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400 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



Mont Panio: forest; 4000 ft.; ^'nciss. 1814. Small tree 15 ft.j or more ; 

 usually a low shrub. Eroct main .stem^ dorsivontral flowering branches, 

 riowerri croaniy, pendent below the branch. JP. haladensh Buill. has leaves 

 JiHeront in t>ize, shapCj ami texture, jieJicels eqnallinf^' or slightly exceeding 

 the petioles in lengthy und smaller flowers and frnit. 



Phyllanthus (§ lleteroglochidion) toninknsis S- Moore, sp. nov. Arlvs- 

 cula \{A frutex glaber; ranudh brevibiis paucifoliatis comprcssiusculis sat 

 gracilibus ; foUis 3'5-5 X l'8-2'8 cm. petiolatls (pot. 4-5 mm. long.) ovatis 

 caudato-acumiiuitis apice obtusis basi late rotundatis firme membranaceis ; 

 gloiiicrnlis bi^^cxualibus velmasculis solemnitcr 2-7-florIsfloribus pendentibus ; 



pediciilis ^ uscpio 18 mm. long. ? o mm. tandem 8 mm. long.; sepalU <$ 

 inter se subshnilibus suborbicularibns 3 mm. long. ; f?/;?co prominentc filamenta 

 5 libera *75 mm. lonpj. basi cino;(*iite ; antlieris oblon;^is obtusis 1 mm. lon^-. ; 





sepaJ'is ? '25-1 mm, h.)ng. ovatis obtusis margine levitor ciliolatis ; disco 

 obsoleto; ovario globoso h^vit<n* sulcato glabro 4 mm. diam.j sfyJis 3 brcvibus 

 liberis intc^gris; rapsida globosa circa 7 mm. diam. h^vitt^r sulcata. 



Tonine ; abundant in forest ; 2000 It. ] liornblendo. 1973. Closely allied 

 to P. (/ncisdcus^ but ^vith smaller leaves of difren^it shape and consistence 

 and largiu' iiowers on nmch longer pedicels. 



P. (§ Gomphidium) ptehocladus S. MoorCj sp. no v. Fvutex suborgyalls 

 leviter pruinosns; rands sat validis anguhitis crebro cicatriciferis ; ramidls 

 foliosis longitrorsum stria tnlis jn'ominonter aneipitibus nov(dlis aliquanto 

 pruinosis ; foUis 1*5-3 X 1-1'7 cm. oppositis sup(M'ioribus vcro alternis petio- 

 latis (pet. 3 mm. long.) ovatis y(4 ovato-oblongis obtusissimis basi cordatis 

 chart'acels glal)ris ; i<L\p}dis triangulari-lanceolatis obtusis cito reflexis usque 

 5 mm. long, persistentibus ; sepalL^ ^ ovatis obtusis interioribus medio 

 carinatis 1*5 mm. long. ; disco cvolato ; staniinibus 3 f]lam(uitis liberis quam 

 anthcrse ovoidea3 '3 mm. long, longioribus ; Jloritm ? pedicollo 1 cm. long. 

 <valido superne insigniter incrassato perspicu(^que angulato ; ovario globoso 

 pruinoso stylis 3 breyissimis liberis siniplicibus onusto ; capsida juvenili 

 leviter pruinosa matura 8 mm, diam. gla])ra in coceos 3 bivalvos dehiscente ; 

 seiniiiibns 4 mm. long, testa dilute brunnea pallide niteute cinctis. 



Taom ; serpentuie scrub ; 2500 ft. 2332. Shrub 5 ft. Stem erect; 

 flowering branches erccto-patent, dorsiventrah Branches about 5 mm. 

 across ; branchlets bearing in their leafless lower part tlu^ persistent stipules, 

 as wide as the branches except towards the top, the Wings about 1 nun. broad. 

 This very singular species with its thin 2-edged branches, opposite leaves, and 

 very stout pedicel to the female flowers should be inserted in the genus 

 ai)parently near P, Chaimvccrasus Baill, 



