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PLANTS FROM NKW CALEDONIA. 



\i'liicli are the only trees present, the rest of the vegetation being low 

 xerophilous scrub. In this ^vay v;c find Aravcaria Afnelleri on the sunnnit 

 of Mont Koffhi and on the mountains bordering the Plainc des Lacs, A.Rulet 



on 



tl 



bare crests of thel Presqu'ile Bogota and 



other serpentine hills 

 near Canala and Nakety, and A, montana on the summit of Taom and 



elsewhere. 



CYCADALES- 



CYCADACE^. 



CyCAS sp. Bii}' of Prony ; littoral zone; serpentine. Estuary of River 

 Nera, near Bourail ; littoral zone, lie Mouac ; littoral zone, 808, 2284, 

 I am unable to determine to which species, C, rircinaJis L. or C\ Rumphii 

 Miq., these gatherings belong, though I incline towards the latter. The two 



species 



l)etween them is largely due to the imperfection of Jierbarium nuiterial ;rnd 



the considerable variation of essential parts on one and tbe same plant. 



are undoubtedly very closely allied, and the confusion existing 



CONIFERALES. 



TAXACE^, 



PoDOOAEPUS. — All five of Pilger's sections of tins genus are represented. 

 The species belong to a variety o£ ecological types and occur in widely 

 distinct babitats. The total number of species occurring in New Caledonia 

 may be taken as not less than eiglit or nine. 



) 



R. H. Compton, sp, nov. Arlor 



10-1.5 in. alta irregulariter ramosa ; trunats erectus valiihis cortici rugosa 



1 





plus minusve uno planitie exj)ansa non prtiolata e basi ai^gusto decuiivnio 

 erecto-])atcntia coriacea glabra oblonga 10-15 mm-, long. 3 mm. lat, obtusii 



flores mascifli mihi 



sed minute apiculata, Costa media baud 



] 



flores fi 



omnes 



un 



brevi^ 



tenuis 5-8 mm. long, basin versus squamis minutis triangularibus dense 

 te(*tus ; in parte distale ramuli squanuda? sensim majores linearis 3-5 mm. 

 Ion<»". baud 1 mm, lat. obtusre plus minusve rccur\at0e glauc^e foliis parvis 

 similes ; folium lineate supremum unicum carpidium formans ; ovulum 

 ovoideuin ghincnm obtuse apiciilatuni; if^Ji^t'u rotnndato-ovoideum non apicu- 

 latuin 12—14 mm. longum glaucum, testa duplici exteriore carnosa interiore 

 liljnosa. 



