THE FLORA OF VAVAU. 41 
the New Hebrides and the Solomon Islands; and to Tropical 
Asia. 
TarENNA saMBucINA, 7. Durand; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc., Bot. xxx. (1894) p- 181. 
Tongatabu ; Fiji and Samoa; eastward to Tahiti; westward 
in New Caledonia; and in New Guinea. 
Ranpra CoFFEorDEs, Benth. & Hook. f.; Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc., Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 180. 
Fiji ; eastward to the Society Islands; westward in the New 
Hebrides and Solomon Islands. 
Ranora Crossyi, Burkill; habitu R. genipeflore, DC., per- 
similis; calyce differt; verisimiliter R. tahitensi, Nadeaud, 
maxime affinis, differt precipue fructu minore et calyce dentato 
et stipulis fere ad apicem connatis; a R. coffeoide, Benth. et 
Hook. f., inflorescentia parva jam prima scrutatione distinguiter. 
Rami cortice grisei, aliquatenus torti. Folia elongato-elliptica, 
apice acuta vel brevissime acuminata, basi rare inequilateralia 
acuta vel subobtusa, utrinque glabra, 4-7 poll. longa, 13-2} poll. 
lata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-8; petioli 4-5 lin. longi; 
stipule intrapetiolares, connate et triangulas ad nodorum latera 
formantes, mox secedentes. Inflorescentie nunc ad alterum 
nune ad tertium nodum rami ramos terminantes, ramis lateralibus 
vel singulis vel binis ramos florentes reponentibus, brevissime, 
4-10-flore, cymose modo Guettardarum composite ; peduneuli 
duo, crassi, 1-5 lin. longi; pedicelli tenues, pilosi, 6-9 lin. longi. 
Calycis tubus, ovario incluso, 3 lin. longus, brevissime dentatus, 
extus et intus pilosus. Corolle tubus 4-5 lin. longus, e basi 
angusta campanulatus dein ad os paullo contractus, extus pilis 
brevibus, intus pilis longioribus lectus; lobi 44 lin. longi, in 
alabastro conspicue contorti, basi 1-1 lin. lati, longe angustati. 
Stamina ad medium tubi inserta; filamenta brevia; anthers 
incluse. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus paullo exsertus, bifidus. 
Fructus calyce persistente coronatus, globosus, 5 lin. diam. vel 
ultra, 
Hab. Tonga Islands: Vavau, Crosby, 76. 7 
Fruiting-specimens of a closely allied species from Fiji 
(Graeffe, 1400) and New Caledonia (Deplanche, 39) exist in the 
Herbarium at Kew. The inflorescence is interesting; 1t 18 
produced as the termination of a short stem of 2 or 3 internodes, 
and from the last node arise 1 or 2 branches which continue 
the axis, pushing the little inflorescence to one side. 
