4 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Leaves, especially in young plants, sometimes 1-1} feet long, and 4-6 inches broad; flowers yellow ; 
anthers biporose at apex, as in the rest of the genus. 
2. W. membranifolia, Seem. ; foliis oblongis obovatisve repando-serratis membranaceis recte 
venosis, costis subdistantibus; pedunculis 2-3-floris, floribus parvulis; carpellis 8-10.— Capellia 
membranifolia, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 17. An var. preecedent.?—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
Orvo III. ANONACEZE. 
» I. Uvaria, Linn. Gen. n. 692; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 23. Sepala 3, basi sæpe coalita, 
lata, valvata. Petala 6, rotundata, ovalia v. oblonga, biseriatim imbricata, plano-convexa, basi inter- 
dum coalita. Stamina co, plano-compressa, connectivo ultra loculos subfoliato v. truncato-dilatato. 
Torus parum elevatus, truncatus, pubescens v. tomentosus.  Carpella co, lineari-oblonga, intus sul- 
cata, stylo continuo truncato, ovulis co biserialibus.  Baccx forme varie, co-spermze v. abortu 
1-spermze.—Frutices scandentes v. sarmentosi v. arbores, pube v. tomento stellato ; inflorescentia ple- 
rumque oppositifolia rarius axillari ; floribus hermaphroditis. 
1. U. () amygdalina, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 31; arborea, glabra; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 
acuminatis basi sinu parvo subcordatis breviter petiolatis fere membranaceis supra nitidis reticulatis, 
venis omnibus tenuibus; pedunculis brevibus 1-floris, carpellis ovoideo-globosis obtuse apiculatis in 
gynophorum sessilibus oligospermis.—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
Flowers unknown, and hence the genus to which this species belongs somewhat doubtful. 
II. Polyalthia, Blum. Fl. Jav. Anon. 70. (sect. i.) t. 33, 34; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 25. 
Sepala 8, valvata v. rarius leviter imbricata. Petala 6, biseriatim valvata, mox aperta, plana, sub- 
zqualia, ovata v. angusta. Stamina oo, cuneata, connectivo ultra loculos truncato-dilatato. Torus 
parum elevatus, apice planus v. leviter concavus.  Carpella oo, stylo oblongo, ovulis 1-2 erectis. 
Baccæ stipitatze, globose v. oblongze, l-spermse.— Arbores v. frutices; foliis oblique penninerviis ; 
floribus solitariis v. fasciculatis, axillaribus y. oppositifoliis, parvis v. sepius per anthesin auctis. 
l. P. Vitiensis, (sp. nov. Seem. in Bonplandia, vol. ix. p. 254 (Tab. IIL); arbuscula; 
folis ovato-oblongis acuminatis integerrimis brevissime petiolatis glabris; floribus axillaribus soli- 
tariis, pedunculis calycibusque pubescentibus, petalis ellipticis extus puberulis, stigmatibus pubes- 
centibus; baccis oblongis v. ovato-oblongis obtusis.—Ovalau (Seemann! n. 4). 
A small tree, with shining leaves and small white flowers. Leaves 6-8 inches long, 2-23 inches broad. . 
Pedunceles longer than the petioles. 
ExrLANATION or PrATE IIL—Fig. 1, an entire flower; 2, 8, and 4, stamens, in different positions; 
5, flower, with the petals removed ; 6, the same, with calyx and a few of the stamens removed ; 7, a young 
carpel; 8, a head of berries; 9, an entire berry; 10, cross section of the same; 11, a seed; 12, longitudinal 
section of berry; 14, longitudinal section of seed; 18, albumen,—all, with the exception of Figs. 8 and 9, 
more or less magnified. 
III. Cananga, Rumph. Amb. t. 65. (et 66?) non Aubl.; Hook. f. et Thoms. Fl. Ind. vol. i. p. 
129; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 24, Sepala 3, valvata. Petala 6, biseriatim valvata, mox aperta, 
subzequalia, elongata, plana. Stamina oo, linearia, connectivo ultra loculos ovato-acuto. Torus con- 
vexiusculus, medio subconcavus. Carpella oo, in stylum anguste oblongum stigmate capitato atte- 
nuata, ovulis oo biserialibus. Baccæ stipitate. Semina pulpa immersa.—Arbor excelsa ; pedunculis 
ad axillas v. ad nodos defoliatos sæpius compluribus, umbellatim plurifloris; floribus magnis odoratis. 
1, C. odorata, Hook. f. et Thoms. Fl. Ind. vol. i. p. 130; foliis ovato-oblongis longe attenuatis 
plerumque obliquis margine undulatis ; pedunculis axillaribus 2—4-floris.— Uvaria odorata, Lam. Il. 
t. 495. fig. 1; Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol ii. p. 661; Blum. Bijdr. 14. Fl. Jav. Anon. 29. t. 9, 14 B. 
