38 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
v. numerosis ; paniculis axillaribus, multifloris v. paucifloris ; floribus inconspicuis.—Xylocarpus, Keen. 
ex A. Juss. Mem. Mel. 91. t. 9. 
1. C. Moluccensis, Lam. Blum. Bijdr. p. 179; fo'iolis 2-jugis ovato-acuminatis v. subrotun- 
datis.— Xylocarpus granatum, Keen, ap. Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. ii. p. 240. Granatum littoreum, Rumph. 
Amb. vol. iii. p. 92. t. 61. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, ** Dabi."—Common on the beaches throughout 
the group (Seemann! n. 61; U. S. Expl. Exped.). > 
The leaves of my specimens agree with the lower rather than with the upper branch of Rumphius’s 
Plate. 
2. C. obovata, Blum. Bijdr. p. 179; foliolis 1-2-jugis obovatis v. oblongis apice obtusissimis 
v. retusis.—Xylocarpus obovatus, A. Juss. Mem. Mel. p. 344.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Dabi."— 
Common in mangrove swamps throughout the group (Seemann! n. 62; U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also 
found at Endeavour River, Australia (Sir J. Banks!) and Java (Horsfield !). 
I am not quite prepared to unite these two species. What I take to be C. Moluccensis always grows 
on dry sandy beaches, and has a very different aspect to C. obovata, which is invariably found in mangrove 
swamps. Not all Carapas are littoral trees. I lately found, in the mountain forests of the Tocuyo district, 
Venezuela, far away from the sea, a tall species of this genus, 
Orvo XXIII. CHAILLETIACEZE. 
I. Chailletia, DC. in Ann. Mus. 17. 153 cum icon. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 341. Flores 
interdum polygami v. dioici. Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis inæqualibus v. subæqualibus. Petala 5, 
libera, late unguiculata, apice longe inflexo 2-partito v. 2-fido, æstivatione sæpe aperta. Stamina 5, 
æqualia, filamentis gracilibus v. crassiusculis; antheræ late oblongæ, connectivo plus minus incrassato. 
Glandulæ hypogynæ 5, petalis oppositæ, distinctæ v. in discum sinuatum connatæ. Ovarium liberum, 
subglobosum, 2—3-loculare; styli 1-3, liberi v. connati, breves v. elongati et graciles, apice stigma- 
tosi. Drupa coriacea, exsucca, putamine 1-2-loculari erustaceo v. osseo.—Arbuscule et frutices, 
erectz v. scandentes, glabre v. pubescentes; foliis alternis, breviter petiolatis, coriaceis venosis inte- 
gerrimis ; stipulis 2, caducis; cymis v. corymbis axillaribus, seepe multifloris, pubescentibus v. tomen- 
tosis, pedunculo brevi v. elongato libero v. cum petiolo connato et quasi foliifero; floribus parvis, 
sepe albis, sepalis intus glabris. ; 
l. C. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem. Mission to Viti, p. 434; arborea; ramulis petiolis pedun- ` 
culis calycibusque ferrugineo-tomentosis; foliis oblongis v. ovatis acuminatis basi obliquis, supra 
glabris lucidis, subtus ad costas venasque tomentosis, mox glabratis; cymis axillaribus; floribus 
dioicis, masculis: calycis laciniis oblongis acutis; petalis ovatis apice inflexis, 2-fidis, extus pilosis; 
foemineis ignotis.—Ovalau (Storck! n. 876), Gau, in woods (Milne !). 
Orvo XXIV. OLACINEZE. 
I. Ximenia, Linn. Gen. n. 477 ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 346. Calyx parvus, 4—5-dentatus 
v. lobatus, fructifer immutatus. Petala 4-5, hypogyna, valvata, angusta, intus barbata. Stamina 
petalis duplo plura, filamentis filiformibus; antherze lineares, erectæ, integra, rimis oppositis dehis- 
centes. Ovarium basi v. altius 3-loculare; stylus integer, stigmate subcapitato; ovula 3, linearia, a 
placenta centrali superne libera v. uno latere parieti affixa, intra loculos pendula. Drupa ovoidea 
v. globosa, carne pulposa, putamine crustaceo v. sublignoso. Semen spurie erectum ; embryo intra 
apicem albuminis carnosi minimus.—Frutices v. arbores glabrz v. tomentose, ramulis abortienti- 
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