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cularibiis) obtusis vol obtusissitnis basi obtusis rotiindatisve ninrgine levltcr 

 revolutis triiiervibiis coriaceis supra nltulifi ^labrls subUis indumento arcto 



nilnutissiino farinoso albo yel dilute brunnco 



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tcrniinnlos puniculam oblongam deiLsiflonun fulvo-tomentosani 10 cm, long, 

 referentes dio-ostis ; calt/ce cainpunulato 5-dciitato G'5 mm. long, extiia iiti 

 corollu dense fulvo-tomentoso ; corolUc tubo infundibular! 9 nmi. long, lobis 

 posticis oblongo-ovatis quam lobi antici inter sc similes et suborbiculares 

 longioribus ; staminibus subinclufeis; ovario 2 mm. long- ovoideo apice 

 sctuloso 4-locuIari; sti/Io brcYiter exserto crassiusculo fcro glabro ; stigmatis 

 lobo postico dentiformi quam anticus multo bre\Iore ; ovidis vix ex apice 



loculorum pendcntibns. 



' Kiv* Coniboui ; CaUitris forest; riverside; 200 i\.] serpen'.ino. 2158^ 



Corolla white witli two yellow blotclies on the lower lip^ 



The genus, ^vliicdi is Indian and Malayan with three outlying species in 

 Northern and Norlh Eastern Australiaj has not been reported hitherto from 

 New Caledonia. The new species is very difTerent from its congeners. 



ViTEX TinFOLiA L, Xouinca ; common on roadsides and along sea-shore. 

 10. East Asia to Polynesia ; elsewhere naturalised. 



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V. li.vriNi Beauvis. Canala; serpentine scrub; 1500 ft, 1317. Shrub 

 5 ft. Flowers yellowish pink. 



OxKRA ciLAXDULOSA Vieill. Kuakuc ; by rocky forest streams; serpentine. 

 931* Woody t\vtnei\ Ijower lobe of corolla white, rolled back at end and 

 edges ; other lobes dull yellow, rolled back at edges. 



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0. NERiiFOLiA Beauvis. (ex descrlpt.), Mt. Canala; forest; 2000 ft.; 

 schist clay< 1112. Poume; moist Niuouli association ; 50 ft. ; serpentine. 



2357. Shrub 10 ft. Calyx pale glistening. Corolla tubo whitCj lobes 

 yellowish except white front lobe ; strong sweet scent. 



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0, KEuiiFOLiA Beau VIS. subsp. CORDIFOLIA Dubard (ex descript.). Bivcr 

 Dumbca ; along river baidts; 200 ft.; serpentine. 822. Shrub 4 ft. 

 Corolla white, snowy. 



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0. MACROCALYX Dubard. No locality. No number. 



0. rULOHELLA Labill. Port Ng('a ; soa cliffs. 48. Shrub 4 ft. 



0. Balans^ Dubard.. Touine ; forest; 2000-3000 ft.; hornblende. 

 19C5. LiaiiGj thick -woody stem. Corolhi whitCj thick texture. 



0. MoRiERi VieilL Mt. Arago ; forest; 800 ft.; fairly open; mica 

 schist. 1403. Toninc; forest; 1000 ft. 1925. Liane. Flowers penduloii.s, 

 ivory-wliite, scentless. Kative name (Pojes tribe) "Ouicip." 



