THE MONTANE FLORA OF FIJI. 179 
with the forest trees to a great height. It was described by Professor 
Balfour from Horne's notes, as the latter brought back no material. This 
omission was rectified by Sir John Thurston, who sent a very good series 
collected by Yeoward to the Kew Herbarium. 
FREYCINETIA MILNEI, Seem. Fl. Vit, 283, t. 86. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, on trees in forest. 9. Sept. 777. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu). 
FREYCINETIA PRITCHARDI, Seem. Fl. Vit. 283, t. 84. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, on trees in forest. 9. Oct. 842. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu), Samoa. 
FREYCINETIA STORCKI, Seem. Fl. Vit. 283, t. 85. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, on trees in forest. $. Sept. 810. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Taviuni), Samoa, Tonga. 
СУРЕВАСЕ МЮ. (Dr. А. В. Rendle.) 
KYLLINGA MONOCEPHALA, Zvottb. Deser. et Те. 13, t. 4. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, damp places in forest. Fl. Sept. 082. 
Distrib. Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Rarotonga, Tahiti, and Hawaii. 
A weed throughout the Tropics of the Old World. 
RYNCHOSPORA AUREA, Vahl, Enum. її. 229. 
Nadarivatu, 2000, slopes of Koro Levu, open country. Fl. 869. 
Distrib. Fiji, Tahiti. Tropics of both hemispheres. 
GAHNIA VITIENSIS, Rendle, sp. nov. (Pl. 13. figs. 18-20.) 
gs. 
Planta 5-pedalis, caule terete scabridulo vaginis foliorum pro majore parte 
obtecto; foliis rigidis convolutis, in nervis scabridis, superne gradatim atten- 
uatis demum filiformibus et cuimum excedentibus ; panicula foliata castaneo- 
brunnea tenue, ramis ramulisque fastigiatis ; bracteis stricte amplexicaulibus 
arisiatis ; spieulis unifloris lineari-lanceolatis geminis vel fasciculis pauci- 
spiculatis a bractea circumdatis in ramulis paniculæ ultimis tenuiter cylindricis 
ordinatis ; glumis 4, duabus inferioribus membranaceis circum florem invo- 
lutis, inferiore elliptica acuta breviter aristata in dorso supra medium carinata, 
carina et arista seabridis, glumis 2 superioribus hyalinis flore multo brevi- 
oribus ; staminibus 2 ; stylo alte trifido interdum bifido ; achenio . . . 
A tall rush-like plant 1*6 m. high, culm 8 mm. thick at the base, the long 
linear rolled-up leaves generally split and broken at the top, the upper ones 
drawn out into a long thread-like apex. Panicle young, about 4 dm. long, 
about 4 em. broad, the slender fastigiate branches interspersed with the long 
