THE MONTANE FLORA OF FIJI. 141 
inæqualiter 5-dentatis, dentibus brevissimis, rotundatis vel acutis ; petalis 
linearibus obtusis, apice recurvatis ; staminibus inclusis ; ovario puberulo, 
stylo brevi, stamina fere æquante ; placentis 2, multi-ovulatis. 
Hab. Nadarivatu, 2700, general in forest. Fl. Aug. 581, 577 bis. 
A tree, 10 m. high, with glabrous leaves, aromatie when bruised ; petioles 
2-3 ст. long, leaves 1'3 dm. long and 4—6 em. broad. Flowers white, 
sweet-scented, aggregated subumbellately (but sometimes reduced to one 
flower) at the extreme end of the villous peduncles, which are from 1-3 cm., 
while the pedicels, also villous, are normally 9 mm. long. The calyx is 
gamopetalous, shortly persistent, 1°5 mm. long ; the petals are 1 cm. long 
and 2 mm. broad, free and very caducous ; the stamens are inserted at the 
base of the ovary, the filaments being 5 mm. and the anthers 2:5 mm. long. 
The ovary is hairy, 5 mm., and the style 2 mm. in length. 
This species is nearest to P. Richii, A. Gray, but differs in the glabrous 
stem, longer petioles, shining leaves, and smaller calyx. 
TERNSTRŒMIACEZÆ. 
EunvA ACUMINATA, DC. Mém. Ternstr. 26. 
Vatavula, 500, in mixed forest. Fl. Aug. 532. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau, Kadavu, Ngau, Totoya). New Hebrides, 
Samoa, Hawaii. N.E. India and Malaya. 
* SAURAUIA RUBICUNDA, Seem. Fl. Vit. 14. 
Nubamakito, 1000, in open clearings, general. Fl. Aug. 520. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Ngau). 
A most exquisite plant, the lovely fleshy-pink flowers hanging in showers 
beneath the handsome foliage. The flowers vary in depth of colour and size 
on different trees, ranging from 17-8 em. across. The Fijian name is 
“Kau alewa” or the woman's tree. I did not see it about Nadarivatu, 
which was probably too high an elevation. 
STERCULIACEÆ. 
MELOCHIA ODORATA, Linn. f. Suppl. 302. 
Nubamakito, 1000, open clearings, general. Fl. Aug. 521. 
Distrib. Fiji (Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Totoya, Nairai, Matuku). Samoa, 
Tonga, New Hebrides. New Caledonia, Malaya. 
* Dr. Stapf informs me that this genus is named after Count Saurau therefore the usual 
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