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PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



Var. ruBESCENS S- Mooro, vnr, nov. Islo of Pines ; sc^rpcntino plateau ; 

 300 ft* 227(5. Varietaf^Mii Eobis viJctur rito existimamla ob raiiuiloSj 

 folioniin pa^inam inforiorciii, pedicellosque floruni masculorum pubcscentes. 



PliYLLANTiius BUPLEUKOIDES BailL T^nambi ; along edge of fon^^t ; 



2000 ft. 1481. Small woody plant wltli erect stem 4^5 ft. and leafy 

 branches. No, 132(1 from rresqu'ilo 13oo'ota^ f?hrub G ft., erect pimph^ st(Mn 

 and crown of brandies Avifli opposite distichous leaves, is one of the small- 

 leaYcd feU})poseJ Ibnns of tliis very variable , species. The pedicels of its cJ 

 flowers are 7 mm. in length ; of its ? not half so long. 



P. KALICIFOLIUS Ihull. Mt. Arag'o ; frequent by stream among rochs ; 

 forest ; 1000 ft- 1432. This is the a ijoiuhais of MiilL Arg, 



P. SALicJFOLius Bail!., var. dracinculoides Miill. Arg. Mt. Panic ; 

 among rocks by riverside; 1500ft, 17G3. Small shrub, 2ft. No latex. 

 Flowers small pale yellowishj hanging b(dow branches. 



P. (§ Eloutherogynium) triquethus S. Moore, sp, nov. Frulex monoicus 

 metralis crebro ramtilosus glaber ; ra/H?/7/s erecto-ascendcntibus bene foliosis 

 compresso-triquelris ; foViis 2'5-4'5 x 1-1'5 cm. elliptico-lanceolatis obtusis 

 basi in petioluni breveiu attcnuntis iirmc membranaceis ; stJjmUs minutis 

 triangularllnis ; fasciculis ^ sparsitloris addito rarissime fl. unico ? fasci- 

 eulis ? p(M'j)aueifloris vel floi'ibus solitariis ; pediceUls J 2'5 mm. long, 

 floribus circiter tequilongis ; sejxilis 5 late ovatis obtusis l'5-2 mm. long. ; 

 disco subobsoloto ; siannulhus 5 filamentis liberis antheris lono;ifrorsum delns- 

 centibus '5 mm. long. ; pedicellis $ 2*5 mm. long, compressis cntssiusculis ; 

 sepalls deltoidcis obtusis circa "75 nun. long. ; orar^o 3-lobo stylis 3 brevibus 

 simplicibiis parum curvatls rigidiusculis coronata ; capsida 3'5 nnn. diam. 



Mt. Canala ; by stream in Niiiouli region nenr camp; 900 ft. 1122» 

 Evidently near P, sallcifolius Bailh, but different in the foliage and in the 

 flowers. 



P. (§ Eleutherogynium) Dunus S. Moore, sp. nov. Frutex ramosus glaber ; 



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s angulati 



s su2)erne compressis vel comprcssiusculis paueifuliis ; foliis 

 3'5-5 X 2'3-3'5 cm. brevipetiolatis (pet. ±4'5 mm. long.) oblongo-ovatis 

 obtusissimis nonnunquam retusls basi obtusis rotundatisve coriaceis ; fasdcidis 

 pro pulvillo panels bisexualibus ; jt?t^f/k'<?///> gracilibus l'5-2'5 mm. long.; 

 Mpalis S exterioribus 1'5 mm. long, ovatis obtusis vel obtuse acutis 

 interioribus suborbicularibus 2 mm. long. ; disco paivo ; staminihus 4-5 fila- 

 mentis liberis quam antherrc late oblongoc obtnste "5 mm. long, paullulum 

 loiigioribus ; sepalls ? 1*5 mm. long, ovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis ; ovario 

 subgloboso triloculari circa 1 mm. diam. ; dylis 3 brevibus liborls apicc baud 

 dilatatis 1 mm. lonii- 



