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in leaf Semecarpus Gardneri, Thw. The natives term it * Malawaci,” and “the juice has the effect of fire 
when applied to the skin.” The leaves are long, acuminate, dark on the upper, and pale-green on the 
under surface, and more than a foot long. The nearest Vitian plant with which I can compare it is 
Oncocarpus Vitiensis. 
Ordo XXXII. CONNARACEZ:. 
I, Rourea, Aubl. Plant. Gui, vol. i. p. 467. t. 187; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 432. Calyx 
5-partitus, laciniis post anthesin accrescentibus induratis capsule basin arcte amplectentibus imbri- 
catis. Petala 5, calyce longiora, szpissime lineari-oblonga. Stamina 10, 5 alterna longiora fila- 
mentis filiformibus basi in annulum confluentibus; anthere didyme. Carpella 5, 4 seepius imper- 
fecta styliformia, fertile in stylum rectum subulatum attenuatum, stigmate capitellato. Capsula 
sessilis, curva, basi calyce induta, l-sperma, chartacea. Semen erectum, arillo incompleto antice 
fisso semini zquilongo v. multo breviore, testa levi nitida, albumine 0.—Frutices et arbuscul:e, 
interdum scandentes; foliis alternis, sempervirentibus, coriaceis, imparipinnatis, foliolis seepe parvis 
co-jugis coriaceis; paniculis axillaribus oc-floris, erectis v. pendulis; floribus parvis, pedicellis seepe 
gracilibus; capsulis inter minores.— Robergia, Schreb. Gen. 309. — Canicidia, Vell. Fl. Flum. vol. iv. 
t. 129. 
1. R. heterophylla, Planch. in Linnza, vol. xxiii. p. 419; Walp. Ann. vol. ii. p. 297; gla- 
berrima ; foliolis 1-3 petiolulatis, ovatis v. ovato-ellipticis, 14-24 poll. long., obtuse et longiuscule 
acuminatis, basi obtusis integerrimis, rigide chartaceis nitidis, reticulo nervorum et venarum utrinque 
prominente; racemis (compositis) axillaribus fasciculatis, folio brevioribus; pedicellis 3—4 lin. longis, 
supra basin articulatis; bracteolis minutis laciniisque calycinis ovatis, apice barbulatis; capsulis 
oblongis glabris.—A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 375.— Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also found 
in the Philippine Islands (Cuming !). ; 
II. Connarus, Linn. Gen. n. 830; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 432. Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis 
(post anthesin non auctis) deciduis v. persistentibus et stipitem capsule amplectentibus imbricatis. 
Petala 5, calycem superantia, interdum leviter coherentia. Stamina 10, alterna breviora interdum 
ananthera, filamentis filiformibus basi monadelphis; antherz didym:e. Discus 0 v. tenuis, annularis, 
filamentorum basin extus cingens. Carpella 5, 4 szpius minima v. deficientia, fertile in stylum 
subulatum attenuatum, stigmate capitellato. ^ Capsula oblique oblonga, obtusa, inflata, stipitata, 
crasse coriacea, sutura ventrali dehiscens, l-sperma. Semen erectum, arillatum, arillo lobato in- 
completo hilo lato adnato, testa nitida, albumine 0; cotyledones amygdalinee.—Arbores et frutices, 
seepe subscandentes ; foliis alternis, sempervirentibus, coriaceis, nitidis, imparipinnatis, rarius 3-folio- 
latis, foliolis paucijugis; paniculis (rarissime racemis) axillaribus, ramosis, sæpe oc-floris strictis; 
floribus parvis; capsulis majusculis.— Omphalobium, Geertn. Fruct. vol. i. p. 217. t. 46. 
: 1. C. Pickeringii, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 375. t. 45; ramulis foliisque junioribus pube 
ferruginea decidua tomentosis; foliolis 5—7 (rarius 3) lanceolato-oblongis nunc ovato-oblongis sub- 
acuminatis basi obtusis v. rotundatis, adultis glaberrimis, venis utrinque 5-6 subtus prominentibus, 
reti tenui transverso; paniculis folio multo brevioribus calycibusque rufo-tomentosis; pedicellis 
brevissimis; petalis extus tomentosis glanduloso-punctatis calyce triplo longioribus ; capsulis obovatis 
turgidis tomento detersibili primum vestitis, stipite petalis longiore.—Nomen vernac. “ Wa Vatu,” 
teste. Williams.—Ovalau, Viti Levu, and Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped.!; Seemann! n. 101; 
Milne !). a = 
