THE MONTANE FLORA OF FIJI. 178 
BOEHMERIA PLATYPHYLLA, D. Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 60. 
Nadarivatu, 2500, forest. d 9. Aug. Sept. 638. 
Distrib, Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Kadavu, Ovalau, Ngau), Samoa, 
Tahiti. Asia and trop. Africa. 
PIPTURUS ARGENTEUS, Wedd. in DC. Prod. xvi, 1. 235”. 
Mataculi, 1500, forest. $. Sept. 835. 
Distrib. Oceania, E. trop. Australia and Malaya. 
PIPTURUS VELUTINUS, Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat, sér. 4, i. (1854) 196. 
Nadarivatu, between Yasoqo and Navai, 3000, forest. 9. Aug. 544. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ngau), Tonga, Rarotonga, Tahiti, Marquesas, 
New Caledonia ; Java, Timor, and Amboyna. 
MAOUTIA AUSTRALIS, Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Par. viii. (1855-56) 480. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in mixed forest. Fl. Sept. 639. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Taviuni, Navai, Matuku, Ovalau, Vanua Levu), 
Samoa and Tahiti. 
CASUARINACEÆ. 
CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. 143 (equisefolia). 
Island of Ovalau, beach. Oct. 861. 
Distrib. Fiji, Tonga, Rarotonga, Tahiti, Marquesas ; and tropical shores of 
Asia, Africa, and Australia. 
CASUARINA NODIFLORA, Forst. f. Prod. 64. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, in mixed forest. 770. 
Distrib. General in Fiji, also in New Caledonia. 
ORCHIDACEJE. (Mr. К. A. Rolfe.) 
MicnosTYLIs VITIENSIS, Кое, sp. nov. 
Caules breves, vix incrassati. Folia petiolata, elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, 
5-7-nervia, membranacea ; limbus 6-13 ст. longus, 2-3:5 em. latus ; petiolus 
2-3 em. longus, vaginatus. Scapi erecti, subgraciles, 15-20 cm. longi. 
Bracteæ patentes, lanceolatæ vel ovato-lanceolatæ, acutæ vel acuminatæ, 
4-5 em. longæ. Pedicelli graciles, 3-4 mm. longi. Sepala libera, elliptico- 
oblonga, obtusa, trinervia, 4 mm. longa. Petala linearia, obtusa, uninervia, 
4 mm. longa.  Labellum trilobum, 5-6 mm. latum; lobus intermedius 
quadratus, obtusissimus, infra 1 mm. longus; lobi laterales elliptico- 
oblongi, utrinque obtusi, 3°5-4 mm. longi; discus callo transverso arcuato 
