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fruits are not perfectly ripe. The ovary is usually 3- but some- 

 times 4-celled. Endlicher's description of " greenish-black " 

 describes the colour of the fruit well. They are more egg-shaped 

 than those of the Australian Eljeodendrons. They are quite 

 tapering at the top until nearly ripe, this pointed appearance 

 giving them an unusual appearance for an Elceodendron in this 

 part of the world. The tapering appearance is owing to the 

 delayed absoi'ption of the style. The same thing may be noticed 

 in E. Roxhurghii, W. et A. pi. 71, t. 5, of Wight's " Illustrations 

 of Indian Botany," Vol. i. 



E. curtipendulum has hitherto only been recorded from Norfolk 

 Island; it is now recorded, for the first time, as indigenous to 

 Lord Howe Island. 



E. curtipen'lulum. goes under the name of "Tumana" in Lord 

 Howe Island. It has a bark of a very red colour when fresh, 

 its wood is red, and it reminded the islanders, most of whom are 

 old sailors, to whom the trojjical South Sea Islands are familiar, 

 of Galophyllum inopliyllum, which is widely known as Tumana. 

 That being the case, what more simple than to christen this 

 nameless wood Tumana. I have no doubt that through their 

 furnishing a list of the trees of the island to Mr. Moore, nearly 

 30 years ago, he announced that the genus GalojtJiyllmn occurs 

 in the island, placing reliance on their vernacular name of 

 Tumana. It is a very common practice with the islanders to 

 give plants the names of Australian or Polynesian plants they 

 are deemed to more or less resemble. Some were manifestly so 

 absurd that I requested my informants never to mention them 

 again. 



CuPANiA HowEANA, Maiden, n.sp. 



(Plate I.) 



Cupania sp., Moore, Jiep. p. 3. : Cnpania anacardioides, A. 

 Rich., in Mueller, Fragm. ix., 77 and 91; Tate, Macleay Memorial 

 Vol., p. 220; Hemsley, op. cif., p. 234. 



In Fragm. ix., 91, the following passage occurs : — "C. anacar- 

 dioides. Stamina interdum 8, e.g., in arbors ex insula Howei. 



