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panulata, usque ad medium 4-fida ; stamina 4. Corolla 9 infundibularis, 3—4-fida ; 
styli 2, longi, graciles, pubescentes. Fructus ignotus. 
Hilly parts of the island, plentiful. Native name Angi. 
Very closely allied to the Kermadec Islands C. acutifolia, Hook. f., but smaller and 
more densely branched, with shorter and broader leaves, shorter unbranched peduncles, 
and much fewer and smaller flowers. It is slightly fragrant when bruised or drying, so 
that the natives are fond of weaving head-dresses from the young branches. 
COM POSIT.E. 
*VERNONIA CINEREA, Linn.—A common weed in cultivations, by roadsides, &e. 
Abundant in the tropics of the Old World. 
J ADENOSTEMMA VISCOSUM, Forst.—In cultivations and in open places in the forest; 
not rare. 
Most warm countries, and extending northwards as far as Japan. 
AGERATUM CONYZOIDEs, Linn.—A most troublesome and aggressive weed, spread all 
over the island. 
All warm countries. 
FircHIa SPECIOSA, Cheesem.,sp. nov. (Plate 32.)—Arbor parva, 8-25-pedalis, omnino 
glaberrima, trunco gracili 6-12 poll. diametro; rami crassiusculi versus apices 
foliosi. Folia magna, opposita; petiolus gracilis, 2-5 poll. longus; lamina 4-8 poll. 
longa, 13-34 poll. lata, oblongo-ovata vel oblongo-lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, 
basi cuneatim angustata, membranacea, margine integra vel obscure irregulariterque 
erenulata, nervis primariis a costa angulo aeuto abeuntibus, venulis reticulatis. 
Capitula ad apices ramorum solitaria, læte aurantiaca, magna, 3—4 poll. diametro, 
pedunculata, nutantia ; pedunculi crassi, decurvi, 2 poll. longi, basi 1-3 bracteis 
linearibus instructi. Involucrum latum, bracteis intimis ovato-lanceolatis vel 
linearibus acuminatis, exterioribus brevioribus ovatis vel ovato-oblongis. Corolle 
ligulate, profunde 5-partite, segmentis angustis apice filiformibus. ^ Achzenia 
(matura non visa) lineari-oblonga, villosa, marginibus in setas duas longas villosas 
productis. j 
Central and hilly portions of the island, often forming the greater part of the forest 
at elevations of over 500 ft., and reaching the tops of the Kahat peaks, at 2250 ft. 
Native name Nei-nei. It varies greatly in size: when ae in the sheltered valleys 
it often attains a height of 25 ft. ; but on the exposed ridges Ne on the summits of the 
hills it is much dwarfed, and often not more than 5-8 ft. The roots are frequently 
aerial, somewhat after the fashion of Pandanus, leaving the stem 2 or 8 ft. above the 
ground, and repeatedly forking before entering it. In the flowering-season the natives 
make numerous expeditions to the hills in order to collect the "Pë from the flowers, 
which is secreted in large quantities. As a species, F. speciosa differs from the Tahitian 
