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PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



Stenocaeptjs Milnei Hook, Taom ; river pcLblcs; 300 £t. ; serpentine. 

 2310. Shrub 4 ft. Corolla \vliito. Stylo greon. 



S. UMBELLATCS Scliloclitcr. Pliiino dos Lncs ; banks of llivor da Carenago ; 

 800 ft. ; serpentine. 371!. Plainc dv^ Lacs; dry serpentine slopes, 311^ 



825. 



Baie 



376a. Kiv(»r Dumbcaj banks of; 200 ^i. ; sorponUm^ 



Kiiakue; serj^nitinc scrub; 500 ft. 881. Shrub 4-8 ft. Flowers pale 



yellow 



Style green. 



S. LATJRINUS Brongn, & Grls. Pic La ; serpentine scrub; 1000 ft. 858. 



Shrub 8 ft. Flowers uhitc, scentless. 



S. HKTKUOriiYLLUS Prongn. & GrI?. Taom; abundant in upland serpen- 

 tine scrub ; 2000-3000 ft. 2329. Procumbent shrub. Flowers creamy, 

 scentless. 



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S. CoMrTONli S. Moore, sp. nov. Fmtex orgyalis^ glaber, nnnvHs asccn- 

 dcntibus superno follosls inferno prominontcr cicatriciforis cortice cinereo- 

 fusco circunidatis; foliis 3x2-2'5 cm. nounuuquam suboppo.^iiis obovatls 

 apicG rotundatis basi in petiolum latum 2-4 mm. long, cunt^atim attonuatis 

 mnrgine aliquanto rovolutis obscure 3-nervibus coriacols; wnleUis sa^pisslmo 

 ultra 20-floris pedunculo sat ralido folia subicquante fultis ; pediceUis 

 pedunculo brevioribus necnon tenuioribus 1 cm. long.; disco subhippo- 

 cropiformi ; periantliii soguiontis linearl-oblongis apico in lobum cavum late 

 ollipticuiu obtusum dilatatis 15 C!n. long. ; autheris ovatis obtusis 2 mm. long, ; 

 orario 2 mm. loiig. longo-stipitato tiliformi stipito 9 mm. long.; sti/lo stipite 

 paullobreviorc ; sfli/niafeohYniuo basi dihitato medio broviter lateque conoideo. 



Mont Doru ; ojuni scrub ; 2000 ft.; serpentine. G8S. The short broad . 

 leaves with rotundate ends and the many-flowered umbels are the Icadiuij 



features of this species. 



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S. rHYLLoniNEUS S. Moore, sp. nov. Frntex suborgyalis, glabor ; ranndis 

 inferno nudis superne foliosis cortice cinoreo-fusco obductis ; foliis 

 3"5'-7 cm. X 5-10 mm. linoaridancoolatis vol linearl-oblongis obtusis basi in 

 potiokun 1 cm. long, cxtcnuatis coriacois subovanide norvosis ; pednncuUs 

 tiliformibus +2 cm. long, ; iimbeUls 5-9-'floris ; pedicelUs pcdunculum sciui- 

 ncquantibus ; perlanthU 11 mm. long, segmentis lincaribus in lobum cavum 

 suborbiculanun auginentatis ; antheris parvis suborbicularlbus ; ovavio tili- 

 formi 1-25 mm. long, stipiti 8 mm. long, quam stylus aequo fdifurmis longiori 

 insidente ; 5//r^ma^6^obliquoambitu .^uborbiculari medio convexulo vixl'5 mm. 

 diam. 



Taom ; abundant in serpentine scrub ; 500-1000 ft. 2314. Shrub 5 ft, 

 Tho leaves of this plant arc remarkably homoplastic with the j)hvllodes of 

 Acacia anc^ira A. Cunn, 



