■102 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA, 



14 niainontis libori.s cnisi^Iusculis quam aiithernQ oblono-[c obtusse lonf>itrorsiiiu 



dohiscentcs 1'5 mm, ]on<^- brevloribus ; sepalis ? '5 mm. long, inter so haud 

 ?eqnu]ibu3 late ovatis obtusissiinis ; ovario 3-1-lociilari ; stjjlis 3-4 brevibus 

 llberis indivi^is crassiusciilis circa 1 mm. long, ; capsida deprcssc globosa 

 glal)ra 10 nun. diam, in coccos 3-4 bivalves dchisccntc. 



River Coniboui; CaUitris forest; 200 ft 2159. Small shrub, 4 £n 

 Flowers crimson. 



This being inadmissible into any of Mliller's sections, the following is pro- 

 posi^d for its reception : 



PoLYANDuoGLOCiiiDiON, scct. nov. Bisci glandula3 ntriasquo sexus 

 o1)So](^tie. Slant! na libera, usque 14 ; antlierse longitrorsum dehiscentcs. 

 Ovarhini 3-4-locularo. Sti/ll 3-4, liberij indiviisi. 



Phyllantpius LiausTRiFOLlus S. Moore, sp. nov. Frufex metralis crebro 

 ramosus glaber; ramuUs ereciis vel crecto-ascend<mtibns Inforne subteretibus 

 supernealiqnanlulum compres?>is;/o//7A^ 2-4'5x 1-2 cm. lanceolatis vel angusto 

 lanccolato-ovatis obtasis(ca5U lanceolato-obovatis obtusissimisque nisi retusis) 

 basi in petiolum 2-3 nun. long, cnucatim coartatis tenuit<'r coriaceis ; stijvfJIs 

 exiguis hmceolatis clto evanidis ; yJomeridis masculis vel bis(^\ualil)Ms panci- 

 inlordum perpancifloris ; pediccllis S 7-13 mm. long, superne sensim sed 

 leviter incrassatis quam pedicelli ? longioribus nccnon graciliori1)us ; sepalis 

 c? 5 sul)or1)icularibiis exterioribus paullo minoribus onmibus glabris 2'2r> mm. 

 long.; .<taminihus 7-10 filamentis '5 mm. long, compres;^is Inter <daiuln]as 



disci optimc pronn'nentis insertis antlieris ovatis vel ovato-oblongis obtusis 

 1 nun, b>ug. ; sepalis ? quam ca maris plane minoribus inter so imparibus 

 ovato-oblongis obtusis glabris ; disco obsolefco ; ovario globoso glabro 1 mm, 

 diam.; slf/Us 3 brevissimis inter se liberls simplicibus; capsula leviter 

 de[)ressa laetea in sicco dilute brunnea G mm. diam. 



Ignambi ; forest ; 3500 ft, ; gneiss. 1538, 1709. Small, much branched 

 shrub, 3 ft. 



A new section Is required also for this, as follows : 



Meiandhoglocuidion, sect. iiov. Pohjandrogloi'lihUoni affinis jib ca vero 

 aLlion-ens (»b clisci flonim ^ glanJalas optiino evoluta:^ stainliia(|ue pauciora. 



Bkeynia disttoha Foi-st., yar. neocaledonica Miill. Arrr. He Ouore- 

 littoral zone ; almnJant. C13. Paonipai ; forest ; 50 ft. lOlo. Polynesia. 



LoNGET[A BUXOIDES Baill. Rlver Ngoje ; stones of river bed ; 100 ft. 

 9.V.). Shrub (5 ft. 



BrRAEAViA CARUNCULATA Bail]. Kuakue ; by river's ed<'e anions- bi<.- 



3tones ; uncommon. 901. Shrub 4 ft. 



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