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ovula 1 v. rarius 2, collateraliter pendula, altero minore effeto. Styli subterminales, filiformes ; 
stigmata simplicia v. subcapitata. Achznia succosa, supra receptaculum conicum subcarnosum bac- 
catim congesta. Semen inversum.  Embryonis exalbuminosi radicula supera.— Herb: v. ssepius 
frutices, plerumque sarmentosi et aculeati, polymorphi; foliis alternis simplicibus, 3-natis, digitatis 
v. imparipinnatis; stipulis petiolo adnatis; floribus terminalibus et axillaribus paniculatis v. corym- 
bosis, rarius solitariis, albis roseis v. purpureis. 
l. R. tiliaceus, Smith in Rees' Cycl. vol. xxx.; fruticosus; caule ramisque tomentosis scan- 
dentibus, aculeis sparsis; foliis rotundato-ovatis lobatis crenatis supra glabriusculis, subtus incanis ; 
racemis axillaribus; bracteis dissectis serratis parvis; laciniis calycinis lanceolatis villosis subdeflexis ; 
petalis spathulatis (albis) fructibus rubris.— R. cordifolius, Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 233 (non Weihe ` 
et Nees)? Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Wa gadrogadro."—Ovalau (Seemann! n. 147; U.S. Expl. 
Exped.), Viti Levu (U.S. Expl. Exped.). Not observed in Taviuni, Vanua Levu, or any other part 
of Eastern Viti. Also found in the East Indies. 
The fruit of this Raspberry is eaten by the natives, and made‘ into puddings and pies by the white 
settlers. 
Ordo XXXVI. MYRTACEZH.* 
I. Eugenia,t Micheli, Nov. Gen. 226. t. 108; Endl. Gen. n. 6323. Calyx 4- rarissime 5- 
lobus. Petala 4 v. 5, libera v. calyptratim coherentia. Stamina oo, calycis fauci et disco epigyno 
oc-seriatim inserta; filamenta libera, filiformia ; anthers 2-loculares, dorso insertze. Ovarium 2-8- 
.* At the British Museum there is a plant from New Caledonia, collected in 1774 by W. Anderson, 
which, on account of its opposite or ternate entire leaves with a marginal vein, had been placed provisionally 
amongst thé unarranged Myrtacee. On dissecting what appeared to be a fruit not unlike that of Eugenia 
corynocarpa, X. Gray, only larger, I found it to be a tubular, very coriaceous ealyx, in the throat of which 
numerous stamens were inserted, and enclosing an inferior free 2-celled ovary, with numerous horizontal 
ovules, proving the plant to be a new genus of Myrtaceae. I find no petals; even in a young bud (just 
opening and all the stamens being yet recurved) there is no indication of them. I therefore conclude that 
the plant is apetalous, and that one of the rows of stamens may be standing in place of the corolla.— 0u- 
pheanthus (gen. nov. Myrtacearum), Seem. mss. in Herb. Mus. Brit. Calyx ebracteolatus, persistens, tubu- 
losus, coloratus, obsolete striatus, 3-fidus, laeiniis triangularibus, sstivatione valvatis. Corolla nulla (v. 
caduca ?). Stamina œ, pluriseriata, libera, summo ealycis tubo inserta, exserta, estivatione incurva; fila- 
menta filiformia, libera; anthere introrse, oblonge, 2-loculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium 
liberum, sessile, 2-loculare. Ovula in placentis dissepimento utrinque adnatis oc-horizontalia. Stylus soli- 
tarius, elongatus, subexsertus; stigma emarginato-bilobum. Fructus ignotus.— Frutex (v. arbor?) Neo- 
Caledonicus, glaber, ramis crassis subangulatis; foliis exstipulatis Óppositis v. ternis simplicibus longe 
petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis in petiolum attenuatis integerrimis coriaceis penninerviis, nervis trans- 
versis in nervos margini p combinatis epunctatis, supra lucidis viridibus, subtus subferrugineis ; 
pedunculis axillaribus et lateralibus, 2-floris.—Species unica, C. Neo-Caledonicus, Seem. mss., New Cale- 
donia (W. Anderson! in Mus. Brit.). Petiole 1-14 inch long. Blade of leaf 3-4 inches long, about 1 
inch broad. Peduncles ¢ of an inch long; calyx 14 inch long, slightly curved, and either purplish or red. 
The ripe fruit is unknown, but the ovules do not seem to have a tendency to become winged. - 
t The following two new Polynesian species 1 find in the Herbarium of the British Museum :— 
Eugenia Homei (sp. nov.), Seem.; arborea; calycibus exceptis, glabra; ramulis ultimis compressis ; 
foliis obovatis v. ovali-oblongis obtusis, basi obtusis v. subcordatis crasse coriaceis, supra nitidis atroviridi- 
bus, subtus pallidioribus, venis vix conspicuis; floribus congestis e trunco ramisque excorticantibus ad ve- 
teres axillas ortis; pedicellis brevissimis 1-floris; calycibus 4-lobis tomentellis, lobis obtusis; petalis 4 gla- 
bris; staminibus oo; ovario 2-loculari, oc-ovulato.—lIsle of Pines, off New Caledonia (Sir E. Home! in 
Herb. Mus. Brit.).—A robust-looking plant, with greyish branches. Leaves thick and leathery, on short 
rusty petioles, 2-24 inches long, 1-1} inch broad. Fruit unknown. 
Eugenia Austro- Caledonica (sp. nov.), Seem.; glabra; ramulis ultimis teretibus; foliis longiuscule 
