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PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



dehiscentibns ; disco ? obsolcto ; ovario gloLoso 3-locnlan vix 2 mm. diam. ; 

 s(i/Us 3 llben's siinpliciljus filifoniiilms iiinxime incurvis fere 3 mm. long. 



Tonino ; rare in moist forest ; 1500 ft. 19G0. Small woody plant, 3 ft. 

 Leaves sometimes even 20xl2-r>cm., tlie lowest ones on a Lrancli usually 

 much smaller and sometimes onlv 0x4 cm. To Ic inserted next 7'. hala- 

 (lensis Baill., but in folino-o, lo f;o no furhlier, fjuitc distinct. In general 



appearance lierbariuiu specimens recall to some extent Casearia Melis- 

 taurinn Spreng, 



riiYLLANTiTUS (§ Hcteroo-lodiuUon) Uomptonii S. Moore, sp. nov. Frutex 

 monoicus, n.sqnc biorgyalis fere omnlno glaber; ranudis coniprcssis aliqiianio 



aiirractnosis 



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siibtu-s ol 



7 mm. lono-.) late ovatis obturiis ygI obtusissimis basi trnncato-rotnndatis 

 nonnunqnam Icvissinio cordatis pergamaceis basi 3-5-nervibiis supra glabris 



) furfuram niinntissimam glaiicis; fascicuHs ant J aut ? plurifloris; 

 pediceUis <? flori])u.s pnnllnluni longioribiis 2 mnu long, superne dilatatis ; 

 sepalis 5 1'5 mm. long, siiborbicularibus integris; (Visco })rominonte annular! 

 leviter undulato ; stnminihus 5 fdamentis liberis antlierls quadratis Ion- 

 gitrorsum dehiscentibus '5 mm. long, pequilongis ; jmlicellis ? lis maris 

 a:}quilongis ; sepalis ovatis obtusis 1*5 mm. long.; ilii^co obsoleto ; ovario 

 subgloboso primo 1'5 mm. diam. mox 8 mm. leviter pruinoso 3-loculari ; 

 stffVis 3 brevibus inter se libcrls indivi.'^is ; m/m//a iguota. 



liiver Ngoye ; Spermoh^pis forest; 300 ft, 2089. AVoody plant \vith 

 slender erect :^tcm sometimes reaching 12 ft. liigli. Abundantly distinct from 

 F. haladensis Bailb in foliage and other featnrcs. 



P. {§ Ileteroglochidion) ralaciotdes S. Moore, sp. nov. Fmtcx motralis 

 microsco})ico grisco-lcpidotus ; ramulh nngnlatis paucifoliatis longitrorsum 

 rlmosis .ad nodos tumidis ; foUis 7-10 x4-G cm. petiolatis (pot. 7-10 mm. 

 lono*.) ovatis utrlnqne rotundatls coriaceis ; glomendis bisoxualibus multi- 

 floris circa I'f) cm. diam. ; pedicellis sub flore dilatatis usque ^-Z mm. long. ; 

 sepalis S suborbicularibus inter so suba>qualibus 2*5-3 mm. long. ; disco 

 satis evoluto ; stamiinhus 5 fiian^.cntis '75 mm, long, liberis antheris oblongo- 

 ovoidcis obtusis requilongis ; sepalis $ oblongo-ovatis obtusis 4-5 mm. 

 \qv\<^. ; disco obsoleto ; ovario late ovoideo pruinoso circa 2 nun. diam, ; stylis 



3 integris apice nequaquam dilatatis fere 2 nun, long. ; capsida cruda 4 mm. 



diam. 



Bale Ngo ; in scrub on dry serpentine, 267. Foh*age much like that of 



2\ waeus BailL, which bodongs to another section of the genus. Irrespective 



of floral details, the leaves are quite different in shape and texture from 



those of P. hcdadensifi Baill. 



r. (§ TTeteroglochidion) MAYTENlFOLius S, Moore, sp. nov. Frutea? glaber 

 circa sesqulmetralis ; ramulis patcntibus subteretibus paucifoliatis ; /oliis 



