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388 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



RouPALA ViEiLLARDI Brongii. & Gris. (ox Jescript,). IMaitie dos Lacs; 

 forest in valley ; 1500 ft, ; serpentine. o62. Tree 25 ft. Apical crown of 

 leaves. Cauliflorous. Flowers pale plnkislh The species Is not represented 



in London herbaria, and, inasinncli as the description is very short and 

 measurements are not given, it follows that this identification is a matter of 

 some doubt. 



Greyillka heterociiroma Brongn. & Gris. River Dumbea ; frequent in 

 riverside scrub ; serpentine. 833. Shrub. Flowers white In horizontal 

 spikes, all turning upwards, 



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G. ViEiLLARDi Brono;n. & Gris. River Ngoye j Sjyermolepis forest, edge 

 of river J 500 ft.; serpentine. 1014. Shrub 6 ft. Flowers white in 

 horizontal spikes. 



G. GiLLlVRAYi Hook. Biiic Ngo; scrubby woods ; 200 ft.; serpentine. 

 2G1, riaine des Lacs ; serpentine scrub, 800 ft , and scrubby woods, 309. 

 River Dumbea; serpentine flood plain; 50 ft. 415. Mont Dore ; low 

 serpentine scrub ; 300 ft. 689. Isle of Pines ; serpentine scrub ; 200 ft. 

 22G9. Shrub or tree 12-25 ft. The flowers are noted as white (415, C89), 

 yellow (22G9), or pinkish (309). 



G. ACERVATA S. MoorCj sp. nov. Fruticidus elutus ; ramiiUs sat validis 



eortico griseo obductis cito glabris (novellis minute sericeis) ; foliis 

 3-5 X 1-5-2-5 cm. petiolatis (pet. 10-15 mm. long.) oblongo-obovatis rarius 

 ovato-oblongis vel eti:nn ovatis apico rctusis basi obtusis pulchro ncrvosis 

 coriact^is supra glabris pallidequo nitidis subtus nrcie argenteo- vel fulvo- 

 sericeis ; racemis termiualibus pcdunculatis usque 9 cm. long, donsifloris 



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(ped. vix 3 mjn. 



long.) sericeis cerasinls ; perianthio anguste ovoideo 8 mm. long, sogmentis 



oblongo-lanceolatis cito disjunctis 1*5 mm. long. ; antlier'is late ovatis obtusis 

 •75 mm. long. ; disco parvulo scmicirculari ; ovar'io stipitato obliquo glabro 

 1'3 mm. long, siipito 2*75 mm. ; stylo 20 mm, long, glabro ; st'ujmate obliquo 

 convcxo basi parum dilatuto. 



Cap Bocage in scrub ; 300-800 ft. 1398, Tall sln-ub 10-12 ft, scrafriry 

 growth. With much resemblance in respect of foliage to G. GUUvrayiYLook.^ 

 this has markedly smaller, more densely arranged, shorter-pedicel led flowers, 

 with a shortcr-stipcd ovary and convex {not conoidal) stigma. 



G. CoMPTONii S. Moore, sp. nov. Frutex vel arhuscula ; ramulis sat 

 validis inferne nudis cicatricibus foliorum dclapsorum parum pcu-spicuis notatis 

 superne foliosis ; foliis G-8-5 cm. x 4-5 mm. sessilibus anguste lincari- 

 oblongis obtuse mucrouulatis basin versus gradatim coartatis maroino 

 induratis necnon leviter revolutis corlaceis pag. sup. glabris pag. inf. subtilis- 

 sime cineroo-sericeis ; racemo terminali folia facile excedente ima basi furcato 



