18 МВ. W. В. TURRILL : A CONTRIBUTION 
TILIACEÆ. 
*GnEWIA VITIENSIS, Turrill,sp.n. G. aspere, Roxb., affinis, sed alabastris 
brevioribus ovoideis, sepalis latioribus distinguitur. 
Arbor parva, 6 m. alta (ex im Thurn), ramis teretibus primo dense patule 
hirsutis mox glabrescentibus. Folia elliptico-ovata, apice acuta vel breviter 
et obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel plus minusve cordata, laminis usque 
ad 10 cm. longis et 7 em. latis, margine leviter et irregulariter crenata, 
pagina superiore adpresse pubescentia, inferiore molliter pubescentia, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 6-7 cum costa supra subprominentibus hirsutis infra 
prominentibus dense hirsutis; petioli usque ad 1:5 ст. longi, dense patule 
hirsutis. — Znflorescente 2-5-floree, terminales vel axillares. Alabastra 
ovoidea, ante anthesin 7 mm. alta, 6 mm. diametro. Sepala 5, elliptico- 
oblanceolata, apice acuta, 171 em. longa, 0*4 em. lata, extra dense stellato- 
tomentosa, intus fere glabra. Petala oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuta, 
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5 mm. longa, L3 mm. lata, ad partem trientem e basi linea transvers: 
densa pilorum barbata, supra lineam omnino glabra, infra lineam puberula, 
e linea basin versus conspicue ciliata. Stamina indefinita. Andro- 
gynophorium circiter 1 mm. altum, apice ciliatum. Stamina «o, filamentis 
filiformibus circiter + mm. longis leviter pubescentibus, antheris 0°75 mm. 
longis. Ovarium late ovoideum, 2 mm. altum, 2:5 mm. diametro, dense 
hirsutum ; stylus eum ramis 2 mm. longus, hirsutus. Fructus circiter 
L5 em. altus et 1'5 em. diametro, subinteger, pilis brevibus stellatis 
tectus. 
Nandarivatu, along an old Matekula warpath, in flower and fruit Nov. 24th, 
1906, im Thurn, 219. 
A small tree, 20 feet high, with Mespilus-like flowers. 
RHAMNACE.E. 
ALPHITONIA EXCELSA, Гез. ex Endl. Gen. 1098; Gibbs in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxxix. (1909) р. 143. 
Nandarivatu, by the * Governor's Seat,” a shrub in flower Jan. 31st, 1906, 
im Thurn, 51. 
Distr. Fiji (Viti Levu, Totoya), Tahiti, New Caledonia, Tonga Islands, 
Samoa, Rarotonga, Е. Australia, Malaya. 
The species in the wide sense, with the distribution given above, is very 
polymorphic and the Nandarivatu plant is one of the numerous forms. Tt 
has smaller, more obtuse leaves with closer venation than most specimens, 
and the inflorescence is terminal, much branched, and more corymb-like. 
