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ii82 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



No. 5Gt) found in undorgrowtli, creeping among stones and logs. No, 1526 

 an epi[)liyte ascending trunks to 20 ft. 



Peperomia leptostachya ITook. & Arn, Mont Dore ; among stones !n 



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sliady valley; 100 ft.;, CGO. Ilo Pore Epic; littoral zone (proLaWj 

 belonging to forest a?^so(nation). 921. Herbaceous^ 1 ft. liigli^ erect or 



decuinlient. Australia, Polynesia. 



P. ixsuLATlUM Miq. Mont Dore ; open hillsides among scrub ; 2200 ft, ; 

 serpentine. COO. Inflorescence green. A Sandwich Islands plant. 



CIILOKANTHACE^. 



AsCAiUNA RUBRICAULIS Solms, Mout Koglti ; In 12-foot scrub; 2000ft. ; 

 serpentine. 787. Tliver Ngoye ; mountains to N.W. ; serpentine scrub; 

 riOOOft, 997. Nekando ; serpenthie scrub ; 300 ft, 1085. MontCanala; 

 transitional forest; 1500 ft.; mica schists. 1193. Ignambi ; abundant in 

 forest; 1000-3500 ft. ; gncis.^, W]S. New Zealand. 



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IIedycauya saligna S.Moore, sp. nov. Arbor fere 10-metralis; ramidis 

 suberectis glabris ad nodos tuniidis ; foUis parvis ±5xl"8 cm. petiolatis 

 (pet. 7 mm. long.) oblongo-oblanceolatis obtusis vel obtusissimus nonnunquam 

 emarglnatis basi obtusis margine inlegris cliartaceis glabris ; j^amcxdis 

 florum $ 8-lOcin. long, cauli insidentibus pedunculatis (ped. 3-5 cm. long.) 

 subplurifloris tomento subtili sordide albo indutis ; pedicellis ascendenti- 

 patentibus circa 8 mm. long, quam flores facile longioribus ; receptaculo 

 cupularl coriaceo extus albo-tomentoso 3 mm. alt. florendi temp, circa 7 mm. 

 in transversum ; sepalis 8 deltoideis obtusis lx2mm,; carpelUs numerosis 

 subturbinatis receptaculum a?gre onuiino oblegentibus alveolis sat altis insertis 

 circa 5 min. long- npice trnncatis crassis 1 mm. diam. 



Tonino ; forest ; 2000 ft. 1972. Tree 30 ft. Flowers yellowish. 



Accordino' to Mis^^ Perkins's clavis (^ Pflanzeureich/ iv. 101, Nachtr. 3), 



this should be placed next//, parvifolia Perk, and Schlechter 

 resembles in foliage. The flowers, how^ever, are very diverse. 



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^GLERIANA S. Moore, sp. nov. Arhor glabra ; ramuUs ultimis sub- 

 teretibus striatulis ad nodos aliquantulum tumidis ; foUis usque 8 X 3-3*7 cm. 

 rari^sime. suboppositis ovato-oblongis juxia aiuccMu angustatis apice ipso 

 obtuse acutis basl In petiolum 4-0 mm. long, coartatis integris mem- 

 branaceis ; fiorihns ? solammodo obviis in paniculam racemiformeiu usque 

 G-llx8-19cm. ex caule orlundam digestis ; /)^t/fW//i5 elongatis patentibus 

 gracilltius 2-3 cm. long.; receptactdo disciformi margine leviter undulato 



