252 VEGETATION OF THE FEEJEE ISLANDS, 
bractearum v. deciduarum v. abortientium. Perigonium 
gracile, basi et apice leviter ampliatum, extus glabrum, bi- 
pollicare ; lacinie limbi crasse, oblonge, obtuse, concave, 
3-4 lin. longe, in alabastro valde imbricate. Tubus intus 
hirsutus. Squame faucis parvae, ovate. Vagina brevissima, 
glabra. Ovarium oblongum, leviter compressum, villosum. 
Drupa magnitudine nucis avellanze, compresso-globosa, sicci- 
tate rugosa, et interdum subdidyma, putamine crassissimo 
lignoso-fibroso. Seminum testa nigro-fusca. 
This genus is evidently allied, both in habit and character, — 
to Phaleria of Jack (of which Cuming's n. 763 from the Phi- - 
lippine Islands appears to be a species), but differs in the 
pentamerous flowers, the scales at the mouth of the tabe, 
the oblong stigma, and the drupaceous fruit, besides other - 
characters of minor importance. I have, at the request A- 
Mr. Hinds, dedicated the species to Sir W. Burnett, In- 
spector- General of the Navy, a zealous promoter of natural 
history, and much respected by the medical officers of the 
navy ; regretting, at the same time, that a genus already 
existing under the name of Burnettia, precludes my fulfilling 
entirely Mr. Hind’s wishes to dedicate one to Sir William — 
Hernandia sonora, Linn. Feejee Islands, Mr. Hinds. — . 
Omalanthus pedicellatus, sp. n., floribus foemineis in in- 
feriore racemo 1-2 longe pedicellatis, masculis sub quaque. 
bractea solitariis. Similis O. populifolio Grah., sed minot, 
gracilior. Racemi sesquipollicares, graciles, floribus mascu 
numerosis, solitarie pedicellatis, 9-10-andris; feeminearum 
 pedicellus per anthesin 3-4 lin. mox vero pollicem longus 
_ Friendly Islands, Mr. Barclay. : 7 
_ Acalypha hispida Willd, Feejee Islands, Mr. Barclay. — — 
Acalypha grandis, sp. n., fruticosa (v. arborea ?), diolc» 
* Since the above has been in type, I have received the January 
number of the Annales des Sciences Naturelles, in which I find a paper 
by Decaisne on the Aquilarice as a Section of Phymelex, in whic 
reduces Phaleria of Jack to Drymispermum of Reinwardt, and establi 
two new` genera : Pseudais for the Dais coccinea of Gaudichaud, 
Gyrinopsis for Cuming’s, n. 1617, from the Philippine Islands. 
Leucosmia will be found to be intermediate between these two neW 
