234 VEGETATION OF THE FEEJEE ISLANDS. 
Boehmeria sp. from New Guinea, and another from New 
Ireland, Mr. Hinds. 
Elatostemma sp. New Ireland, Mr. Hinds, and another. 
Amboyna, Mr. Barclay. 
Ficus aspera, Forst. Friendly Islands, Mr. Barclay, and two 
species from New Guinea, Mr. Hinds. : 
Urtica affinis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 69. Tunna, 
Mr. Hinds. 
Antidesma sp. with male flowers only, Tanna, M. Hinds. 
Piper fragile, sp. n., fruticosum, scandens? subradicans, 
glabrum, dioicum, foliis lato-ovatis orbiculatisve breviter acu- 
minatis basi cuneatis truncatis v. subpeltatis quintuplinerviis 
coriaceis, spicis brevibus, masculis tenuibus, foemineis dimi- 
dio brevioribus densis, baccis subconnatis. Rami teretes, 
subcompressi, v. leviter striati, rigiduli, ad nodos fragillimy, 
internodiis 2-3-pollicaribus. Petiolisubsemipollicares. $ti- — — 
pulas non vidi. Folia 2-3-pollicaria, superiora basi subinæ- a 
qualiter et brevissime cuneata, inferiora basi late et leviter — 
cordata v. (in masculis solis ?) breviter peltata, venis plerum- 
que 5, quarum 2 ssepius supra basin orte, Pedunculi oppo — 
sitifolii, semipollicares. Amenta mascula pollicaria, tenui» = 
densiflora. Bractez peltate. Stamina 2, lateralia, filamen- - 
tis brevibus crassis, antheris ovoideis bilocularibus extrorsis: — 
Amenta feminea vix semipollicaria. Bractee peltatze mas- 
culis minores. Ovarium sessile. Stigmata 5, sessilia, Te — 
curva, breviter linearia, acuta, crassiuscula. Bacce sessiles; $4 
depresso-globose, confertissime et cum bracteis subconnaté» - 
nequaquam basi constrietze. New Guinea, Mr. Hinds. 
The specimens are so much broken that I could not ascet- 
tain positively whether the cordate or peltate leaves belong 
exclusively to the males as they appear to do. The species 
would be included in Miquel’s 2nd section of the genus e 
which dicecious species are included. ib 
Macropiper latifolium, Miquel, Comm. p. 36. ear 
Islands, Mr. Hinds. 'This genus is said to have hermaphro- 
dite flowers, but I cannot find any ovaria in the male spikes 
of Mr. Hinds’ specimens, nor any stamens in a female speck 
men from Taiti. The Piper psittacorum, Endl. from Nor 
