THE MONTANE FLORA OF FIJI. 151 
Hepyotis CRATÆOGONUM, Spreng. Pug. її. 85. 
Slopes of N.W. escarpment, 1500, common weed of cultivation. ЕІ. 
Oct. 874. 
Distrib. Fiji (Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Nairai, Ngau, Totoya). Solomon 
Islands, Malaya, Asia. 
OPHIORRHIZA LAXA, А. Gray, in Proc. Ат. Acad. iv. (1858-59) 312. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, undergrowth in forest, general. Fl. Aug. 606. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau, Ngau). Tahiti. 
Herbaceous plant, 1-1:50 m. in height, with flaccid leaves and pinkish- 
white flowers. It runs into О. leptantha, A. Gray. 
OPHIORRHIZA PEPLOIDES, А. Gray, in Proc. Am. Acad. iv. (1858-59) 311. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, undergrowth in forest, also along road-cuttings, general. 
FI. Aug. 607. 
Distrib. Fiji (Ovalau, Matuku, Taviuni). 
Herbaceous plant, 4 dm. in height, with very small dark green leaves, 
lighter on the under surface, and white flowers. 
MussÆANDA FRONDOSA, Linn. Sp. Pl. 177. 
Nadarivatu, open slopes of N.W. escarpment, 2000. FI. Sept. 690. 
Distrib. Fiji, Tonga, Wallis Island, Tahiti, Malaya, E. India. 
GARDENIA VITIENSIS, Seem. Fl. Vit. 122, t. 26. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in mixed forest, Fl. Sept. 753. 
Distrib. Fiji (Vanua Levu). 
The young form of this plant shows the tropical characteristie of sending 
up one single shoot with enormous leaves, three or four times the size of 
those on the adult plant. This species is general in the forest, and easily 
recognized in this stage by the curious form of bud-protection, of a shining 
yellow resinous substance. 
MORINDA FORSTERI, Seem. Fl. Vit. 129. 
Vatavula, 700, twining liane in mixed forest. Fl. Aug. 538. Fl. & Fr. 
Aug. Nadarivatu, 2700. 561. 
Distrib Fiji (Viti Levu), Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, Marquesas, Loyalty 
Islands, and Isle of Pines. 
Flowers mauve-cream, fleshy, and.sweet-scented ; very general. 
РзуснотвтА Ктовски, Seem. Fl. Vit. 135. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, general in mixed forest. Fl. & Fr. Sept. 702, 742 bis. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau, Taviuni). 
