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traliri; ramiiUs circiter spitliaiiiois angulatis supcrno coni[>ressiiisculis glalirir^; 

 )liis filternhs rarissimc suboppositls 4-C x l-5-2'0 cm. Lrovlpotiolatis (pet. 



3 nnn, long.) oblongis apico obtusissiniis sa^pc cniarginatis basiobtusis leviti^rvo 

 rotundatis tonuitcr corlaceis supra glabris subtus niicrosco])ice albo-h^pldotis ; 

 glomendis bi- vol tmi-sexiKi]ibu.s paiicifloris; pedicellis utriusquG scxus cnpil- 

 laribiis ? snperno dilatatis S 1 cm, ? +1'5 cm. long.; scpalis ^ oulongus vel 

 oblon2:o-ovatis 2 mm. lono-. cxtcrioribiis obtusis nisi obtusissimis intcrioribus 

 intcnsius coloratis apicc trancatis ; disci glaudalis 3 bene evolutis; staunnihus 

 3 filamcntis brcvissimis liboris antluM-is ^ix 1 mm. long, j sepalis ? inter tfc 

 suba^qnalibus late ovatis obtusissimis (Tegro 1'5 mm. long. ; ovario globoso 

 glabroj stalls 3 l^revissimis simplicil)us crassiusciilis '2 mm. long. ; capsida 

 globosa 7'5 mm, diam. 



lliver Oomboui ; Callitvis ^vood ; by riverside; 200 ft, 2153. Small 

 shrub, 2-3 ft. Branches crecto- patent, somewhat dorsi ventral. A very 

 distinct species : the styles being s(*j)arated down to the base, it does not go 

 Avell in this section. 



P. BOURGEOISII Baill. Paompaij au:ong stones by creek ; 0-300 ft. ; shales. 

 1879. Small shrub, 2-4 ft. Branches spreading, dorsiventrah Young stem 

 red. Flowers pendulous, light green. 



p. SIMPLEX Retz., var, myriocladus MiilL Ars. Mont Mou : Niaouli 

 region ; old cultivation ; 800 ft. 596 (in part). 



P. SIMPLEX Retz., var. pratensis Miill. Arg, Mont ^low ; 800 ft. ; 

 cretaceous* 59G (in part). China, India, Ausiralia^ Polynesia, in various 

 forms or varieties, of Avliich th(^ two under notice are endemic. 



P, persimilis Midi. Arg* River Dumbea; on rocks and especiall}^ on 

 track by stream; 200 ft. 818. Small undershrnb, twiggy branch('s with 

 smallj thin leaves, dull red especially on u]>])er surface, folding together along 

 stiMn. Minute green flowers. 



P. SYLYIXCOLA S. Moore, sp. nov. Frutex supermetralis fere omnino 

 gdaber ; ramulis (prccsertim sursum) comjiressis interdum aliquanfo anfractu- 

 osis superne plurifoliatis ; foliis 4-9x2'0-4'5 cm. alternis breviter petiolatis 

 (pet. 3-G mm. long.) cordatis apice obtuse acutis basi 5-nervibus tenuiter 

 coriaceis glaucis isubtus minutissime albo-furfuraceis ; glomendis axillaribus 

 perpauci- (verlsimiliter semper 2-) floris uni- v(d In-sexualibus ; pedieelUs ^ 

 circa 1 cm. long inferne filifonnibus superne; valdo di'atalis qnam p(Hlieelli ? 



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cularibus incrassatis mox patentibus ■J:'5 mm. long. ; disco evanido ; sfaminilas 



