146 MISS L. 8. GIBBS: A CONTRIBUTION TO 
This plant is nearest to W. Richii, A. Gray, from which it differs in the 
glabrous stem, petioles and rhachis, smaller petals and shorter filaments, and 
the very striking red gynæceum and pilose ovary. The section is probably 
Eu- Weinmannia, but without fruit it is impossible to determine this point. 
MYRTACE E. 
DECASPERMUM FRUTICOSUM, Forst. Char. Gen. T4. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, edge of escarpment, in clearings. Fl. & Fr. Aug. 552. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Kadavu, Lakeba, Moturiki). 
Tahiti, Tonga, Wallis Islands, New Hebrides. 
I follow Drake del Castillo in placing this plant under Forster’s type for 
the genus. It is widely distributed in the Pacific Islands and has been 
collected all over Fiji. 
METROSIDEROS VILLOSA, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. (1797) 268. 
Yasoqo, 800, clearing. Fl. Aug., 545. Ет. Nadarivatu, Sept., 879. 
Distrib. Fiji (general). Tahiti, Tonga, Lord Howes, Kermadec, and 
Piteairn Islands, Hawaii, Marquesas. 
The flowers of this species are either red or yellow. The two colours may 
be sometimes seen on one tree. The New Zealand Metrosideros sp. occa- 
sionally show the same colour variation. 
EUGENIA NEUROCALYX, А. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exp, 512, t. 59, 
Waikubakuba, base of Koro Levu, on banks of stream. Young fr. Sept. 
168. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Moturiki, Matuku). Samoa, 
Tahiti, and Tonga. 
EUGENIA RIVULARIS, Seem. Fl. Vit. 80, non Cambess. 
Nadrau road, 1000, by stream. Fl. Sept. 748. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ngau). 
Flowering in Oct. (Milne, Herb. Kew.). Every collector labels this tree as 
growing neur rivers or streams. 
EUGENIA EFFUSA, A. Gray, Bot. US. Epl. Exp. 524. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in mixed forest. Fl. Sept. 662. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu Ovalau). Samoa. 
