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long.; infforescentiis c^ 30 cm. long, in axilli.s siiperioribus solitiiriis florcs 

 innumeros cxigiios subsessilcs ferentibus fulvo-toinentosis ; florihas $ ignotis; 

 sepalis 3 orbicularibus concavis dorso apico ssepe pauciglandnlos^Is 1 innu 

 long. ; stamhdhvs 10 antlicris 4:-locellatis '35 nnn. long, 



Hiengliene ; littoral zone. 2005, Brandies G-8 mm. across, light blue- 

 grey when the tomentum has disappeared. Flowers pale green. A singular 

 jdant, aj)parently belonging to this genus. 



Macaranga ixsulaius Sclilccliter. Toiiine ; forest ; loOO £t. ; liornbleiulo. 

 11)50. >Small treOj 20 ft* Flowers dull o^reen. Sti^'iiias ycllowL^li. .Divorce 



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from type in the smaller leaves (generally 7-9x2'5-4 cnK)^ the small sepals 

 of the $ flowers, and the longer and broader styles, often (perhaps always in 

 later stages when fidl lengthening has taken place) united for some distance 

 holowj yet in spite of these features apparently conspecific with it. 



HoMALAKTHas NUTANS Pax. Mt. Mou ; margin of forest ; 800 ft.; 

 serpentine. 603, Mt. Panic ; creekside forest ; 500 ft,; gneiss, 1803. 



H. REFANDUS Schlochtor. Ignambi ; forest ; 2000 ft. ; gneiss. 16-14. 



Exc.ECAUiA Agallocha L. Port Ngen; Noumea; littoral zone just abovo 

 high tide. 27. Ouen Tore ; littoral zone. 59. E. Asia, Indian Archipelago, 

 Australia, Polynesia. 





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Balanops Balans^e Baill. Mt, Nekando; coniferous forest; serpentine. 



1074. 



B. heticL'LAta S. Moore, sp* no v. Arhor glabra^ sat elaia ; ramidis 

 promlnenter paucistriatis cortice briinnoo-griseo obdnctis deorsmn nudis 

 cicatricibnsque t'oliorum necnon florum occasoruni notatis sursum foliosis ; 



foliis 5'5-7 X 2-2' 5 cm. brcviter pctiolatis plerisque vorticillatis angusto 

 obovato-oblongis apice obtusissimis vel emarginatis basi obtusissimis margin c 

 integris leviterque revolutis valdo coriaceis opacis utrobique perspicuo 

 rcticulato-nervosis ; driipis extra-axillaribus solitariis sessilibus subglobosis 

 glabris nitidis cupula ex bracfceis panels 3-serialibus late rolundatis dorso dense 

 griseo-tomentosis constita arete cinctis. 



Ignambi; forest j 2000 ft.; gneiss. 1520. Tree 50 ft. CwpuZt^ 6 x 8 nun., 

 its bracts increasing in size from below upwards, the uppermost 4x8 nun. 

 Fruit (apparently not quite ripe) greeUj but drying brown^ G x Q'b mm.j 

 completely 2-celled, still crowned by the two short fleshy bipartite styles. 

 Seed black, 2^5 mm. long at the stago reached Avhen gathered. 



