172 MISS L. $. GIBBS: A CONTRIBUTION TO 
are 6-8 mm. long and the leaves 12 em. long and 47 em. broad, with a large 
number of linear cystoliths visible upon the upper side. The d and $ 
receptacles are opposite, but the $, which are smaller, occur towards the 
base of the shoots. The & receptacle is 1 em. long and 6 mm. broad and 
stands upon a relatively stout stalk not quite 1 mm. in length ; the pedicels 
of the flowers are 1 mm., the petals 5*5 mm. and the anthers 1:5 mm. long, 
the hooded bracteoles being + З mm. long and varying in breadth. The 9 
receptacle is 5 mm. across and its flowers are almost sessile, the pedicel and 
perianth measuring not more than 1 mm. together; the perianth leaves are 
normally reflexed, when elongated they are 1 mm. in length. The capsule is 
1 mm. long and is clothed with brown hairs. 
This species is nearest to Æ. sessile, Forst., but differs in the shrubby 
habit, petiolate and broader leaves with very narrow and slightly cordate 
base, and the sessile flowers and fruit. 
There is a specimen of this plant at the Herb. Kew. collected by Horne, 
labelled ** Not common, near Wai Dradra, Viti Levu, grows 4—6 ft. in height. 
991." 
ELATOSTEMA MACROPHYLLUM, Brongn. Bot. Voy. Coq. 207, t. 45. 
Nadarivatu, 3000, soak areas and banks of streams in mixed forest, general. 
d 9. Fr. Sept. 862. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu); Amboyna and Java. 
А handsome herbaceous plant, which throws up single shoots 0:5-1:50 m. in 
height. The large leaves, showing dorsiventral symmetry, occur towards the 
apex of the shoots, which are all inclined in the same direction. This plant 
always forms large patches, taking up the soak areas of mountain streams, 
and is also an important constituent of the herbaceous undergrowth of the 
mixed forest. 
Procris MONTANA, Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, п. 398. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, epiphyte in forest. Фф. Sept. 735. ? & Fr. Sept. 
661. 
A fleshy herbaceous plant with pendent branches, 5-6 cm. long. The leaves 
are dark green and shining, the & flowers white, produced on axillary 
peduncled paniculate cymes, while the $ are aggregated in small green 
axillary receptacles which enlarge, becoming red and gelatinous in fruit. 
This is evidently the plant described by Bauer as Ælatostema montanum, 
from Norfolk Island. The description agrees with my specimens, especially 
in the broad cinnabar-brown seeds, which distinguish it from the widely 
spread P. cephalida, Comm. It is described as a “ tree” by Bauer, which 
is obviously a mistake. 
