THE MONTANE FLORA OF FIJI. 155 
BLUMEA DENSIFLORA, DC. Prod. v. 446. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, clearings in forest. Fl. Sept. 637. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau, Moala). Samoa, New Hebrides, New 
Caledonia, Malaya, India. 
ERECHTITES VALERIANÆFOLIA, DC. Prod, vi. 295. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, everywhere in clearings. Fl. Oct. 811. 
Distrib. American origin, now distributed through the Tropics. 
Popularly called * Ceylon Thistle": is considered good food for cattle. 
Curiously enough this plant is apparently not recorded for the Pacific. 
There is one specimen from Fiji (Herb. Kew.). 
GOODENIACE. 
SCÆVOLA FLORIBUNDA, A. Gray, in Proc. Am. Acad. у. 152 (1861). 
Nadarivatu, 2700, general in open country. Fl. Aug. 875. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu), Tonga. 
VACCINIACEÆ. 
AGAPETES VITIENSIS, Drake, Illus. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif. 243. 
Summit of Mt. Victoria, 4000, moss forest. Fl. and young fr., Oct. 783. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Leen, Kadavu). 
А compact shrub, 3 m. in height; the corolla is cream-coloured, suffused 
with red, the calyx and immature fruit red. It has been recorded from the 
summit of Buke Levu in Kadavu and Voma Peak in Viti Levu, and also 
grows on the summit of Kuvadra, the Sacred Mountain of the Fijians, who 
consequently call the plant the Sacred ** Vuga.’ 
MYRSINACEÆ. 
MAESA CORYLIFOLIA, À. Gray, in Proc. Am. Acad. v. (1861-62) 330. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, scandent in forest, or as shrub in clearings, common. 
Fl. & Fr. Aug., Sept. 556, 557. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau, Ngau). 
DiscocaLyx FUSCA, sp. nov. (РІ. 18. figs. 5-10.) 
Tota planta glaberrima ; foliis alternis, ad apicem ramuiorum congestis, 
petiolatis, oblongis, obtusis, basi in petiolum cuneatim angustatis, inte- 
gerrimis, coriaceis, nervis lateralibus tenuibus numerosis, utrinque 17-20; 
panieulis terminalibus vel subterminalibus, fere a basi ramosis, ramulis 
patentibus; floribus parvis, pedicellatis ; calycis segmentis rotundatis, 
ciliatis, glanduloso-punctatis ; corollæ tubo brevissimo, limbo 5-partito, 
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