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Arbor (ex im Thurn), ramis teretibus minute ferrugineo-puberulis indistincte 
longitudinaliter lineatis. Folia omnia pinnata, pari- vel impari-pinnata, 
usque ad 24 ст. longa et 17 em. lata; petiolus teres, 3-5 ст. longus, leviter 
puberulus vel fere glaber ; rhachis usque ad 12 em. longa, leviter puberula 
vel fere glabra; foliola circiter 8, alterna vel opposita, late lanceolata, apice 
subobtusa, basi sepe obliqua, rotundata vel acuta, usque ad 10°5 em. longa 
et 4 em. lata, integra vel apicem versus dentibus duobus instructa, matura 
supra nitentia, infra opaca, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 5 sursum 
zalde curvatis cum costa pagina utraque prominentibus, nervis transversis uti 
reticulatione prominentibus ; petiolulus circiter 1 em. longus.  Paniculæ 5-15, 
ramulorum apicem versus dispositze, multifloræ ; pedunculi teretes, 2-3-5 em. 
longi, ferrugineo-pubescentes; pedicelli singuli vel bini ad summum apicem 
connati, 0*5 em. longi, ferrugineo-pubescentes; bracteæ minutissime. Peri- 
anthit lutei (ex im Thurn) tubus cylindricus, leviter incurvus, segmentis 4 per 
anthesin solutis, laminis ovatis concavis 2°5 mm. longis 1'5 mm. latis extus 
ferrugineo-puberulis intus glabris. Anthere 4, in laminis subsessiles, oblongæ, 
2:25 mm. longæ, 0*5 mm. late, connectivo latiusculo apice breviter apiculato. 
Discus hypogynus, semiannulatus, unilateralis, 1 mm. altus, carnosus, glaber, 
breviter bilobatus. Ovarium cylindricum, in receptaculo obliquo, subsessile, 
2-5 mm. altum, 0*5 mm. diametro, glabrum, ovulis 2 collateralibus ab loculi 
apice pendulis; stylus 6 mm. longus, glaber; stigma clavatum, 1'5 mm. 
longum, obliquum. 
Nandarivatu, in Hower March 14th, 1906, im Thurn, 149. 
А yellow-flowered tree in the jungle beyond the tennis court. Very 
conspicuous. 
THYMELZEACE E. 
WIKSTR@MIA FGTIDA, 21. Gray, var. VITIENSIS, А. Gray in Seemann, Journ. 
Bot. ii. (1865) р. 302 ; Seemann, Fl. Vit. p. 207. 
Nandarivatu, by the * Governor's Seat," in flower Jan. 31st, 1906, 
im Thurn, 56. 
Distr. Fiji (Viti Levu). 
A shrub or very small tree. 
*LEUCOSMIA GLABRA, Turrili, sp. п. L. acuminate, A. Gray, affinis, sed 
foliis coriaceis, ovario glabro distinguitur. 
.Arbor vel frutex, ramis teretibus glabris. Folia ovato-lanceolata vel 
oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuta vel leviter acuminata, basi acuta vel sub- 
rotundata, usque ad 15 em. longa et 7 ст. lata, coriacea, glabra, integra, 
nervis lateralibus circiter 8 pagina utraque conspicuis; petioli usque ad 
1 ст. longi, glabri. Znflorescentia axillaris (an semper ?), multiflora, umbellis 
1-3-aggregatis ; involucri bracteæ 2, late orbiculares, circiter 1 ст. longæ 
