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PLANTS FIIOM NEW CALEDONIA. 



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suLgloboso '5 mm, long. ; stylis ovario longioribus filiformibus; idncxdo 

 bractcolis satis aiictis inferac inaximo iiiduratis supcrne moiabranaccis 

 ovoidcis dilute bnmneis 4 mm. long, omiiino immorso ; semlnihus ab apice 

 fauiculi elongati siisponsiri 1'5 mm. diam. testa rubro-brannea pra?ditis. 



Ilo Ouero, sprawKng masses on shingle and coral sand. Littoral, 

 Membranous part of bracteoles forming a reticulate-veined wing to tbc 

 utricle. 



To this must be referred Vieillardj 1073, of which there would seem to be 

 no description, though the plant has lain long in herbaria. A. juhata is the 

 only N. Caledonian species. 



Salicornia AUSTRALIS Poland, Noumea; forms extensive sheets on salt- 

 flats above mangrove swamps. 99, This genus is not mentioned in 



Guillaumin's list. Australia, New Zealand* 



Sueda maritima Dumort, Anse de la Mission ; edge of mangrove swamps. 

 421, A common sea-coast plant of wide distribution, 



Salsola Kali L. Ouen Toro ; sea sand, 58, Temperate regions of both 

 hemispheres* 



PHYTOLACCACE^. 



RiVika L^vis L, Anse Vata ; Nouuiea ; sand-pit by shore, G7, A native 

 of tropical and subtropical America and the AVest Indies, 



rOLYGONACE.5i], 



Polygonum BAHBATUM L, Mont Mou; small fresliwater swamp, edge of 

 cultivation ; 1000ft,; cretaceous. 471. Old World tropics^ Australia. 



NEPENTIlACEiE, 



NErKNTiiES ViEiLLAKDJi llook. fil. Plaino d(\s L:ics; valley forest ; 200 ft. ; 

 serpentine. 355. Ibid.; sheltered valley forest by stream; 1500 ft, 35G. 

 Mont Mou; serpcmtine scrub of summit; 3500 ft. 632, Port Bourpiet ; 

 lowland serpentine scrub; 100ft, 2246, Poumc ; abundant especially by 

 creeks; 500-1300 ft. ; serpentine, 2380, 



The pitchers arc variously described as ''green often tinged with red/' 

 *' lig'it green tinged with rt^d/' *' pale greenish yellow with tinges of dark red 

 round lips/' "dull red^^; the perianths as "green, red on fading/' *' red- 

 purple inside/^ " dark chocolate,^^ 



N. nuMiLTS S. Moore, sp. nov, i^i 

 robusto bene folioso glabro ; foJiis 



utex erectuSj liumilis ; cauU satis 

 10-13 X 4-4'5 cm. sessilibus leviter, 

 amploxicaulibus ovatis nisi obovato-oblongis obtusis basin versus angustatis 



