144 MISS L. 8. GIBBS: A CONTRIBUTION TO 
RHUS SIMARUBÆFOLIA, A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exp. 367, t. 44. 
Mataculi, by clearing, 2700. ЕІ. Aug., 877 ; Oct., 782. 
Distrib. Fiji (Vanua Levu). Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti. 
À very handsome tree, 17 m. high, with white trunk and flat crown. The 
erect axillary racemes of white flowers are very freely produced, and stand 
well above the pinnate leaves. | 
LEGUMINOS 2. 
TEPHROSIA PURPUREA, Pers. Syn. ii. 329. 
Dase of Koro Levu, 500, open country, on rocks, Fl. & Fr. Sept. 766. 
Distrib. Fiji (Vanua Leen, Totoya, Matuku). In the Pacific and Tropics 
generally. 
СтлтоктА ТЕВХАТЕА, Linn. Sp. Pl. 753. 
Tavua, 50, near Hot Springs, amongst shrubs fringing stream. Fl. & 
Fr. Oct. 878. 
Distrib. Tonga, Samoa, Hawaii. Philippines, Celebes, Malaya, India. 
This plant is a recent introduction for Fiji and has not been previously 
recorded. I found it undoubtedly established in several localities about 
Tavua. 
DIOCLEA VIOLACEA, Mart. ex Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. (1838) 132. 
Vatavula, 500, scandent on trees. Fl. and young foliage, Aug. 509. 
Distrib. Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii. Tropical S. America. 
The only specimens of this species from Fiji consist of three separate 
leaflets (Williams, Brit. Mus.). As it has been collected in Hawaii and 
Tahiti, Seemann considers it must be indigenous in the Pacific. Native name 
* Wadra." 
SAXIFRAGACEZÆ. 
GEISSOIS TERNATA, A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exp. 619, t. 86. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in open clearings, general. Fl. & Fr. Aug.-Sept. 591. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Kadavu, Lakeba, Ngau, 
Moturiki). 
Seemann gives “ Vuga " as the native name for this tree, but the natives 
about Nadarivatu invariably called it * Vure,” never mistaking it for the 
“ Vuga” or Metrosideros villosa, which is in flower at the same time. 
SPIRÆANTHEMUM VITIENSE, А. Gray, Bot. 0.5. Expl. Exp. 669, t. 83. 
Col i Nadarivatu, 3500, clearing in forest. Fl. Sept. 732. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu). New Caledonia. 
