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segmentis oblongis, obtusis, punctatis, dextrorsum obtegentibus ; staminibus. 
sessilibus inter se liberis ; antheris ovatis, acuminatis, basi hastatis; ovario 
conico, glabro in stylum subulatum attenuato, ovulis 2-3. 
Hab. Nadarivatu, 3500, on wooded ridge. FI. Sept. 723. 
A small tree, 4 m. in height with leaves + 6°5 em. long and 2:7 cm. 
across, on petioles 7 mm. long. The flowers, chocolate-brown in colour, are 
small, the calyx-lobes being 1 mm. long, the petals 3*5 mm. long and 2 mm. 
across ; the almost sessile stamens, inserted at the base of the corolla-tube, 
are 3 mm. long and 15 mm. in breadth, and they inarch over the ovary, 
their sides just touching all round it. The ovary is 2 mm. in length and the 
style 0-5 mm., the two or three ovules being inserted in the tissue of the 
placenta. 
This species is very near D. Listeri, Stapf & Metz, from the Tonga 
Islands (Eua), but differs chiefly in the leaves, which are smaller and much 
closer veined, the smaller inflorescences and flowers, and the much longer 
style. 
ЭТУВАСЕ Ле. 
SYMPLOCOS SPICATA, Joch, Hort. Deng. 40. 
Between Yasoqo and Navai, 8000, forest. Fl. Aug. 541. Nadarivatu, 
Sept. 668. 
Distrib. Fiji (Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Kadavu, Ngau). Oceania, tropical 
Australia and Asia. 
OLEACE E. 
JASMINUM SIMPLICIFOLIUM, Forst. f. Prod. 3. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, scandent in forest. Fl. Sept. 657. 
Distrib. Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). 
This is the true J. simplicifolium of Forster ( ride type Brit. Mus. !) with 
long subulate calyx-lobes as figured in Bot. Mag. t. 980. 
APOCYNACE. 
ALYXIA SCANDENS, Коет. & Schult. Syst. iv. 440. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, scandent in forest. Е]. Aug. 598. 
Distrib, Fiji (Ovalau), Samoa, Tahiti, Pomatou Islands, 
ALYXIA STELLATA, Roem. у Schult. Syst. iv. 439. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, scandent in forest, Fl. Sept. 669. 
Distrib. Fiji (Totoya, Nairai), Samoa, Tahiti Tonga, New Caledonia, 
Norfolk and Amsterdam Islands. Tropical Asia. 
