28 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
1. E. (Monocera) Storckii, (sp. nov.) Seem. in Bonplandia, 1860, p. 295 (Tab. VII.) ; arboreus, 
glaber; ramulis crassis; foliis longe petiolatis obovato-oblongis integerrimis v. obscure denticulatis 
basi acutis; racemis numerosis 3-7-floris; floribus magnis speciosis coloratis; sepalis ovato-oblongis 
acutis (coccineis) valvatis; petalis obovatis subintegris, apice crenato-lobatis (basi flavis apice kerme- 
sinis) ; staminibus circiter 100; filamentis basi pilosis, valvula exteriore antherarum longe subulata, 
toro 5-lobo, lobis 2-fidis, ovario 2-loculari, loculis 8-ovulatis ; drupa ovata acuminata, pyrena ossea. 
Nomen vernac. “ Gaigai," teste Storck.— Port Kinnaird, Ovalau, in forests (Storck! n. 871), Viti 
Levu (Greeffe! n. 49). 
A. tall forest tree, of great beauty, which I have named after its discoverer, Mr. Jacob Storck, from 
whose specimens, and a water-colour drawing by the late Miss Mary Pritchard, our Plate has been made. 
It is one of the few Eleocarpi having coloured flowers, and its nearest ally seems to be E. speciosus, Brongn. 
et Gris. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. vol. viii. p. 201, from New Caledonia, but in that species the leaves are beneath 
clothed with a silky-white tomentum, the petals are more deeply cut, the stamens are only 75 in number, 
and the anthers pilose. According to Mr. Storck, this tree exudes a gum-resin. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII.—Fig. 1, a flower, with petals and stamens removed; 2, a petal; 
3, stamens; 4, a cross-section of ovary; 5, a cross-section of the ripe fruit (from a sketch furnished by 
Mr. Storck) ; 6, section of yourig fruit :—yigs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, slightly magnified. 
2. E. (Monocera) Greeffei, (sp. nov.) Seem. in Journ. of Bot. 1864, p. 76 (Tab. VIII.) ; ramulis 
petiolis pedunculis pedicellis calycibusque rufo-tomentellis ; foliis obovatis v. oblongis acuminatis basi 
obtusis dentatis coriaceis utrinque glabris subtus pallidioribus; racemis ex axilla foliorum delap- 
sorum nascentibus 8-14-floris; floribus parvis nutantibus; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis æstiva- 
tione valvatis extus l- intus 3-nerviis; petalis fimbriatis (albidis) glabris intus versus basin pilosis ; 
staminibus numerosis glabris; antheris longe aristatis, ovario villoso 2-loculari; drupa ...—Viti 
Levu (Grzffe! n. 59). 
The leaves, including the petiole, are from 5—6 inches long, and from 2-3 inches broad, less coriaceous 
than those of E. Storckii. Racemes longer than the petiole, but shorter than the blade of the leaf. F lower- 
buds ovate, acute. It is one of the small-flowering species, named in honour of its discoverer, Dr. Greffe, 
and in look extremely like E. leptostachys, Wall. List, n. 2692, from Penang; but the leaves of E. leptosta- 
chys (in a dried state) are not pale-green, but brown or ferruginous on the under side, the flower-buds are 
ovate, obtuse, and the anthers are blunt, resembling those of E. bifidus, Hook. and Arn. I take E. lepto- 
stachys to be identical with E. ovalifolius, Wall. List, n. 2665, from Sylhet, and, according to the original 
specimens at the British Museum, with Craspedwm tectorum of Loureiro, from Cochin China, of which 
-E. tectorius, Poir., and Dicera Craspedum, Gmel., are synonyms.* Endlicher regarded E. bifidus, Hook. and 
Arn., as the type of a new genus ( Beythea), the anther-cells of which are identical with those of Brongniart's 
section Dicera. If it should be kept up, either as a separate genus or a subgenus, its name will have to be 
suppressed in favour of Craspedum, the oldest of the two. 
EXPLANATION OF Puare VIIL.—-Fig. 1, entire flower; 2, the same, with the sepals removed; 3, a 
petal; 4 and 5, stamens; 6, ovary and style; 7, cross-section of ovary :—all magnified. 
3. E. (Monocera) Milnei, (sp. nov.) Seem.; arboreus; ramulis crassis, junioribus ferrugineo- 
tomentosis ; foliis obovatis obtusis v. acutis in petiolum attenuatis integerrimis v. minute denticulatis, 
parallele venosis, glabris; racemis 15—20-floris, ferrugineo-puberulis; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 
valvatis; petalis laciniatis glabris intus versus basin pilosis; staminibus circiter 20 ; filamentis pube- 
rulis, valvula postica antherarum subulata anticam longe superante; toro ferrugineo-tomentoso ; 
ovario 2-loculari; stylo villosiusculo, drupa , . .— Viti Levu (Milne! in Herb. Hook.). 
Attains 30-40 feet in height, according to Mr. Milne. Leaves very large, the largest, including 
the petiole, 1 foot long, 5 inches broad, having from 10-13 veins on each side of the midrib, coriaceous. 
It seems to be near Æ. laurifolius, A. Gray, of which I have not seen specimens. | ee T 
4. E. (Monocera) laurifolius, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 208 ; glabra ; foliis coriaceis oblongis 
E The synonymy of Eleocarpus tectorius, Poir., is as follows:—E. leptostachys, Wall! E. ovali- 
olius, Wall.! Dicera Craspedum, Gmel.! Craspedum tectorium, Lour. —Cochin China (Loureiro! in Mus. 
Brit.), Sylhet (Wallieh! n. 2265), Penang (Wallieh! n. 2672). 
