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length, the blades of the leaves 7 cm. Jong and 4 em. broad, while the small 
ovate stipules are 1 mm. long. and 1:5 mm. broad. . The flowers are aggregated 
3-8 in the axils of the leaves; the $ yellow-green on pedicels + 4 mm. long, 
with the outer petals spreading, 2:5 mm. long and 2 mm. broad, while the 
inner are erect and narrower, more or less enclosing the staminal column. 
The $ flowers are.shortly pedicellate, 2 mm., elongating to 4 mm. in fruit. 
Both the ovary and style are red in colour, 3 mm. long and 2 mm. broad, 
and very puberulous. The capsule is 11 mm. across and 5 mm. long. 
This species is allied to G. cordatum, Seem., from which it can be easily 
distinguished by the zigzag branching nodes, the glabrous and petiolate 
leaves, not cordate at the base, and the roundly ovate, shortly acuminate 
stipules. 
Croton VERREAUXI, Baill. Etud. Gén. Euphorb. 351. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, N.W. escarpment, fringe of forest. Fl. & Fr. Aug. 562. 
Distrib. Fiji (Ovalau). Е. trop. Australia, New Guinea, and Philippines. 
A shrub to small tree, 2-3 m. high, with shining coriaceous leaves, the young 
foliage being a tender yellow-green. Flowers green, the perianth of the 9 
enlarging in fruit. This plant was plentiful at Nadarivatu, on the N.W. edge 
of the escarpment, but it has not been collected since Storck found it in 
Ovalau, and on his specimen the var. Storckii, Müll. Arg., was based. 
CLAOXYLON ECHINOSPERMUM, Müll. Arg. in DC. Prod. ху. и. 787. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, forest. 3. Aug. 670. 9. Aug. 585. 
Distrib. Fiji (Ovalau). 
Shrub to small tree, 3 to 10 m. high, with dull glabrous, herbaceous leaves 
and minute green flowers. 
ACALYPHA INSULANA, Müll. Arg. in Flora, xlvii. (1864) 439. Var. а. STIPU- 
LARIs, Müll. Arg. 
Navai, 3000, in forest. Fl. Sept. 787. 
Distrib. Fiji. 
Collected from young plant, 2 m. high, consisting of a single shoot, with 
leaves all down it, 3-4 dm. long at the base. On older branched trees the 
leaves would be very much smaller. 
ACALYPHA INSULANA, Müll. Arg. т Flora, xlvii. (1864) 439. Var. у. GLA- 
BRESCENS, Müll. Ато. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, N.W. escarpment, fringe of forest. Fl. Aug. 589 
590 bis. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu). 
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