386 TLAXTS FROM NEW CALEDON'IA. 



verisimiliter diu vel salteni diutule persistcntibus 3-3'5 X 2-3 nun, ; j?t^J/- 

 ceUis validis fulvo-tonicntosis tix 2 mm. long. ; perianthu tubo brevlssimo 

 limbi segmcntis plerumque 4 (nonnunquam vero iibortione solummcdo 2) 

 oblongis obtusis extiis puberulis circa 2 mm- long, ; staminihus pcrfcctis 3-5 

 (-()?) filamentis latis angustisve pubcscentibns glanddis sessilibus stipitatisvo 

 onnstis anthcris ovatis introrsum 4-locnlaribiis 1'25-vix 2 mm. long. ; recep- 

 tarulo piibescente. ■ ■ 



Nokando ; cloud forest j 4000 ft*; serpentine. ■2121. Perianth delicate 

 yellawi^b wlute. Female floAvers and fruit not seen. There seems to be 

 mncli variation In tlie^e flowers, due apparently to suppresr^ion ; moreover, in 

 consequence of the smallness of tlie receptacle and its dense pubescence it is 

 difficult to assign the stamens to tlieir respective whorls^ thougli these oroans 



are sometimes more or less sepalino in shape, both as regards filament and 

 anther, and such are presumably members of an outermost whorl. Sfumens 

 without glands occur now and then, though they arc rarer than the others. 

 IJtsea is another instance of an Indian genus extending to Australia and 

 hitherto unrecorded as New Caledonian, 



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. Cassytha filtjtormis L. Tort Ngca ; sea cUffs ; 50 ft. 44. Jle Oiu're ; 

 littoral; abundant on bushes and also creeping over s;ind. 653. Widely 

 diffused througli the tropics. 



HERNAXDIACEiE. 



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Herxandia sonoea L. lie Tore l^pie ; littoral zone. 918. A native of 

 the West Indies. 



IT. coiiDiGERA Vieill. Bale Ba ; by creek in Niaouli region, sea-level ; 

 mica schists. 1383. 



IlERNANDiorsis ViEiLLARDi Meissii. Mont Canala ; fairly often in moist 

 and intermediate forest ; 1000-2000 ft. ; schists. 1198. 



PllOTEAOEil^:. 



BEAuruEA TANcnERi Brongn. & Gris. Mont Koghi ; forest near 

 summit ; 3000 ft. ; serpentine. 725. Tree 20 ft. Inflorescence greenish. 



B. MULTLTUGA S. Moore, sp. nov. Arluscula ; folils imparipinnatis 

 15-jugis 50 cm. long, rhachi subtereti sfriatida satis gracili petiolis 15 cm. 

 long. ; foliolis brovipetiolulatis oblongo lanceolaiis obtusis basi valde obliquis 

 cuncatimque angustatis margino anteriori paucidentatis lobulatisve mamine 

 posteriori integris vel subintegris papyraceis 7-8xM-2 cm. ; Inflorescn^tia 

 terminal! iolus circa roquilonga panicnlam pendentem laxo permultifloram 

 refercnto; Imcieh ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis pedicellos 1-5-2 mm. lonn- 



