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MYOrORAOEiE. 



Myoporum tenuifolium Forst. Port Ngoa ; littoral, just above liigli-tide 

 nuirk. 46. Baie Ouemo ; low cliffs near sea. 240. Mouac islet ; maritime 

 rocks and cliffs. 2391. (A form with leaves usually less, rarely a little 

 more than 3 cm. in length.) Shrub 3-6 ft. 



M. L.i'TUM Forst. lien Toro; sea-shore. 57. Shrub or small tree, 10 ft. 

 Polynesia^ New Zealand. 



^ M. ROTUNDATUM S. Mooro, sp. iiov. Frutcv ultra sesquimetralis glabcr ; 

 foUls 6 X 3-3-5 mm. oblongo-obovatis apice late rotundatis basi in petiolum 

 brevcni gradatim angustatis pcrganiaceis iiti ramuli pustulis parvulis oinistis: 

 jjedicelUs in axillis f'asclculatis complanatis 5-7 mm. long. ; calj/cis 5-partiti 

 2-25 mm. long, sogmentis lanceolatis breviter acumiiuitis; corolhc alba3 tubo 

 calyce longiore 4x4 mm. subcampanulato lobis 5 subccqualibus suborbicu- 

 laribus 3 mm. long. ; stamhuhus 4 breviter exseriis; ovano ovoidoo 4-loculari 

 1*5 mm. long, in stylum filiformem 3-5 mm. long, excurrenfe. 



Anse Tata ; littoral sand. 783. 



Easily recognised by the leaves with their broadly rotundate tips. 



VERBENACE^. 



Lantana Camara L. Nou 



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13. Shrub forming dense thickets. 



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Several varieties of flower-colour. Rapidly colonising pastures and bccomin 

 a serious pest all over New Caledonia. A tropical American plant now 

 extensively naturalised. 



L. Sellowiana Link & Otto. Noumea ; roadside. 98. An introduction 

 from South America. 



65. 



Weed of cultivation. 



Lippia NODiFLORA Rich. Anse Yata. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



Stachytarpheta indica Vahl. Noumea. 96. Very abundant weed in 

 pasture all over New Caledonia. '' Vlierle lleue/' 



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Vkrrena bonariensis L. Noumea ; roadside weed and especially b 

 ditches. 93. Another South American colonist. 



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Premna SAM13UCINA Wall. He Oiiei'o; common in Acacia^^pirorhis associa- 



tion on hill 



t)50. India and Indian Arcbipelago, 



Gmelina xeocaledoktca S, Mooro, 



sp.^ nov. Frutex elatus (anne 



arbuscula ?) ; ramuUs robustis superne foliosis minute fulvo-tomen(osis mox 

 glabrescentibus et cortice laxo cinereo longitrorsnm grosse striate circ 



cum- 



tjatis ; folils 12-17 X. 8-14-5 cm. aniplis petiolatis ovntis (raro fere suborbi- 



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