FLORA VITIENSIS. . 
SYNOPSIS. 
Ordo I RANUNCULACEJE. 
I. Clematis, Linn. Gen. n. 696; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 3. Sepala 4 (rarius 5-8), peta- 
loidea, valvata. - Petala O v. sepalis breviora et gradatim in stamina abeuntia. Carpella oo, uni- 
ovulata. Ovulum pendulum.  Achenia capitata, sessilia v. vix stipitata, apice stylo persistente nudo 
v. barbato caudata.—Frutices suffrutices vel herbæ, caule erecto v. scandente; foliis oppositis, ternatim 
pinnatimve plurifoliolatis v. rarius simplicibus, petiolo sepe volubili nec in cirrhum mutato; flo- 
ribus axillaribus terminalibusve, solitariis v. paniculatis, ebracteolatis v. rarius 2-bracteolatis, scepius, 
presertim in speciebus hemisph:erii australis tropicisve, polygamo-dioicis. 
1. C. Pickeringii, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 1; scandens; foliis ternatis, foliolis membranaceis 
ovatis v. subcordatis acuminatis integerrimis 5-nerviis laxe venosis glabris; floribus paniculatis dioicis, 
pedunculis 3-7-floris, sepalis (albis) lineari-oblongis obtusis sericeis, petalis nullis, antheris glanduloso- 
apiculatis, acheniis barbato-caudatis.—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 1). 
Also collected in New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray !). 
Doubtless distinct from Clematis stenosepala, DC. (including C. glycinoides, DC.), of which Bentham 
thinks it may be a variety. The sepals are only half as long as those of C. stenosepala, thicker, and obtuse. 
Orvo II. DILLENIACEZE. 
I. Wormia, Rottb. Nov. Act. Hafn. 1783; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 13. Sepala 5, patentia. 
Petala 5. Stamina sublibera. Antherz erectæ, lineares, apice biporose. Carpelle 5-12, vix cohze- 
rentia, oc-ovulata, maturitate membranacea v. coriacea, intus dehiscentia v. rarius indehiscentia. 
Semina arillata.—A rbores interdum excels; foliis amplis parallele penniveniis, petiolis alatis, alis 
(stipulis ?).deciduis; floribus speciosis in paniculas terminales sepius paucifloras dispositis. 
1. W. biflora, Seem.; foliis ovato-oblongis repando-serratis acutis obtusisve subcoriaceis con- 
fertim recte venosis, basi stipuliformi petiolum utrinque latissime marginante mox sursum dissiliente ; 
pedunculis 2-floris, carpellis 12.— Capellia biflora, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 15. t. 1. Nomen 
vernac. “ Kukulava” v, * Kulava.”—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 2). 
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