THE MONTANE FLORA OF FIJI. 171 
PELLIONIA VITIENSIS, А. Gray, ex Wedd. in DC. Prod, xvi. т. 167. 
Nadarivatu, 1700, road to Waikubakuba. $. Sept. 693. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau). 
Shrub, 2 т, high, the $ flowers red. Weddell describes the inflorescence 
as being long peduncled with one glomerule ; in my specimens there are 
groups of five glomerules at regular intervals up the peduncle. 
PELLIONIA ELATOSTEMOIDES, Gaud. in Bot. Freye. Voy. 494, t. 119. 
Waikubakuba Valley, 500, on banks of stream. g 9. Sept. 725. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Taviuni, Ovalau), Rarotonga. Philippines and 
Solomon Islands, Marquesas, Moluceas, and New Guinea. 
Described by Weddell as dioicous this plant is also monoicous, as & and 
? flowers may occur on the same shoot, or one shoot may be sometimes 
entirely d. 113 herbaceous, growing from 1-3 m. in height, the alternate 
large and fleshy light green leaves being arranged pinnately up the stem. 
The flowers are white or pink (also noted by Horne) and are very pretty on 
the ¢ branches. The habit is very like that of Elatostema macrophyllum, 
the clumps of single shoots being all inclined in the same direction. The 
flowers are fertilized by ants. It is very general as herbaceous undergrowth 
in the forest. 
, ELATOSTEMA SESSILE, Forst. Char. Gen. 106. 
Vatavula, 1000, top of Nabucara Hill, in forest. 9. Aug. 523. Coli 
Nadarivatu, 3000. 633. 
Distrib. Samoa, Tahiti, Solomon Islands. Аза and trop. Africa. 
This widely distributed plant has not previously been recorded for Fiji. 
ELATOSTEMA FRUTICOSUM, sp. nov. (PI. 16. figs. 30-40.) 
Planta glabra, basi lignosa ; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, oblique obovato- 
lanceolatis, tenuiter membranaceis, sub-abrupte acuminatis, crenato-serratis, 
basi obliquis, ssepius levissime cordatis, penninerviis, nervis lateralibus 3—4 
ascendenti-arcuatis, supra glabris, subtus ad nervos minute pubescentibus; 
stipulis membranaceis, pilosis, caducis; receptaculis axillaribus solitariis, 
capitatis, subsessilibus ; masculorum bracteis exterioribus ovatis, 3-partitis, 
mucronatis, mucrone pilis rigidis instructo, bracteolis hyalinis, cucullatis 
ciliatis, perigonii 4-partiti; lobis acuminatis; capitulis femineis masculis 
minoribus, involueris pubescentibus, fimbriato-ciliatis, mucronatis, bracteolis 
linearibus spathulatis, longe ciliatis; perigoniis 4-partitis, segmentis oblongis 
obtusis inflexis. 
Hab. Nadarivatu, 2700, undergrowth in forest. Fl. Aug. 609. Sept. 
618. 
A shrubby herbaceous plant, branching freely, 1-3 m. high. ‘The petioles 
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