142 MISS: Г. S. GIBBS: A CONTRIBUTION TO 
TILIACEÆ. 
TRICHOSPERMUM Втени, Seem. Bonplandia, ix. (1861) 254. 
Nadarivatu, 2700-3300, clearings in forest. Fl. Sept. 643. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu). Samoa and Solomon Islands. 
‚ їп the flowers of this species the calyx is brown and the petals cream- 
colour, The old capsules are very persistent, the valves remaining hygro- 
scopic, even in a quasi-skeletonized condition. On a specimen at Kew from 
the Solomon Islands (Comins) the flowers are described as “ purple, the bark 
yielding a valuable fibre, which makes the best bags.” 
Ezæocarpus ($ MoxocERA) KAMBI, sp. nov. (Pl. 18. figs. 11-13.) 
Arbor excelsa ; foliis alternis, petiolatis, ovatis, acutis vel subobtusis, basi 
leviter acuminatis, integerrimis, superne glabris, subtus ad nervos sparse 
pubescentibus mox glabrescentibus ; petiolis lamina multo brevioribus, 
breviter fulvo-tomentosis ; racemis axillaribus paucifloris ; floribus majusculis 
albidis ; sepalis 5, valvatis, extus pilosis, petalis totidem, sepala excedentibus, 
laciniatis ; ovario dense sericeo, biloculari ; stylo subulato, exserto ; capsula 
ignota. | 
Hab. Nadarivatu, 2700, in mixed forest. ЕІ. Oct. 808. 
A fine forest-tree, 26 m. high, with spreading rounded crown, very general. 
The small coriaceous leaves are aggregated at the ends of the branches, with 
tawny tomentose petioles 1:5 em. in length, the blades being + 4*6 ст. long 
and 2-25 em. broad. The flowers hang 3-4 on pendent villous peduncles, 
shorter than the leaves, + 1:5 ст. long, the pedicels, also villous, being about 
the same length ; the narrow ealyx-lobes are white, 2*1 em. long, while the 
petals are + 1:4 em. long and 4 mm. broad. The scales which enclose the 
white stamens are small and pilose ; the filaments are hairy, 3 mm. long, and 
the linear anthers are 6 mm. long, with adpressed hairs, tailed, and dehiscing 
by an apical slit ; the ovary is 3 mm. long and the pilose style is 1:2 em. 
This species is nearest E. pyriformis, A. Gray, in the size and shape of 
leaves and approximate form of inflorescence, but it differs in the entire, 
glabrous leaves and shorter peduncles and pedicels. 
Mr. Adolf Joske informed, me that the native name of this tree is “ Kabi ” 
(pronounced Kambi). The edible fruit is appreciated by the Fijians. 
RUTACE. 
ACRONYCHIA PETIOLARIS, A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exp. 836, t. 33. 
Nadarivatu, 2800, open hillside. Fl. Aug. 587. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu). 
A small tree, with handsome coriaceous shining leaves and small axillary 
