THE MONTANE FLORA OF FIJI. 167 
crasse.  Dractea sub + mm. diametro. Васса sessilis 3 mm. crassa, sine 
pseudocupula. | 
Hab. Nadarivatu, 2700, on trees in forest. Sept. 651. 
B. Folia verticillata. 
PEPEROMIA viTIANA, C. DC. Prodr. xvi. 1. 458. 
Viti (Seemann, 565). 
This species has been added, so that all the Piperaceæ hitherto collected 
in the Fijian Islands are enumerated in this paper. Two species of Piper 
(P. Gibbsie and P. ozycarpum) are very curious on account of their hairy 
ovaries, a character which is very rare in the genus. Amongst the Peperomias 
which are all new, three (P. Gibbsiw, lasiostigma, flavida) are particularly 
interesting as their spikes are inserted in the axils of imperfect leaves, a 
disposition also found in two New Hebrides Peperomias sent to me bv 
Prof. Maiden, otherwise entirely different. 
МОМІМІАСЕ Д, 
HEDYCARYA DORSTENIOIDES, А. Gray, in Journ. Bot. iv. (1866) 83. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, clearing on edge of forest. с 9. Fr. Aug. 583, 882 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau), Samoa. 
A small tree, 7:8 m., of neat habit, with coriaceous shining leaves and 
yellow flowers. The fruit when collected was green, smooth and shining 
(Powell, 199, Samoa, in bloom and fruit, July ; Herb. Kew.). 
THYMELIACE E. 
WIKSTROEMIA VIRIDIFLORA, Meisen, in Denkschr. Bot. Ges. Regensb. iii. 
(1841) 286. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, open scrub on edge of escarpment. ЕІ. & Fr. Aug 
553. 
Distrib. Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa, Hawaii, Philippines, Marquesas, N.E. Australia, 
New Caledonia to S.E. China and Malaya. 
LEUCOSMIA ACUMINATA, А. Gray, in Journ. Bot. iii. (1865) 306. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in mixed forest. ЕІ. Sept. 608. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Taviuni), Samoa and Tonga. 
A most exquisite shrub, with corymbs of long, white, sweet-scented flowers 
massed in the axils of the leaves, up the erect branches. It is very abundant, 
and a great favourite with the Fijians, who strip off the bark with the leaves 
and flowers to make up into garlands. 
