- 864 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE FLORA OF FIJI. 
A small tree, glabrous in all its parts. Petiole 3-2 in. long; 
blade oblong-lanceolate, acute, narrowed to the base, 4—5 in. long, 
1-1i in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, green 
on both surfaces, with 8-9 pairs of ascending alternate main veins 
distinct nearly to the edge. Flowers in axillary corymbs, which 
are much shorter than the leaves; pedicels slender, 4 in. long. 
Calyx campanulate, 1 line long and broad, free in the upper half, 
with 5 minute teeth. Corolla 4 in. long, with a short cylindrical 
tube and 5 much contorted lanceolate segments 4 in. long. 
Anthers 5, subsessile at the throat of the corolla-tube, à in. long. 
Hab. Navisi, Said-mills, Viti Levu, Horne 731! 
Ixora Carew (Horne, ‘A Year in Fiji,’ p. 268). 
Fruticosa, glabra, stipulis magnis deltoideis, foliis maximis subsessilibus 
oblongis acutis, floribus in paniculas deltoideas axillares ramis multifloris 
dense corymbosis aggregatis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis tubo campanu- 
lato, dentibus 4 minutis deltoideis, corollae carneze segmentis 4 lingulatis, 
tubo cylindrico zquilongis, antheris subsessilibus corollz limbo equilongis. 
A shrub, about 8 feet in height, glabrous in all its parts. Sti- 
pules large, deltoid-cuspidate. Leaves oblong, subsessile, acute, 
narrowed to the base, above a foot long, 4-5 inches broad at the 
middle, moderately firm in texture, green on both surfaces, with 
distant ascending main veins which are distinct nearly to the 
margin. Flowers in deltoid sessile axillary panicles 3—4 in. long 
and broad, with dense corymbs at the end of the branches; 
pedicels very short. Calyx with a campanulate glabrous coria- 
ceous tube, under a line in length and breadth, and 4 minute del- 
toid teeth. Corolla flesh-coloured, 4 in. long, with 4 lmgulate 
segments about equalling in length the cylindrical tube. Anthers 
4, subsessile at throat of the corolla-tube, about the same length 
as the segments. 
Hab. Damp forests in the interior of Viti Levu, at a place 
called Babuca, Horne, 985! 
Catycosta Huntert (Horne, ‘A Year in Fiji; p. 258.) 
Fruticosa, glabra, stipulis minutis, foliis petiolatis oblongis subobtusis 
basi deltoideis, floribus in paniculas parvas terminales sessiles ramis pauci- 
floris umbellatis dispositis, ovario biloculari, calycis limbo campanulato, 
ore obscure dentato, corollz alb: tubo cylindrico, segmentis 5 lingulatis 
quam tubus triplo brevioribus. 
A shrub 10-12 feet high, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 
crowded, distinctly petioled, 2-3 in. long, moderately firm in 
