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simplici mixta; foliis serratis; stipulis angustis; floribus szepius parvulis, ad axillas glomeratis v. 
eymosis v. in capitula racemos paniculasve terminales dispositis.— Lophanthus, Forst. Char. Gen. t. 14. 
]. W. Americana, Linn. Spec. 941, excl. ex Smith. syn. Breyn.; foliis ovatis plicatis acute 
inzequaliter dentatis utrinque tomentosis, capitulis pedunculatis v. sessilibus.—W, Indica, Jacq. Icon. 
Rar. vol. i. t. 130; DC. Prodr. vol. i. p. 492.—Vanua Levu and Oneata (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Ka- 
davu (Seemann! n. 36). Also collected in New Caledonia (Anderson! Sir E. Home!), Eromanga 
(M‘Gillivray !), Samoan Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.), and Sandwich Islands (Barclay! Macrae! 
Nuttall! Seemann !) ; and in North Australia and Queensland. 
Having been found during Cook's Voyages in New Caledonia and Society Islands, this plant must be 
considered truly indigenous to the South Sea Islands. 
VI. Commersonia, Forst. Char. Gen. 43. t. 22; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 226. Calyx 
5-fidus. Petala 5, e basi lata concava, superne ligulata. Staminum urceoli lobi anantheriferi (sta- 
minodia), petalis alterni, 3-nati v. 3-fidi, elongati; anthers 5, breviter stipitatee, cum lobis sterilibus 
alternantibus et petalis oppositze, loculis divaricatis. Ovarium sessile, 5-loculare, loculis 2-6-ovulatis ; 
styli plus minus coaliti v. distincti. Capsula setis flaccidis echinata, loculicide 5-valvis. Semina 
2-3-na, adscendentia, strophiolo parvo, albuminosa; cotyledones foliacez, plane; radicula hilo 
proxima.—Arbores fruticesve; foliis dentatis v. incisis, sepe obliquis; floribus parvis, in cymas 
axillares v. oppositifolias raro terminales dispositis. 
1. C. platyphylla, Andr. Bot. Rep. n. 603 et t. 519, sub C. echinata ; caule frutescente; foliis 
ovato-acuminatis superne hispidulis v. demum glabratis, subtus albido-tomentosis distincte venosis ; 
cymis compositis plurifloris; capsule setis villosissimis.—A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 188. C. Ja- 
vensis, Don, Gen. Syst. vol. i. p. 523; Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. p.312. C. echinata, Blum. Bijdr. p. 86. 
— Common throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 34; U.S. Expl. Exped.). Also collected in the Samoan 
(Sir E. Home!) and Society Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). : 
VII. Pimia, (gen. nov.) Seem. in Bonplandia, 1862, p. 366. Calyx 5-fidus, laciniis obovatis 
obtusis. Petala 5, minuta, squameeformia, cordata. Stamina antherifera 5, libera, laciniis calycis 
alterna. — Anthere 2-rimose, petalis opposite. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium 5-loculare, loculis 
1-ovulatis. Capsula setis flaccidis echinata, 5-locularis. Semina solitaria, adscendentia.—A rbor 40— 
50-pedalis; ramulis foliis cymisque ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosis, demum glabratis; foliis alternis 
petiolatis ovato-oblongis v. obovatis obtusis integerrimis coriaceis, penninerviis, supra demum gla- 
bratis, subtus densissime ferrugineo-tomentosis ;. cymis paucifloris; floribus parvis. 
This new genus I have dedicated to my esteemed friend Captain Bedford Pim, R.N., who was my 
travelling companion during Admiral Kellett's voyage round the world and in three cruises to the Arctic 
regions. The materials, as far as they go, would seem to indicate a close affinity to Lasiopetalum and 
Commersonia, differing from the former in its echinate fruit, from the latter in its want of staminodia, and 
differently-shaped petals. In habit Pimia somewhat resembles Pomaderris; and before the few flowers 
which have served to draw up the above character were found on the British Museum specimen, I took it 
to be a Rhamnea. My specimens are too imperfect to determine either the arrangement, number, or 
nature of the long spines of the capsule. Some of them are broken, but there appear to be six long ones, 
which do not seem to differ essentially from the short ones. All are densely covered with stellate hairs. 
1. P. rhamnoides, Seem. in Bonplandia, 1862, p. 366 (Tab. V.).— Rhamnea, Seem. in Bonpl. 
vol. ix. (1861) p. 255.—Northern Coast of Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 83); very rare, growing on 
the margin of forests. ; Bc c 
EXPLANATION or PLATE V.—Fig. 1, fragment of a cyme; 2 and 8, different views of a flower, the 
- fruit far advanced towards maturity; 4, a petal and stamens; 5, longitudinal section of capsule; 6, cross- 
section of the same; 7, one of the sete of the capsule; 8, the articulated hair covering the branches :—aJ7, 
with the exception of fig. 1, magnified. 
