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pressum, indehiscens, oc-spermum, isthmis inter semina transversim oo-loculare. Semina ovata, 
compressiuscula, umbilico basilari arillo carnoso cupulwformi cincto. Embryonis exalbuminosi 
cotyledones carnos:e, radicula retracta.— Arbores; foliis abrupte pinnatis; foliolis 1—5-jugis coriaceis 
ovato-ellipticis, glabris; stipulis deciduis; floribus paniculato-racemosis v. corymbosis. 
l. A. bijuga, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 467. t. 51; glabra; foliolis 2-jugis (summisve raro 
1-jugis) ovatis nitidis; paniculis corymbosis ; bracteis bracteolisque parvis caducis; vexillo brevissime 
unguiculato, alis aut parvulis aut nullis; staminibus fertilibus 3, sterilibus 7, anantheris minimis; 
ovario sessili; leguminibus oblongis planis 1—5-spermis demum 2-valvibus; seminibus compressis 
hilo nudis.— Macrolobium bijugum, Colebr. in Linn. Trans. vol. v. p. 12. -Outea bijuga, DC. Prodr. 
vol. ii. p. 511. Intsia (?) Amboinensis, DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 509. Metrosideros Amboinensis, 
Rumph: Amb. vol iii. p. 21. t. 10? Jonesia triandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. ii. p. 220. Nomen 
vernac. Vitiense, “ Vesi."— Common in the forests all over Viti (Seemann! n. 137; U. S. Expl. 
Exped.). Also found in the East Indies. : 
The Vesi is one of the sacred trees of Viti, and Europeans have occasionally come in unpleasant con- 
tact with the Fijians, when unknowingly they had cut it down for timber. In look the tree somewhat 
resembles our Beech (Fagus sylvatica, Linn.), having the smooth, greyish bark, the colour, and somewhat 
the shape and lustre of that familiar forest tree. ‘The wood is the best in the islands, and seems almost 
indestructible; it is used for canoes, pillows, kava bowls, clubs, and a variety of other articles. 
XXVII. Bauhinia, Plum. Gen. t. 13; Endl. Gen. n. 6790; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 204. 
Calyx tubo cylindraceo, limbi 5-partiti decidui laciniis longissimis liberis valvatis v. induplicatis. 
Petala 5, summo tubo inserta, plerumque unguiculata, paullo inzequalia. Stamina 10, libera, omnia 
fertiiia v. alterna aut interdum plura sterilia v. ananthera; filamenta filiformia; antheree incum- 
bentes, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium stipitatum, co-ovulatum. Stylus plerumque fili- 
formis; stigma capitatum, latum v. obliquum, terminale. Legumen lineare v. oblongam, com- 
pressum, 2-valve. Semina compressa, albuminosa. Radicula brevis, recta.—Arbores v. frutices 
scandentes; foliis plus minus profunde bilobis (bifoliolatis v. unifoliolatis) ; racemis terminalibus v. 
lateralibus; corollis albis luteo-rubentibus v. purpureis. - 
1. B. tomentosa, Linn. Spec. 536; inermis; foliis basi ovatis subrotundisve, subtus petiolis 
ramulis stipulis pedunculis bracteis calycibusque subvillosis; foliolis ovalibus obtusis 3—4-nerviis, 
ultra medium concretis; pedunculis 1—3-floris ; calyce spathaceo ; petalis obovatis subobtusis; sta- 
minibus 10 fertilibus inzqualibus; ovario stipitato.— Wight et Arn. Prodr. p. 295.— Viti, locality 
not mentioned (Williams!). Common in the East Indies. 
The specimens are in leaf only, hence the determination is somewhat doubtful; but as far as they go 
they agree well with B. tomentosa. 
XXVIII Inocarpus, Forst. Char. Gen. p. 65. t. 33; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. vi. 
p.149. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, 2- rarius 3-lobus, lobis rotundatis. Petala 5, basi in tubum 
coalita, supra calycem libera, linearia, subzequalia, imbricata, summo intimo, apice corrugato- involuta. 
Stamina 10, filamentis in tubum corolle adnatum alte coalitis, alterna longiora; antherz consi- 
miles, breves, didymz. Ovarium subsessile. Stylus brevissimus, stigmate oblique dilatato-concavo. 
Ovula 2-3, rarissime solitaria, amphitropa, subascendentia, funiculo brevissimo suturz appensa. 
Legumen breviter stipitatum, obovato-incurvum, subdrupaceum, sarcocarpio tenui, endocarpio 
crasso fibroso, l-spermum. Semen late ovatum, funiculo brevissimo turbinato-incrassato affixum. 
Testa rigide membranacea, reticulato-venosa. Albumen nullum. Cotyledones crasso-carnose, 
‘radicula brevissima supera leviter incurva. “Plumula squamulis minimis imbricatis obtecta.”— 
+ Arbor excelsa, glabra; foliis simplicibus brevissime petiolatis ovali-oblongis penninerviis coriaceis ; 
