14 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
l. T. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem.; fruticosa, ramulis angulatis puberulis demum giabris; 
foliis petiolatis obovatis v. ellipticis obtusis v. retusis, in petiolum attenuatis serrato-crenatis, supra 
viridibus lucidis, subtus pallidioribus opacis; pedunculis axillaribus solitariis petiolo longioribus; 
sepalis interioribus majoribus subrotundatis mucronatis ciliatis; petalis. .., fructu ovato glabro 
coriaceo stylo 3-fido coronato 3-loculari, loculis 2-spermis.— On the top of the mountains of 
Taviuni, near the lake (Seemann! n. 45). 
Has somewhat the habit of some species of Ile, and attains about 10-14 feet in height. Branches 
straight, rigid. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, feather-veined, 21-8 inches long, and about one inch broad. 
Flowers pedicellate, with two minute bracts at the base. Corolla, stamens, and ovary unknown. Fruit 
(not quite ripe) about 4 of an inch long, surrounded by five persistent sepals. 
II. Eurya, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 11. t. 25; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 183. Flores dioici. Sepala 
5, valde imbricata. Petala 5, imbricata, basi coalita. Stamina oo (15 v. infra), rarius 5, corollæ 
basi adnata; antherz glabræ, basifixee, loculis adnatis. Ovarium 3-(rarius 2-5-)loculare; styli 3 
(rarius 2-5), fere a basi liberi v. fere ad apicem connati; ovula in medio loculo co. Fructus bacca- 
tus. Seminum albumen carnosum; embryo curvatus, cotyledonibus semiteretibus radicula brevio- 
ribus.—Frutices v. arbores; foliis seepius serrato-crenatis et glabris; floribus parvis, sessilibus v. 
breviter pedunculatis, ad axillas fasciculatis v. rarius solitariis; bracteolis persistentibus.— Geeria, 
Blum. Bijdr. 124. j 
l. E. angustifolia, Blum. Bijdr. vol. ii. p. 119; ramulis teretibus apice sericeo-snbvelutinis ; 
folis brevipetiolatis e basi angusta lanceolatis longe obtuse acuminatis serrulatis, supra glabris, 
subtus obsolete reticulatis et prwsertim ad costam sericeo-puberulis (14-31 poll. longis) ; floribus - 
solitariis geminis v. confertis brevibus; sepalis subrotundis, exterioribus minoribus; stylis 8 v. 4, 
raro 5, ad medium connatis; bacca ovoideo-globosa glabra.— Geeria angustifolia, Blum. Bijdr. 126. 
E. acuminata, DC. Prodr. vol. i. p. 525? Ovalau (Seemann! n. 44). Also collected in East 
Java (Horsfield !). : à 
2. E. Vitiensis, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 210; glaberrima; foliis lanceolato-ellipticis oblon- 
gisve utrinque acuminatis serrulatis, supra nitidis; floribus plerisque geminis, masculis (v. 10-andris) 
fasciculatis; sepalis orbiculatis; stylis 3 v. 4 brevissimis fere discretis; bacca globosa.—On the 
mountains of Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Kadavu (Seemann! n. 43). A tree 25-30 feet high. 
II. Saurauja, Willd. in N. Schrift. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, vol. iii. p. 406. t. 4; Benth. et 
Hook. f. Gen. p. 184. Flores vulgo hermaphroditi. Sepala 5, valde imbricata. Petala 5, imbri- 
cata, basi connata v. rarius fere libera. Stamina co, corolle basi adhzrentia ; antherz versatiles, 
loculis apice poro v. rima brevi dehiscentibus. Ovarium 3-5-loculare; styli 3-5, apice stigmatosi, a 
basi distincti v. plus minus coaliti; ovula in loculis cc, anatropa. Bacca 3-5-locularis, rarius siccior 
et subdehiscens. Semina pulpa immersa, parva; albumen sat copiosum ; embryo axilis, rectus v. 
leviter incurvus, cotyledonibus brevibus.— Arbores fruticesve sepissime strigoso-pilosz v. squamatze ; 
foliis vulgo serratis, venis parallelis a costa divergentibus more Dilleniacearum ; pedunculis axilla- 
ribus v. lateralibus, co-floris, subpaniculatis v. rarius abbreviatis paucifloris ; bracteolis vulgo parvis a 
calyce remotis.— Draytonia, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 206. t. 15. 
l. S. rubicunda, Seem. ; arbuscula; foliis oblongis utrinque acutis serratis ; pedunculis axilla- 
ribus subpaniculatis; pedicellis 2-bracteolatis; sepalis rotundato-ovatis concavis ; petalis obovatis 
(pulehre roseis); antheris apice rima introrsa hiantibus; stylis (3—5) connatis, fructu baccato.— 
Draytonia rubicunda, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 207. t. 15. Nomen vernac. “Kau alewa."—Viti 
Levu, about Navua (Seemann! n. 42), Ovalau (Storck! n. 872; U.S. Expl. Exped.). Also collected 
‘in Viti by Sir E. Home. 
