168 MISS L. S. GIBBS! А CONTRIBUTION TO 
LORANTHACEZÆ. 
LORANTHUS INSULARUM, А. Gray, Bot. US. арі. Exp. 138, t. 98. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, on trees in forest, very common. FI. Aug.-Sept. 579. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taviuni, Nairai), Samoa, Tonga, 
Rarotonga. Loyalty Islands. 
Apparently varies in the size of the flowers. (Collected in flower by 
Mr. Cheeseman in Rarotonga in May, June, and July.) 
EUPHORBIACE. 
EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA, Linn. Sp. Pl. 454. 
Road to Waikubakuba, 1000, on cultivated land. Fl. & Fr. Sept. 691. 
Distrib. A common tropical weed. 
PHYLLANTHUS SIMPLEX, Retz. Obs. v. 29, 
Nadarivatu, 1500, on road to Waikubakuba, cultivated ground. Е. & Fr. 
Sept. 689. 
Distrib. South-east Asia and Polynesia. Weed of cultivation. 
GLOCHIDION CORDATUM, Seem. Bonplandia, ix. (1861) 259. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, on cleared ground. Fl. & Fr. Sept. 771. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau). 
A small tree or shrub, 4 m. high, with densely branching habit and green 
flowers. 
GLOCHIDION ANFRACTUOSUM, sp. nov. (Pl. 15. figs. 24-29.) 
Frutex, ramulis junioribus anfractuosis, foliosis, brunneo-velutinis, tandem 
puberulis ; foliis petiolatis, late ovatis, breviter cuspidatis, apice acutis, 
integerrimis, costa centrali utrinque pubescente exclusa glabris, internodiis 
3-plo longioribus, basi rotundatis, nequaquam cordatis; stipulis late ovatis, 
breviter acuminatis ; floribus axillaribus ; floribus d paucis glomeratis, 
pedicellatis ; perianthio d piloso basi ciliato, phyllis 6 ; staminibus 6. 
sessilibus, connectivis productis ; floribus 9 in eadem. axilla 2-4, breviter 
pedicellatis ; perianthio ¢ 6-mero, lobis ovato-rotundatis, puberulis; ovario 
6-loculari, stylis brevibus crassis; capsula valde depressa, pube sparsa brunnea 
onusta. | 
Hab. Col i Nadarivatu, 3000, in open clearing with secondary scrub. 
Fl. & Fr. Sept. 730. | 
A shrub, 1$ m. or more in height; densely branching, with the leaves 
aggregated towards the ends of the branches, forming a bushy top. The 
leafy shoots take a strongly marked zigzag course. The petioles are 4 m. in 
