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PLANTS FROM NEW CALTiDONlA. 



foUis petiolatis (p 



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obloii<:;o-ol)OYatis brcviter aciniiinatip ai)ico oLlusis basi rotuiidatis coriaceis 

 15-lGx3-5-4-5 cm. snpra glabris subtus prresertim in nenis scabmisCTlo- 

 pubonilis costis lateralibus iitrinqiie 8-10 sub mavgine-dieliotoniis uti costii 

 media roticulumqno supra plains subtus bene eminentibus ; receptacuhs 

 12x12 min. in axillis foliornm biiiis peduiiculatis globosis glabris ; /W»n- 

 culh basi bracteatis microscopice pnbcrulis 7 mm. long. ; ?.rac^m rcceptacnli 

 externis mlniitis intcniis paiicis hori/.ontalibus dcUoideis acutis obtuslsyc 

 1 mm. long. ; jierianthii ( ? ) segmentis 4 ovatis vol obovatis obtu.sis vel obtusis- 

 slmls 1-5-2 mm, long. ; aclienns ovoideis obtusis stylo persistcnte latciali 

 apico bicruro comitatis circa 1'5 mm. long. 



riainodes Lacs; Agathis forest; 800 ft. 347. Shrub 4 ft. Branch of 

 „.Q only specimen seen 4-5 mm. thick. Near the last, bat the broader 

 coriaceous 3-nerved leaves on longer petioles serve to distinguish it at sight. 



riPTUiius IXCANUS Wedd. Mont Mou ; forest margin ; 1000 ft. ; serpen- 

 tine. 470. Mt. Canala; forest margin; 1000 £t.; schists. 1174. Tree 



25-30 ft. Indian ArchipolagO; Polynesia. 



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P. ALBIDUS A. Gri 



IV. 



lonambi ; forest ; 2000 ft. ; gneiss. 



1G45 



1802. Tonine; forest; 



Mt. Panic; forest clearing; 1500 ft.; gneiss. 

 2000 ft. ; hornblende. 19G3. Sandwich Ishuids. 



BoEiurERiA ACUMINATA Wedd. Paompai ; forest margin and clearing ; 

 200 ft. 18G8. This has been distributed by Schlechter [svh. no. 15511; as 

 " Cyplioloplius hcteropliijUas Wedd.''' 



CASUAllINAOE^. 



Casuaiuna CuNNiNGHAMiANA Miq. Nounu'a ; road to Anso Vata. G2. 

 Kiver Dunibea; abundant along stream-banks. 400, 820. Mt. Mou; 

 frequent in Niaouli zone; scattered or often forming local societies; 

 GOO-800 ft. C04. Mont Dore ; characteristic of stream-valleys in low 

 serpentine hills below 300 ft. G65. Taom ; forms extensive pure woods on 

 serpentine plain; 200 ft. ; especially to^Yards streams. 2288. Tree 30-40 ft. 

 Very hard wood. Queensland and New South 



Wales. 



C. EQUISKTIFOLIA Forst., var. incana Poiss. Port Nge'a; Nouuie i ; border 



of littoral. 28. Tree of about 25 ft., graceful weeping habit. Tropical 

 Africa through tropical Asia and the Archipelago to Australia and Polynesia. 



C. NODIFLORA Forst. River Comboui ; streamside ; serpentine alluvium ; 

 50 ft. 2225. Tree 30 ft. Branches weeping, greyish green. Polynesia. 



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C. Dei'lanchgana Miq. Plaino des Lacs ; abimdant on moderate serpen- 

 tine slopes ; associated with Dacrydium aravcarioides and resembling it in 



