnbo calyce 

 paullulum longiore (4-5 mm, hmg) a basi gradatim amplificato labio postico 

 'laic ovato breviter bihdo 5'5x5 mm. labio antico quam posticum lono-iorc 

 (G mm. long.) hujus lobis laleralibus anguste oblongo-ovatis lobo intermedio 

 ovato palato optimo intruso ; capsula inferno stipitata sursum oblongo- 



semimhns compressis sub- ' 

 orbicularibus breviter crebroque tuberculatis circa 1 mm, diam. 



Isle oi Pines; coral reef; 50 ft.; abundant. 2254. Corolla white uith 



ovoidea acuta pubescente 13 mm; 



long, ; 



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Very close to the Indian J. <jlahra Keen.; differing in the obtuse 1 



oaves 



the longer more acuminate segments of the calyx, the short upper lip of the 

 corolla and the smaller much less prominently tubercled seeds. 



DiCLUTERA PUBESCENS Juss. Islc of Pincs ; littoral coral sand. 2250, 



