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glabra ; bracteæ circiter 1 mm. longæ, subacute, glabræ ; bracteolæ 1 mm. 
longe, acute vel subobtusæ, glabræ, circiter petioli medium disposite ; 
pedunculi 3-4 mm. longi. Calyx 2 mm. longus, 2 mm. diametro, glaber ; 
segmenta 5, apice acuta. Corolla tubus 5 mm. longus, basi 1:25 mm. 
diametro, supra siaminum insertionem inflatus, fauce squamis fimbriatis 
ornatus, extra glaber, intra (basi excepta) pubescens; lobi 5, suborbiculares, 
2:5 mm. longi, glaberrimi. Stamina 5, filamentis 0°5 mm. longis, antheris 
1:25 mm. longis, apice acutiusculis, loculis basi obtusis. Discus 0. Ovarium 
conicum, integrum, 1:25 mm. altum, 0°75 mm. diametro, typice biloculare et 
multiovulatum ; stylus (stigmate incluso) 2:5 mm. longus. 
Nandarivatu, by * Governor's Seat,” in flower Jan. 31st, 1906, im Thurn, 60. 
А сгеерег with small white flowers. 
*ALSTONIA MONTANA, Гир. A. plumose, Labill., affinis, sed floribus 
majoribus, inflorescentiæ foliis brevioris ramis brevioribus differt. 
Arbor parva (ex im Thurn), ramis teretibus glabris. Folia oblongo- 
lanceolata, apice obtusa vel leviter retusa, basi in petiolum angustata, usque 
ad 9:5 cm. longa et 3 mm. lata, subcoriacea, gluberrima, integra, costa su pra 
distincte canaliculata infra prominente, nervis lateralibus circiter 12 supra 
indistinete canalieulatis infra leviter prominentibus ad marginem anasto- 
mosantibus, nervis transversis plus minusve distincte reticulatis ; petioli 
1:5-2 em. longi, glabri, supra canalieulati. Jnflorescentia terminalis, multi- 
flora, glabra ; bracteæ fere 1 mm. longe, glabra ; bracteolæ infra petioli 
medium disposite, circiter 0*5 mm. longe, glabræ. Calyx 2 mm. longus, 
2:5 mm. diametro : segmenta 5, apice subacuta. Corolle tubus cylindricus, 
supra medium inflatus, 5 mm. longus, basi 1:5 mm. diametro, extra glaber, 
intra pubescens; lobi 5, lanceolato-ovati, acuti, 5 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati, 
infra glabri, supra faucem versus pubescentes. Stamina 5, paulo supra tubi 
medium inserta, filamentis fere 1 mm. longis, antheris 1:5 mm. longis 
liberis acutiusculis, loculis basi obtusis. Ovarium conicum, 1 mm.Hongum, 
1 mm. diametro, glabrum, typice biloculare et multiovulatum ; stylus 
(stigmate incluso) 2:5 mm. longus. Discus annularis, obscurus. — Folliculi 2, 
lineares, 12-13 cm. longi, circiter 8 mm. diametro, glabri, longitudinaliter 
lineati. Semina oblonga, apice basique attenuata et bifida, 6 mm. longa, 
2:5 mm. lata, plano-compresso, dense puberula, margine insigniter ciliata. 
Nandarivatu, by * Governor's Seat," in flower and fruit Jan. 31st, 1900, 
im Thurn, 58. 
ERVATAMIA ORIENTALIS, Zurrill, comb. nov. JTabernemontana orientalis, 
R. Brown, Prod. p. 468; Seemann, Fl. Vit. p. 159. 
Nandarivatu, in flower Feb. 4th, 1906, am Thurn, 15. 
Distr. Fiji (Viti Levu, Wakaki), Australasia, Malaya. 
