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SPENCER MOORE: MONOCHLAMYDE/E. 



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Croton insularts Baill. Port Despointes ; woods. 135. Very common 

 in woods around Noumea. Eastern Australia.- , 



CoDi.EUM iNornvLLUM Mull. Ar*j;\ Mt. Moii; moist part of Niaouli zone ; 

 800 ft. ; cretaceous. 510. Shrub 10 ft. 



Baloghia lucida End]* Mt, Mou ; cretaceous gully in Niaouli region ; 



GOO ft. 545. Shrub or small tree. 



AcALYPHA Pancheriana Pailh Mt. Mou ; cretaceous fiorcst ; Niaouli 

 region ; 800 ft. 534. 



A. (Acrandrm § Palminervia?) finitima S. Moore, sp. nov. Arbuscula ; 

 ramidis subteretibus deorsum cicatricifcris sursuni foliosis uti petioli fulvido 

 velutino-pubescentibus dein pubesceniibus; foUis 8-lG x 5-13 cm. petioHs 

 2-6 cm. long, insidentibus hate ovafis srei)ius cuspiclato-acuniinatis apice ipso 

 obtusis basi cordatis nocnon 5-7-nervibus margitie duntafo-serratis basin 

 versus integris membranaceis supra sparsiui apprcsse puberulis cito glabres- 

 centibus subtus in ncrvis pubescentibus mox puberulis; stf2}i(iis lineari-subu- 

 hitis pubescentibus circa 3 mm. long. ; spiels femineis axiUaribus plurifloris 

 pubascentibas usque 4*5 cm. ; bracteis 5 mm. long, unitloris dorso pubescen- 

 tibus quando complanautur suborbiculari-cordatis vix usque triente supei'iori 

 ll-dentatis dentibus triangularibus aculis basalibus immiuutis; oram globose 

 arete ctsi breviter tomeutoso 1*25 unn. diam. ; sl^Iis fere usque ad basin 

 crebro longeque pectinaiis 5-6 mm. long, roseis. 



Paompai ; forest margiu ; 400 ft. ; sl-ales. 1809. Small tre*^, 20 ft. 

 Male flowers unhuown. Bracls green suffused with red nt h^r.st in the upper 

 p;a't. A, Fancheriana Baill.j to whicli tliis stands nearest, lias smaller, 

 narrower, more hairy leaves only slightly cordate at the base, strongly hispid 

 ¥ bracts and more shortly branched styles^ the branching commenchig 

 further up. 



BoCQUiLLONiA SPICATA Baill. (ex doscript.). River Comboui; CaUltris' 

 forest; 200 ft. 2J57. Suiall erect woody plant ; simple steuij 5 ft. Agrees 

 with the description so far as that goes. One of the specimens is male, the 

 other female. 



Cleidion macropiiyllum Bailh Mt. Mou ; forest in 



t>;ull 



y ; 1500 ft. ; 



serpentine. 4G3. Ignambi ; frequent in forest below 3000 ft. ; gnei.^s. 

 1680. Arboreous, 12-30 ft. Flowers reddish. 



0. VIRIDIFL0RT?M S. Moore^ sp. nov. Arhuscida^ trimco simplici vel 

 sparsim ramoso ; foliis circa 50x12 cm. ad apicem trunci approximatis 

 elliptico-oblanceolatis acuminatis apice i2)so obtusis niargino crenato-serratig 



