372 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE FLORA OF FIST. 
and describes it as a tree 40 feet high, with receptacles half an 
inch in diameter and yellow when ripe. 
Frcvs (§ Urostrema) Smitutt (Horne, ‘A Year in Fiji,’ p. 262). 
Arborea, glabra, ramulis gracilibus, stipulis parvis lanceolatis acumi- 
natis, foliis petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis subobtusis subcoriaceis subtus 
pallidis, receptaculis geminis parvis globosis glabris axillaribus pedicellatis. 
A small tree, glabrous in all its parts, with very slender brown 
branchlets. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, scariose, 4—3 in. long. 
Petiole about 4 in. long ; blade 3-4 in. long, 1-13 in. broad, sub- 
obtuse, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, sub- 
coriaceous, very pale beneath, the spreading main veins connected 
by distinct intramarginal arches. Receptacles in pairs in the 
axils of the leaves, globose, glabrous, } in. diam., on spreading 
slender peduncles 7-3 in. long. 
Hab. Mountain-forests of the island of Rabi, Horne 516! 
Named after J. C. Smith, Esq., Member of the Council of Govern- 
ment, Fiji. Of the species described in Seemann’s ‘ Flora’ this 
comes nearest to F. bambusefolia, p. 250, tab. 67. 
The two following Orchids were examined and characterized 
in manuscript in 1879 by Mr. Spencer Le Marchant Moore, 
F.L.S. :— 
DENDROBIUM (S DENDROCORYNE) Gorpont (Horne, ‘A Year in 
Fiji, p. 260). 
D. Veitchiano simillimum, pseudobulbo oblongo utrinque angustato 
longe stipitato longitudinaliter sulcato nitido, folis geminis coriaceis 
ovato-oblongis apice inzqualiter ac minute bidentatis precipue subtus 
nervosis ac secus nervum centralem carinulatis, spica circiter 4-flora quam 
folia longiore sparsim squamifera, bracteis ovatis acuminatis glabris quam 
anthophorum dimidio brevioribus, anthophoro villoso sub flore dilatato, 
floribus magnis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis extus villosis intus 
glabris, petalis spathulatis acutatis glabris tenuibus quam sepala paulo 
brévioribus, labello rotundato breviter trilobo glabro, lobis lateralibus late 
ovatis erectis in unguem subito desinentibus, lobo mediano eximie cuspi- 
dato, callo e basi lata dentata in carinas tres zquialtas elevatas truncatas 
abeunte, mento conspicuo cum anthophoro angulum rectum formante 
obtuso sepalis lateralibus connatis obtecto, columna brevi utrinque breviter 
ac late dentata, fovea stigmatica eximie excavata. 
Pseudobulbus ad 19 cm., medio ad 2 em. crassus; ejus stipes 0'2 cm. 
crassus sparsim squamosus. Folia 9-14 cm. longa ad 5 cm. lata. Bractex 
ad L:9 em. longs, leviter amplexicaules. Anthophorum 3'5 em. longum. 
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