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one the style is exserted about the same length. There is, however, some 
variation in the length of the corolla-tube, specimens gathered on Mt. Victoria 
showing a shorter tube than those from Col i Nadarivatu. The latter plant 
had branches about a metre long, and the white, slightly scented flowers 
opened in the evening. The tubes are about 3-3°5 ст. in length and 1 mm. 
broad, the lobes of the corolla 6 mm. long and 4 mm. broad, and the styles 
exserted 6mm. The tuber was large, about 2 dm. across, and tapered from 
the broad base to 2:5 dm, in height. 
CornosMA IMTHURNIANA, Sp. nov. 
Frutex, ramulis junioribus pubescentibus ; stipulis acuminatis pilosis, foliis 
petiolatis, anguste lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, herbaceis, sparsim hirsutis, 
basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis, mox nervis pubescentibus exemptis fere 
nimis glabris, in sicco griseo-cinereis, nervis lateralibus 6-7 ; florum fascialis 
axillaribus, pedunculatis, albo-pubescentibus, bracteis pluribus parvis onustis ; 
fl. g calyce ovoideo, tubo sub-elongato 4-lobo, corolla infundibulari 4-lobo ; 
fl. $ corolla infundibulari, usque ad medium 4-loba, lobis revolutis ; stamini- 
bus 4, fundo corollæ tubi affixis, filamentis corolla duplo longioribus; ovario 
2-loculari; drupa ovoidea, 2-pyrena. 
Hab. Nadarivatu, 2700, clearings. С Aug. 554. $ Aug. 543. 
A shrub of straggling habit, with grey stems which, with the young 
shoots and leaves, are very pilose; the latter are greyish on the underside, 
minutely serrate, +10 cm. long and 3 em. broad. In the green flowers 
the petals of the © are 2 mm. long and 1 mm. broad ; the filaments are 
3 mm., and the anthers, sagittate at the base, 2 mm. long. The peduncle of 
the 9 inflorescence is +4 mm. long, and the corolla-tube is less than the 
recurved petals, which are 2 mm. long and narrower than those of the 
d flower. The styles are white, 8 mm. in length, and very pilose ; the imma- 
ture drupe ovoid. This species is nearest to C. acutifolia, Hook. f., from the 
Kermadec Islands, but differs in the pilose habit, the narrow lanceolate and 
very long-acuminate leaves, the aggregated inflorescences, and the smaller 
flowers. 
This same plant was collected by Horne (129, Herb. Kew.) in the Lavoni 
Valley, Ovalau, and on Rabi Island. 
COMPOSITÆ. 
VERNONIA CINEREA, Less. in Linnea, iv. (1829) 291. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, common everywhere in dry places. ЕІ. Aug., Oct. 873. 
Distrib. A tropical weed of both hemispheres. 
ADENOSTEMMA VISCOSUM, Forst. Char. Gen. 90. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, waste and cultivated places. Fl. Sept. 644. 
Distrib. Tropical weed of Old World. 
