10 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
petalis adhzrentia. Ovarium liberum, cc-ovulatum; stylus apice 3-fidus v. 3-suleus. Capsula glo- 
bosa v. ovoidea, chartacea, 3-valvis. Semina subglobosa v. a latere compressa, subreniformia, testa , 
nitida, funiculo in strophiolum expanso ; embryo periphericus.—Herbe interdum suffrutescentes, car- 
nose, glaberrimze; foliis alternis v. oppositis, planis, stipulis nullis; floribus in cymas racemos v. 
paniculas terminales dispositis, rarius solitariis, axillaribus v. lateralibus; petalis ephemeris. 
l. T. patens, Willd. Spec. vol. ii. p. 863. excl. var.; DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 357 ; caule suffruti- 
coso erecto ; foliis planis ovalibus mucronatis, infimis obovatis ; panicula terminali, pedunculis alternis 
dichotomis ebracteatis.— Portulaca paniculata, Jacq. Amer. 148. P. patens, Jacq. Hort. Vindob. 
vol i.t. 151. Rulingia patens, Ehr. Beitr. vol. iii. p. 185. Talinum paniculatum, Gertn. Fruct. 
vol. ii. p. 219. t. 128, non Moench.—Common on the seashore rocks of Levuka, Ovalau (Seemann ! 
n. 15). Also gathered in the Society Islands (Barclay! and other collectors). Diffused over the 
West Indies, Brazil, British Guiana, Central America, and Mexico. Not being found in the older 
collections, it is probably a recent introduction into the South Sea Islands. 
Ordo X. ELATINEZE. 
I. Elatine, Linn. Gen. n. 502; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 162. Flores 3—4-meri, rarius 2- 
meri, nec (unquam ?) 5-meri. Sepala membranacea, obtusa, ecostata. Ovarium globosum. Capsula 
membranacea, septis post dehiscentiam axi adnatis v. evanidis.— Herb:e parvi, aquaticze v. repentes, 
glaberrimz; foliis oppositis v. verticillatis ; floribus in axillis sæpe solitariis, minimis. 
1, E. ambigua, Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. vol. ii. p. 103. t. 5; foliis oppositis ovato-sub- 
spathulatis; floribus alternis oppositisque pedicellatis; sepalis petalis staminibusque 3.—In swamps, 
Somosomo, Island of Taviuni (Seemann! n, 188). 
At once distinguished from E, Americana, Arn. (which has been found in New Zealand, and to which | 
I referred it in my preliminary list) by its long pedicellate flowers. 
Orvo XI. GUTTIFERZE. 
I. Garcinia, Linn. Gen. n. 594; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, p. 174. Flores polygami. Sepala 
4, decussata. Petala 4, imbricata (v. rarius valvata?). Fl. 4: Stamina oo, libera v. in massam inte- 
gram v. 4-lobam coalita y. circa styli rudimentum 4-adelpha; antherz sessiles v. filamento fultz et 
erectz, 2-loculares, rimis porisve dehiscentes, rarius 4-loculares v. peltate et rima circulari dehis- 
centes. Fl. ĝ v. ?: Staminodia 8-co, libera v. varie coalita. Ovarium 2—-12-loculare; stigma late 
peltatum, integrum v. radiato-lobatum, Leve v. supra tuberculatum v. torulosum ; ovula in loculis 
solitaria, erecta v. lateraliter affixa. Bacca corticata. Semina pulpa arilliformi involuta.—A rbores, 
succo ssepius luteo; foliis coriaceis v. rarius submembranaceis ; floribus nunc terminalibus, solitariis 
3-nis v. rarius paniculatis, nunc axillaribus, 3-nis v. fasciculatis.—Discostigma, Hassk. Cat. Hort. 
. Bog. 212. 
1. G. Vitiensis, Seem.; foliis oblongis Y. oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis coriaceis 
subaveniis; floribus 9 in axillis solitariis geminisve; pedicellis 2-bracteolatis; ovario 2-loculari, 
stigmate discoideo coronato.— Discostigma Vitiense, A, Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 216. t. 16. fig. A.— 
Ovalau, about 1500 feet above the sea (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
2. G. sessilis, Seem. Miss. to Viti, App. p. 433; foliis petiolatis obovatis v. ellipticis acuminatis 
v. acutis integerrimis crebre venosis subse rica floribus axillaribus solitariis v. paniculatis ; 
sepalis petalisque 4 subrotundatis obtusissimis ibaa. staminibus oo 4-adelphis; ovario 5-locu- 
