170 MISS Г. S, GIBBS: A CONTRIBUTION TO 
ACALYPHA REPANDA, Müll. Arg. т Flora, xlvii, (1864) 439. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, forest, Fl. Oct, 709. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu). 
HoMALANTHUS NUTANS, Guill. Zeph. Тай. 35. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, clearings in forest, and open country, Fl. Aug. 622, 
641 bis. | 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ngau), Tonga, Tahiti, Loyalty Islands, and New 
Hebrides. 
A very graceful tree, apparently at home in all situations. If introduced 
into cultivation it would form a pleasing variety to the ubiquitous Schinus 
Molle, Melia Azedarach, and Eucalyptus sp. of tropical and subtropical 
planting. 
URTICACEÆ. 
PARASPONIA ANDERSONII, Planch. in DC. Prod. xvii. 195. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, mixed forest. 4. Sept. 863. 
Distrib. Fiji, Tonga, Tahiti, New Hebrides, and New Caledonia. 
GIRONNIERA CELTIDIFOLIA, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Bonite, +. 85. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in mixed forest, common. g. Fr. Sept. 616. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau), Samoa; Philippines and Admiralty 
Tslands. 
Ficus Harveyi, Seem, Fl. Vit. 250. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in forest. Fl. Sept. 617. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu). 
A large tree, 20 m. in height, with coriaceous dark green leaves. The 
species is founded on Seemann's specimens (444 and 440, Herb. Kew.). This 
is the second record. 
Ficus OBLIQUA, Forst. f. Prod. 11. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in mixed forest. ЕІ. & Fr. Oct. 818. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Taviuni), Tonga, New Hebrides. 
A large and handsome tree with flat crown and white trunk and roots. 
Usually beginning life as an epiphyte, it finally supplants the host. Fruit 
yellow. 
Ficus SCABRA, Forst. f. Prod. T6. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in mixed forest. Fl. & Fr. Oct. 841. 
Fiji (Ovalau), Tonga, New Hebrides. 
A small tree 9 m. in height, with yellow fruit. 
