226 VEGETATION OF THE FEEJEE ISLANDS. 
C. attenuate, Wall. Panicule multo ramosiores. Corolle 
dimidio fere minores, petalis vix patentibus nec recurvis. 
New Ireland, Mr. Barclay. 
Cheetosus volubilis, gen. nov. New Guinea, Mr. Hinds. 
Char. Gen. Cuxrosus. Calyx brevis, 5-partitus, sepalis 
gestivatione imbricatis. Corolla tubus brevis, ovoideus, faux 
leviter contracta, subnuda; limbi lacinie 5, oblongo-lineares 
sestivatione leviter contorta. Stamina 5,imo tubo inserta. 
Anthere exserte, in conum connate. Glandule hypogyn® 5 
conice, ovario zquilonge. Ovarium biloculare, ovulis in 
quoque loculo numerosissimis, placentis dissepimento adnatis. 
Stylus filiformis. Stigma basi orbiculari impositum, oblon- 
gum, apice breviter bieuspidatum. Bacca bilocularis, crus- 
tacea, polysperma, seminibus peltatis dissepimento affixis.— 
C. volubilis. Frutex glaber, ramulis volubilibus. Folia 
opposita, petiolata, ovata, breviter acuminata, penninervia, 
subtripollicaria. Stipule interpetiolare brevissime, breviter 
multisetæ. Cymæ pedunculatæ axillares, 2-3-chotomæ, petiolo 
paullo longiores. Calyx 4 lin. longus. Corolla intus extus- 
que glabra, tubo lineam, limbi laciniis sesquilineam longis 
Faux annula obscura aucta. Filamenta crassiuscula, pilis — 
paucis hirtella, tubo corolle paullo longiora. Ovarium gyno" — 
phoro crasso carnoso impositum, tetragono-conicum. Bae —- 
in speciminibus immature, late obovoideo-globose, 4-5 lin. 
longe et late, nonnulle loculo uno abortiente ovoidec mM- 
curva. Semina in quoque loculo 4-5 ; matura non vidi. 
This genus would belong to the tribe Carissee of Apocy- 
nacee, but that the stipulary setze are more evident than!» — — 
others of that tribe. It has much of the habit of Gardnera — 
and appears to come near to the character given to Piero- — 
phleus of Blume, but is in several points sufficiently dis- 
tinct. F : 
Alyxia laurina, Gaudich. ad Freycin. 451. t. 62. Ne 
Guinea, Mr. Hinds ; Tobie Island, Mr. Barclay. ee 
Apocynacea, not ina state to determine. Feejee Islands, 
Mr. Barclay. ee 
Dischidia ovata, sp. n., carnosa, foliis ovatis acutiusculis 
