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392 PLANTS FKOM NKW CALEDONJA. 



Eiver Ngoye ; fore^^ts and riveraidi^ ; 1000 ft. 9GD. Seml-parasitc on 

 various iveef^. I>e<iins lifo Avitli a root, losiiif? it as it climbs the trco. 



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Haustoria plug-liko. Flowers Lriglit scai'lot. Inflorescence nmcli lik(' lliat 

 of the last species, but foliaf^e altogetber diilcrent. 



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TjOKAKTHUS CoMrTOXli S. Moore, sp. nov. Ramis sat robustisinferne niuHs 

 supcrnc foliosis ad nodos tumidis cortice ciucroo crobro louticcllifero cinctis; 

 foliis 8-lOx-l-G cm. oppositis nonniinquam suboppositis broviter potiolatis 

 oblongo-ovatis obtusis basi obtusis coriaccis glabris ; florlhvs mr\jusculis fends 

 in cymas breves pauclfloras axillares pseiTdotenninalesve digestis ; jyedunruHs 

 1 cm. pedicellis '5 cm- long. ; hradets ob]i(|uis ovatis obtusis ovarium vix 

 scmireqnantibus ; ovario -i mm. long cylindrico qiiam ealycis lind)us cupularis 

 4-plo longiore; petaJis G, 4 cm. long, glabris tricntc snpcudori angnstis soliitis 

 docnrvisvo inferno in tubum angnsto ovoideo-oblongum connafis ; Jilantefitis 

 4 nun. long, crassinsculis qnam antheraB basifixa? angusle lim^ari-lanceolataj 

 panllo brevioribus ; slt/lo 4 mm. long. ; sliymate capitato leviter sulcato. 



Mont Mou, Niaouji region ; damp valley ; 800 ft. (300. Corollas briglit 

 yellow, the free portions red on the inside and turning do^vnwards ^vhen open. 

 No described New C^aledonian Lonndhus could be mistaken for this fine 

 species. In several respects the flowers arc like those of Peplanclic^ 382, 

 hitherto apparently nnde^^cribcd, but the two are very distinct as regards 

 foliage. ■ 



L. CANALEXSIS S. Moore^ sp. nov. Ramis supernc foliosis inferne niidis 

 cortice griseo rimoso obductls glabris; foliis 7-8'5 x l'7-2'7 cm. o]>positis 

 oblongis vcl angustc oblongo-ovatis obtusis basi in petlolum brevisslmum 

 angustatis coriaceis glabris; (njnns axillaribus (anno semper?) brevibus pauci- 

 floris ; 2'>edunc}flis abbreviatis 5 mm. long, qnam pedic(dli ])aullo longioribus; 

 fiorilnis usque 5'5 cm. long, term's C(Mitrali sessili lateralibus subscssilibus ; 

 hradets 1 nun, long, obliquis rotundalis; ovarh cylindrico 3'5 mm. long.; 

 calyeis lindx) cuj)ulari I'a nnn. long, ; piialis G extus sparsiui pilosulis tritMitc 

 sup(U'iori v(d ultra angustis nccnon solutis inferno tubum fiisiformfMu referen- 



tibus ; filamentis G mm. long, crassiusculis antluu'as basifixas lin(^ar(^s acutas 

 circiter cequantibus ; sli/lo circa 5 mm. long.; stlgmate comprcsso ambitu 

 suborbiculari. 



Mont Canala ; semi[)arnsitic on f()n\-;t trees ; 2000 ft. 1110. Corolla 

 yelloAV-orang(^ Near the last in r(^s[)eet of its flowers, })ut diverse in folia<*e. 



L. ANGUSTlFLOiaiS S. Moore, sp. nov. Ranns supernt^. foliosis ad nodos 

 aliquanto tumidis glabris ; foliis 4-5'5 cm. long. 4-5-nis brevipetiolatis ovato- 

 oblono'is obtusis vcl obtusisslmis basi obtusis crassiusculo coriaceis (»'lnbris : 

 cymis verisimiliter ramis vetustiorlbus insidentibus ; pedunculis 8 mm.. lon<>-. 

 pcdicellos fc^e duplo excedentibus ; pedicellis filiformibus ovario longioribus ; 



