14 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
used instead of spoons (ai taki) by the natives, hence I should say the vernacular name ought to be spelled 
* Tatakia," not * Tataqia," as the Vitian Dictionary, p. 323, has it. 
XXXIV. Serianthes, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. vol. iii. p. 225. Calyx ample 
campanulatus, 5-fidus. Corolla 5-partita, laciniis basi tubo stamineo adnatis. Stamina monadelpha, 
oo. Ovarium sessile, 6-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis; stigma truncatum. Legumen oblonguni v. 
ovatum, compressum, lignosum, dehiscens.—A rbores inermes ; foliis 2-pinnatis, glandulosis v. eglan- 
dulosis; foliolis oc-jugis; pedunculis axillaribus subramosis; floribus coccineis. 
l. S. myriadenia, Planch. in A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 485 (Tab. XIV.); pinnis 7—8-jugis; fo- 
liolis 14-16-jugis, plerisque alternis trapezoideo-oblongis obtusis inzequilateralibus, supra atro-viridi- 
bus, subtus pallidis penninerviis, glandula elevata infra medium petiolum et jugales inter pinnas et 
foliola suprema; legumine lignoso oblongo v. obovato-oblongo subfaleato, obtuso v. breviter apicu- 
lato, tomentello ferrugineo, valvis transverse rugosis.— Acacia myriadenia, Bert. mss. in Guill. Zeph. 
Tait. p. 65, excl. syn. Nomen vernac. Tahitense, teste Guillemin, * Faifai;" Vitiense, “Vaivai.” — 
‘Taviuni (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Ovalau (Seemann! n. 145; Storck! n. 887). Also found in the 
Society Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.), and, according to Mr. W. T. Pritchard, in the Samoan group. 
This is a fine timber-tree, often sixty feet high, with a spreading erown, and a fine thick foliage and 
scarlet flowers. The wood is of a yellowish tinge, and is one of the most useful in Viti; several of the 
island sehooners are built of it. 
.— Expnanarioy or PnArE XIV.—Fig. 1, a leaflet; 2, an entire flower; 3, the same, cut open; 4, sec- 
tion of the ovary; 5, ripe fruit :—all, with the exception of Fig. 5, magnified. 
2. S. Vitiensis, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 485; foliolis ellipticis emarginatis utrinque lete- 
viridibus supra lucidis penninerviis; glandulis petiolaribus nullis ; legumine tenui lignoso, tomentello, 
valvis laxis venosis.—Bua Bay, Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped.; Williams I). 
Mr. Williams collected only a few leaves, which, I think, must belong to this species; they have six- 
teen — of leaflets on each pinna, and are generally quite glabrous, but have occasionally a few isolated 
white hairs. 
A number of Leguminosz have of late years been introduced to the Viti Islands, but they were at the 
time of my visit strictly confined to the pee of the foreign traders and missionaries. I noticed Clitoria 
Ternatea, Linn., a climber with fine blue flowers, Cajanus Indicus, Spr. (Seemann! n. 115), the Pigeon 
Pea, grown on account of its seeds, which are an excellent substitute for green peas; Cesalpinia pulcher- 
rima, Swartz, the so-called Pride of Barbadoes, a favourite in gardens on aecount of its superb large panicles 
of red or yellow flowers; Tamarindus Indica, Linn., the Tamarind tree, and Acacia Farnesiana, Willd., a 
great favourite on account of its sweet-scented yellow flowers. : 
Oro XXXIV. CHRYSOBALANEÆ. 
_ Tt has been proposed to unite Chrysobalanee with Rosacee, but they seem to be sufficiently distin- 
guished to justify their being kept apart. Their solitary carpels, erect ovules, and basilar style, are good cha- 
racters. Mr. Benjamin Clarke says of them, in a communication to me :—“ In Chrysobalanus and Hirtella 
the carpel is invariably anterior; they both have two erect ovules, the raphe in one is dorsal, in the other 
lateral, .e. between the two ovules; I am persuaded that none of these characters occur either in Rosacee 
or Amygdalea, and I believe Chrysobalanee to be sufficiently distinct to constitute a separate Natural 
Order. Nor is there, as far as I am aware, any connecting link between Amygdalee and Rosacee ; and 
they should also be kept separate, because what distinction is there between Thymelee and Sanguisorbee ? 
Yet the two are not considered in near affinity; in Sanguisorba the position of the earpels is very vari- 
able, but in TAymelez all are posterior in the genera I have examined, except one, in which it is always 
as regularly lateral. I do not know of any other difference between Sanguisorba and Thymelez. In Amyg- 
dalee the carpel is very variable in its position, in Prunus Laurocerasus very often posterior." 
