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serrata, membranacea, venis primariis utrinque sat conspicuis. Flores virides in 
axillis foliorum solitarii, pedunculo gracili ad 1 poll.longo, bracteis 2 linearibus. 
Calyeis tubus ovario adnatus, turbinatus, lobis 5 anguste linearibus. Corolla 
1-11 poll. longa, tubo dorso fere ad basin fisso, lobis 5 subsequalibus oblongis 
acutis. Staminum tubus arcuatus, a corolla liber; antherz 2 minores vertice 
penicillatze, 3 majores vertice ciliate. Stylus exsertus; stigma breviter 2-fidum, 
Fructus ignotus. 
Slopes of Mount Taitukura, 1500-2200 ft., plentiful, but not seen elsewhere. The 
corolla is split to the base at the back, and the three larger anthers are ciliate at the 
apex—characters which depart from the description of the genus given in Bentham and 
Hooker's * Genera Plantarum.’ 
SCLEROTHECA sp. ?—Mount Mangatea, alt. 1000-1500 ft., rare. Flowers and fruit 
not seen, and the identification is consequently uncertain. The leaves are much larger 
and broader than in the preceding species. 
VACCINIACEA. 
VACCINIUM CEREUM, Forst.—Summits of most of the higher hills, alt. 800-2200 ft. 
The fruit is eaten by the natives. 
Society Islands and the Marquesas. 
MYRSINACE. 
MYRSINE CHEESEMANI, Hemsl. ex Mez, Myrsinaceæ, p. 371. (Rapanea Cheesemani, 
Mez, l. c.) (Plate 34.) 
Not uncommon on the higher mountains, Ikurangi, Mangatea, Taitukura, &c., 
alt. 1200-1800 ft. 
SAPOTACEÆ. 
Bassta, sp.—Hill-sides at Tiriora, rare, and not seen elsewhere. A tree 20-40 ft. 
high, with large glossy obovate or oblong-obovate leaves 9 in. long. Flowers not seen. 
Berry 1j in. long, obovoid. Seeds 2, long and narrow. Embryo large, occupying the 
whole of the seed except a thin plate of albumen on each side. Cotyledons oblong, 
large ; radicle minute, inferior. 
OLEACE. 
JASMINUM DIDYMUM, Forst.—Native name Aketa. Widely spread through the 
island, from sea-level to a considerable elevation on the hills. The tough twining stems 
are often used for tying up fences. 
New Caiedonia and Fiji to Tahiti, and from North Australia to Java. 
