214 VEGETATION OF THE FEEJEE ISLANDS. 
ing, even the rhachis is perfectly smooth; the fruit also 
appears to be larger. The filaments are very hairy, but these 
hairs appear to exist also, though in less abundance and only 
at the base of the filaments, even in Dr. Wight’s specimens 
of S. serrata. New Guinea, Mr. Hinds; New Ireland, Mr. 
Hinds, Mr. Barclay ; Amboyna, Mr. Barclay. 
Harpulia eupanioides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. 2. 442. 
This precisely resembles Roxburgh's specimens, except that 
the flowers are perhaps rather smaller. 'lhe genus is now 
commonly referred to Cupania, but, if so, Endlicher's cha- 
racter must be considerably modified. 'The ovary of Har- 
pulia is always bilocular, the stamens 5 only, the seeds pen- 
dulous and attached nearly to the top of the cell, &c. New 
Guinea, Mr. Hinds; Tobie Island, Mr. Barclay. 
Colubrina Asiatica, Brongn. Ceanothus Asiaticus, Linn. 
New Guinea, Mr. Hinds. . 
Leea sambucina, Willd. L. staphylea, Roxb. New Guinea, 
Mr. Hinds. 
Zanthoxylum (Aubertia) varians, sp. n., glabra v. apicibus 
vix puberulis, foliis longe petiolatis trifoliolatis integrisque, 
foliolis sessilibus elliptico-oblongis obtuse acuminatis bast 
longe angustatis, paniculis axillaribus folio vix brevioribus — 
floribus hermaphroditis, ovariis glabris.— Color siccitate pal- 
lide flavicans. Ramuli crassi, primo juventute adpresse pu- 
beruli, mox glabrati. Folia subopposita, cujusve paris S&pe 
ineequalia, ad apicem petioli bipollicaris 4-8-pollicaria, plera- 
que trifoliolata. Foliolum terminale equilaterum, lateralia — — 
valde obliqua et basi inequilatera, limbo in petiolum com- 
munem breviter decurrente, omnia penninervia, glabra, pe " 
nuia, creberrime pellucido-punctata. Folia superiora Sepe — 
simplicia, foliolo terminali ceterum similia. Panieule axil- 
lares v. supra-axillares, laxæ, parum ramose, juniores pU- 
bescentes. Pedicelli 1-14 lin. longi, hispiduli, secus rhachim — 
fasciculati v. racemosi. Sepala 4, ovata, hirsuta, æstiva- — 
tione valvata. Petala 4, ovato-oblonga, acutiuscula, sepalis : 
subduplo longiora, apice recurva, sstivatione valvata. Sta- 
mina 4, petalis paullo breviora. Antherae connectivo acu- 
