68 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
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oblongo-linearibus marginatis compressis, demum biconvexo-subcylindraceis.—Griseb. Fl. West Ind. 
p.209. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Kau moce."— Common in waste and cultivated places throughout 
the group (Seemann! n. 234). Widely diffused throughout the tropics of both hemispheres. 
Is said to be a comparatively recent introduction to the Viti islands, and to have been disseminated by 
the natives on account of the leaves “ going to sleep " when night approached; hence the vernacular name 
“ Kau moce,” the sleeping shrub, given to this. species and C. obtusifolia, perhaps also to C. Sophora. The 
leaves of C. occidentalis are employed in many tropical countries as a purgative. 
XXV. Storckiella, Seem. in Bonplandia, vol. ix. p. 255, et vol. x. p. 363. t. 6. Sepala 5 v. 
abortu 3—4, subzequalia, libera, decidua, valde imbricata. Petala 5, abortu 3 v. 4, obovato-oblonga, 
obtusa, subzequalia. Stamina 10, v. per excessum 12, eequalia, omnia fertilia; filamenta filiformia, 
. libera; anthers 2-loculares, apice poro duplici dehiscentes. Ovarium sessile, 4—6-ovulatum. Stylus 
brevis; stigma terminale, simplex. Legumen compresso-planum, oblongum v. subcultriforme, dorso 
late alatum, coriaceum, 2-Valve, 1-loculare, 2—4-spermum. Semina septis parallele compressa, rotun- 
data, albuminosa.—Arbores excelsz, glabrz; foliis alternis stipulatis imparipinnatis ; floribus pani- 
culatis flavis. - 
This new genus I have named in honour of Mr. Jacob Storek, who during my explorations of the Viti 
Islands was my able assistant, and who, up to the date of publieation of this work, has continued to forward 
additions to my Flora. The species (Vitiensis) upon which the genus was founded was originally dis- 
covered by Mr. Milne, attached to Captain, now Admiral Denham’s expedition. But his specimens were 
so imperfect that they were left undetermined in the Kew Herbarium until I brought additional materials, 
including ripe fruit, which I collected during the very last hours of my stay in Fiji. A second species has 
since come to light. It was discovered in New Caledonia, distributed as Cassia Pancheri, Vieill. Plant. 
Util. Nov. Cal. n. 402, and has been named S. Pancheri, Benth. ; its leaflets are obtuse. 
l. S. Vitiensis, Seem. in Bonpl. l.c. t. 6 (Tab. XIII); foliolis petiolulatis subalternis (usque 
ad 13) ovato-oblongis acuminatis integerrimis; stipulis peuolaribus; floribus terminalibus panicu- 
latis aureis. —Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Marasa."—Viti Levu (Milne!), Ovalau, at Port Kinnaird 
(Seemann! n. 133). 
A. forest tree, 60—80 feet high, known by the name of Marisa, and esteemed on account of its durable | 
timber. The largest trees I saw had a trunk nine feet in circumference, and a slender growth. The bark 
is smooth. The imparipinnate leaves and the leaflets are alternate and glabrous, as are, with the exception 
of the ovary, all the other parts of the tree. The leaflets are petiolulate, oval-oblong, acuminate or nearly 
elliptical, quite entire, evergreen, on the upper surface dark-green, and on the under, much paler. The 
flowers are arranged in terminal panicles, and of a dark golden-yellow ; they are so numerous that they 
make the tree a conspicuous object of the virgin forest. The calyx is composed of 5 green oval-oblong and 
deciduous sepals, but I have also observed their number reduced to 4, and even 3. The petals are generally 
5, but sometimes 3 or 4 in number, oblong-obovate. The stamens are 10, or sometimes 12, of rather a 
darker colour than the petals, and they are all fertile, bearing anthers, each cell of which opens with a pore. 
The ovary is covered with a few hairs, and bears from 4—6 ovules. The pod is long, pedunculated, com- 
pressed, leathery, oblong or sometimes cultriform, 2-valved, having a broad wing on the upper side. The 
seeds are from 2—4 in number, orbicular, compressed, and brown. 
EXPLANATION OF PIATE XIIL—Fig. 1, a flower-bud; 2, flower, open, with the ‘sepals removed ; 
3, a transverse section of the flower, showing the arrangement of the different organs; 4, a stamen; 
9, ovary ; 6, the same, eut open; 7, ripe fruit; 8, the same, one of the valves removed :—Figs. 1-6 slightly 
magnified. z 
XXVI. Afzelia, Smith in Linn. Trans. vol. iv. p. 221; Endl. Gen. n. 6796. Calyx basi 
minute 2-bracteolatus, velutinus, tubo tarbinato, limbi 4-partiti laciniis concavis obtusis, postica 
latiore. Petala 3, posticum calycis laciniæ posticæ oppositum, maximum longe unguiculatum, limbo 
transversim oblongo emarginato, longitudinaliter plicato; 2 lateralia minutissima, lanceolata. Sta- 
mina 9-10, quorum 7 v. 8 fertilia, 2 sterilia capillaria, fertilium filamenta longissime filiformia - 
libera, antherz cordate, 2-loculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium stipitatum, ventricosum, 
velutinum, oc-loculare. Stylus longus, arcuatus; stigma obtusum. Legumen ovato-oblongum, com- 
