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on the seaside all over the group (Seemann! n. 38). Also collected in Society (Forster!) and 
Samoan Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Uvea or Wallis Island (Sir E. Home! Greffe! n. 36), Anei- 
tum (M‘Gillivray !), and Queensland (R. Brown !). 
III. Greeffea, Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1864, p. 71 (gen. nov. Tiliacearum). Bracteole 3, integre. 
Sepala 5, valvata. Petala 5, imbricata, basi nuda. Stamina co, libera, toro conico pluriseriatim 
inserta; anthere oblonge, 2-loculares, versatiles, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium 2-loculare, 
loculis oc-ovulatis; stylus brevis, stigmate obscure 5-lobo. Fructus 2-locularis, nudus.—Arbor 
glabra; foliis alternis petiolatis ovato-oblongis acuminatis serratis basi cordatis 3—5-nerviis; stipulis 
obovatis obtusis amplis connatis persistentibus; pedunculis axillaribus dichotomis, ramis 3-floris ; 
pedicellis basi 2- apice 3-bracteolatis; floribus albidis. 
This new genus, which must rank near Zrichospermum, I have great pleasure in dedicating to Dr. 
Greffe, a Swiss naturalist, who, in visiting the Viti Islands, was the fortunate discoverer of it. 
1. G. calyculata, (sp. nov.) Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1864, p. 71 (Tab.VI.).—Viti Levu (Dr. 
Greffe! in Herb. Melbourn.). 
The single specimen has very young flowers and no ripe fruit. Petioles 1-13 inch long. Blade of 
leaf 5-8 inches long, and 3-5 inches broad. Stipules nearly an inch long, connate, and imparting a charac- 
teristic look to the plant. Bracts surrounding the calyx oval, free, glabrous. Calyx, outside pubescent, 
inside glabrous. Sepals obovate-acute. Petals obovate-acute, incurved at the apex, glabrous. Stamens 
numerous, in several rows inserted on the torus, glabrous. Ovary covered with short stiff hairs, and rising 
from the centre of an almost conical torus. Ovary compressed, as in Zyichospermum. Fruit unknown, 
but, judging from the very young ovary, not covered with spines. E 
EXPLANATION OF Prare VI.—Fig. 1, entire flower, with the three bracts; 2, the same, without the 
bracts; 3, the same, opening; 4, the same, quite open; 5, petal; 6 and 7, stamens; 8, torus and ovary :— 
all magnified. 
IV, Trichospermum, Blum. Bijdr. 56; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 236. Bracteole 3. 
Sepala 5, crassa. Petala 5, basi nuda. Stamina oo, libera, disco crenato inserta; anther oblong:e, 
versatile. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis cc-ovulatis; stylus subnullus, stigmate sessili retuso. Cap- 
sula 2-locularis, dissepimento contrarie compressa, dura, apice in alam brevem crasso-coriaceam 
expansa, loculicide semi-2-valvis, oo-sperma. Semina lenticulari-globosa, testa crustacea, membrana 
externa ad margines seminis longe crinita; albumen carnosum; cotyledones orbiculate, planze.— 
Arbores; foliis integerrimis; cymulis axillaribus; floribus parvis.—Diclidocarpus, A. Gray, Bot. 
Wilkes, p. 200. t. 14. 
1. T. Richii, Seem. in Bonplandia, vol. ix. (1861) p. 254; arbor humilis; foliis ovalibus integer- 
rimis, basi rotundatis v. subcordatis, utrinque minute stellato-pubescentibus; stipulis oblongis acutis 
caducis.—Diclidocarpus Richii, A, Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 200. Nomen vernac. “ Maku.”—Common 
throughout the group (Seemann! n. 41; Storck! n. 870; Sir E. Home! U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
V. Eleocarpus, Linn. Gen. n. 663; Benth. et Hook. f. p. 239. Sepala 4-5, valvata v. rarius 
subimbricata. Petala totidem, laciniata lobata v. rarius integra, circa basin tori incrassati extus . 
glandulosi inserta, induplicato-valvata, singula stamina exteriora involventia. Stamina co, rarius 
8-12, supra torum intra glandulas inserta; antherz lineares, apice valva transversa (rimis brevibus 
loculorum confluentibus) dehiscentes. Ovarium 2-5-loculare, loculis 2-s0-ovulatis ; stylus subulatus, 
integer. Drupa l-pyrena, pyrena sæpius ossea tuberculata 3-5-loculari v. abortu 1-loculari, loculis 
lespermis. Semina pendula (v. rarius erecta?), testa crustacea v. ossea; albumen carnosum ; coty- 
ledones late, plane v. undulatze.— Arbores ; foliis alternis v. rarius oppositis, integerrimis v. serratis, 
in paucis speciebus subtus sparse nigro-punctatis; floribus axillaribus, racemosis, interdum poly- 
gamis; petalis glabris v. sericeis drupis oblongis v. globosis. - 
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