408 TLAKTS FROM NKW OALKDONIA. 



■tlcstitiUis niargiiic siT^po Icviter undalutld teiiiiiter conaceis gluhris pngina 

 .iitraqiio aliqiianto nitidis; racemis terminalibus axillaribusve usque 9 cm. 

 long, niasciilis paniculatis cum vel absque floribus iiifcriorlbus femineis 

 porpaucis feminois ipsis raccmosis cum vel absque floribus paucis masculis 

 raccniis utriusquc sexus fulvo-pubcscentibus; Jlonbus ^ sossilibus in g'lome- 

 rulos plurifloros colleciis $ plane pediccllalis ; sepalis 3 (1 mm. long,) ovatis 

 obtusis aj)ico lepidoto-glandulosis ; staminibus circa 18 antheris quadratis 

 quam filamenfa applanata brcvioribus ; floribus $ pedicellis sat validis fulvo- 

 glaiidulosis fuUis ; sepalis 5 (anno semper ?) lineari^anceolatis dorso 

 lepidotis; ovario quadrato-subgloboso dense sod subtiliter tomentoso 1*5 X 

 2'5 mm. postea 3xG mm. stylis 2 ima basi connatis crassiuscnlis 3 mm. 

 long, onusto. 



Isle of Pines; creekside; 300 ft.; serpentine. 2268. Small tree, 18 ft. 

 Flowers greenish. Besides tlie peculiar characteristic and often bisexual 

 inflorescence, this diffors from M. conacea Miill. Arg. in the leaves narrowed 

 above and wanting the two basal glands, also in the sepals^ ovaries, and 

 stigmas of the longor-pcdicellcd female flowers. 



Macaranga meiophvlla >S. Moore, sp. nov. ArTmsnda monoica ; foliis 

 subsessilibus pro rata parvis (5-7 x 2-3'5 cm.) petiolatis oblongo-ovatis rarius 

 ovatis apicc s^epe acuminatis ij)so obtusis obtusissimisve basi cuneatis vel 

 rotundatis ibique biglandnlosis papyraceis supra glabris subtus punctuloso- 

 glandulosis ; w/Ioresrentiis summum 10 cm. long, masculis nisi bisexualibus 

 sc. floribus masculis cum perpaucis femineis intermixtis ; racemis S foliis circa 

 sequilongis paniculatis fulvo-pubescentibus ; floribus in glonierulos plurifloros 

 "^J^^^g^itis ; sepalis nti pr?ecedentis; staminibus IG filamentis -3 mm. long, 

 antheras longit. vix oxcedentibus ; pedicellis florum ? brovibus validis pubes- 

 centibus ; sepalis 3 (anne semper ?) circa 1 nnn. long, ovatis obtusis; ovario 

 uti pra}condenlis ; sti//is 2 a basi liberis abbreviatis papitloso-pul>escentibus 

 rubescentibus 2 mm. lono*. 



Paompai ; orocksido ; 200 ft, ; shales. 1880. Small tree, 25 ft. Has 



smaller and tliiiiner leaves tbnn Jl/. miftta, pustular-glandular on the under- 

 side and provided with basal glands. Moreover, the stamens have shorter 

 filaments^ the sepals of the female flowers are much broader, and their shorter 

 styles are quite sej^taratod at the base. 



M. rORiiECTA S. Mooro_, sp. nov. Arhuscula ; ramidis validis i(.'trao-onis 

 fulvo-tomcntosis deiu glaln-escentibns ; foliis 5x5 cm. longipctiolalis (pet. 

 8-12 cm. long.) suborbicularl-cordatis aiuee cuspidato-acunn"natis ipso 

 obtusis basi 7-9-nervibas nccnon eglandulosis margine lovitcr undulalis 

 porgamaceis supra costis pubescentibus exemptis cito fere f^labris subtus 

 prcesertim In nervis pube grisea glandulisque permultis dilute tlavislucentibus 

 obtcctis ; sdj^nVis lanceolato-subulatis dorso tomentosis mox declduis 2 nmi. 



