212 VEGETATION OF THE FEEJEE ISLANDS. 
Grewia mallococca, Linn. Fil. Friendly Islands, Mr. Bar- 
clay. 
Eleocarpus oppositifolius, W. et Arn. Aceratium opposi- 
tifolium, DC. Amboyna, Mr. Barclay. 
Vavea Amicorum, gen. nov. Vavao, Friendly Islands, 
Mr. Barclay. | 
Char. Gen. Vavma. Sepala 5-6, æstivatione leviter 
imbricata. Petala totidem, hypogyna, æstivatione imbricata. — 
Stamina 15-20, corolla breviora, inzquilonga. Filamenta 
basi glabra, in tubum disco adnatum monadelpha, superne 
libera, hirsutissima. Anthere introrse, biloculares, loculis 
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Discus hypogynus cupuli- 
formis, carnosus, ovarium cingens et ei equilongus. Ova- 
rium intra discum sessile, hispidum, triloculare. Ovula in 
quoque loculo duo, angulo centrali affixa. Stylus simplex. 
Stigma crassum, peltatum, obscure triradiatum. : 
V. Amicorum. Frutex? v. arbor? Rami glabri, ramui ——— 
juniores pubescentes. Folia simplicia, in apices ramorum 
approximata, alterna, obovato-oblonga, obtusa, emarginata 
v. obtuse acuminata, basi in petiolum brevem angustata, — 
 tripollicaria, chartaceo-membranacea, penninervia, supra = 
glabriuscula, subtus sparse hirtella. Stipule linearilanceó — — 
late, villosee, decidue. Flores cymosi ad apicem pedunculi 
axillaris folio brevioris. Inflorescentia tota pubescens. Be — 
tec parve. Sepala lanceolata, villosa, 1 lin. longa. Petala p 
intus extusque puberula, sepalis longiora, crassiuscula, — 
oblonga, obtusa. Discus intus pilosus.  Filamentorum € 
villi antheris longiores. zs 
. In the only specimen I have seen of this plant the flowers — 
are not quite expanded, and the fruit being unknown, Ww 
difficult to say to what order it should be referred. Jt - 
however evidently allied to Ixionanthes of Jack, a genus 
placed by Endlicher doubtfully at the end of Cedrelace& — 
but which I have not had an opportunity of examining. — 
Micromelum glabrescens, sp. n., foliis junioribus inflores- 
centiaque tomentellis, foliolis 10-12 oblique ovatis acum 
natis minute crenulatis adultis glabris, calyce brevissime 
