200 EXTRACTS OF A LETTER 
I. Subgenus EurLAGELLARIA.— Perianihii laciniæ interiores exterto- 
ribus majores, submembranacez. Bacca 1-locularis, l-sperma.— 
Herbæ sarmentose v. scandentes ; foliis striatis, apice in cirrhos desi- 
nentibus, vaginis plerumque integris. 
IL. Subgenus CHORTODES.—Perianthii laciniæ interiores exterioribus 
eequilonge. Bacca 3-locularis, 3-sperma.— Herba erecta ; foliis pli- 
catis; vaginis ad basin fissis. 
1. Flagellaria (Chortodes) plicata, Hook.; erecta, foliis late elon- 
gato-lanceolatis longe acuminatis creberrime plicatis et longitudinali- 
ter nervosis nervis primariis minute scaberulis venulis transversis 
convexis, vagina fissa marginibus membranaceis superne in auriculas 
obtusas utrinque dilatata, paniculæ ramis puberulis, perianthii laci- 
niis ovato-subulatis. ; 
Han. Isle of Pines, near the south extreme of New Caledonia; 
forming clumps by streams in the forest. M*Gilivray and Milne, 
October, 1853 (young fruit). 5 
- . Herta elata, 5-pedalis, robusta. Caulis erectus, indivisus? Folia 
E pedalia et ultra, 3-5 unc. lata, utrinque viridia, sicca coriaceo-char- 
tacea, creberrime plicata, plicis 20—30, nervis primariis utrinque sca- 
berulis, vagina spithameea et ultra, subtilissime asperula, striata, 
ad basin fissa, marginibus late membranaceis, in auriculas obtusas 
 Stipuleformes utrinque producta, ligula brevissima membranacea. 
Panicula pedalis, ampla, ramosissima, ramis et ramulis gracilibus 
sæpe flexuosis angulatis puberulis, Flores parvi (1-2 lin. lati), ses- 
siles, bracteola minuta suffulti; bracteola ramulo panicule adnata, 
. dentiformi. Perianthium viride, basi late campanulatum. Filamenta 
‘filiformia, perianthio duplo longiora.- Anthere filamentis cequilong:e, 
liveari-oblonge, dorso supra basin filamento insert. Ovarium glo- 
bosum; stigmatibus 3 filiformibus coronatum. Bacca immatura, 
. 3s unc. lata, 3-loba. 
 PrarE VII. Fig. 1, flower advanced, with the stamens still at- 
tached ; 2, immature berry; 3, tranverse section of berry; 4, imma- 
ture seed :—all magnified. 
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— Extracts of a Letter from Mr. WALLACE, dated * Singapore, October 
: 10%, 1854." 
On getting rid of my fever I went to a place in the interior called 
