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hracteis triiobis ]ol)is patontiUus 1 mm, long* ; floribus 2'5 cm, long, ternis 

 (anno yomper ?) sessilibus ; ovario obloiigo-turbinato 2'75 mm. long, calycis 

 limbo brovi coronato; petalis 6 e basi brcvi coiiiparato lata anguste linearibiis 

 glabris ; Jilamentis omiiiiio aJiiatIs antlicris linearl-oblongls dor.so affixis circa 

 1'5 mm. long. ; si}jlo 2*2 cm. long. 



Mont Nckando ; conifer forest ; 3500 ft, 1082. Parasitic on various 

 treo?>. Haustoj'ia ^vooJ}^ . Petals crimson. 



SANTALACEiE. 



ExocAKPus riiYLLANTiioiDES Endl. Baio Ngo ; j^forpcntinc scrub ; 200 ft. 

 251, Kiver i^goyc ; lowland serpentine scrul) ; 300 ft. 2148. New South 

 WulcH, Norfolk Island. 



E, DiLATATUS S. Moorc, sp. nov. Frutex ramosus fcrc orgyalis ; phjUo" 

 dadiis oblongo-oblancoolatis obtusis basin versus gradatini extcnuatis marginc 

 hac atquc iliac, dcnticulat's crassiuscule coriaccis glabris siccitate baud 

 nigresccntibus 5-8 x 2-2"5 cm. ; foliis — ■ — ; floribus in spicas vix 1 cm. 



long, ex pliyllocladiorum dentibus ortas paucifloras digestis ; ovario sapcro ; 

 ituce subglobose glabro aliquanto glaiico 1-loculo basi disco persistentc cincto 

 6 X 5'5 mm, 



Kuakuo ; serpentine woods ; 200 ft, 90l. Shrub 5 ft* BrancheSj at 

 least the highest, ancipitous, usually 2-4 mm. thick. 



Apparently to be referred here is :— Mont Mou ; summit scrub ; 3500 ft. ; 

 serpentine. 571*. The cladodes of this are usually somewhat narrower 

 (L"5-2 cm. broad), and tlu^ inflor(\scences a little longer (1 cm.), but so far as 

 can be judged witliout flowers, the two seem conspccific, Viidllard 3159 is 

 most likely this species, which is at once told from its New Caledonian con- 

 geners by the broad cladodes not turned black in dying. 



BALANOPHORACE^. 



Haciiettia austbo-caledonica Baill. Mont Humboldt; moist forest; 



2000 ft, 1010. Mont Canala; moist forest; 3000 ft,; mica schists. 

 1224. Mountains N. of Ngoye ; forest floor ; 2000 ft. ; serpentine. 20(j4. 

 Inflorescence yellowish brown or whole plant noted as brlglit yellow. Fruits 

 light orange. Young plants eaten by natives. 



EUPHORBIACEJ^. 



Elthobbia liiBTA L. Ansc Vata ; sand-pit; sea-level,' 72. Widely 

 diffused through the warmer regions of the world. 



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E. Dbummondii Poiss. Anse A^ata ; sandy seashore, ^\, Australia. 



