78 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
the * Bokoi " and the “ Sea ” as two distinct trees. The “ Bokoi" is said to produce a fruit scarcely dis- 
tinguishable from that of the Kavika (E. Malaccensis), and the * Sea” to have a fruit which is edible and 
has a very agreeable smell. 
3. E. quadrangulata, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 511; fruticosa; ramulis ultimis tetragonis, 
angulis argute marginatis alatisve ; foliis brevissime petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis v. acuminatis 
basi obtusis supra lucidis chartaceis pellucido-punctatis crebre penninerviis ; cymis multifloris ; pedun- 
culis communi partialibusque brevissimis fructiferis incrassatis; calycis tubo turbinato; limbo 
4-fido ; bacca (rubra) obovoideo-urceolata.—Ovalau, common in woods (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Buke 
Levu, Kadavu (Seemann !). 
4. E. neurocalyx, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 512. t. 59; arborea; ramulis teretibus; foliis bre- 
vissime petiolatis elongato-oblongis seu elliptico-lanceolatis obtusissimis basi subcordatis chartaceis 
crebre penninerviis; floribus in capitulum sessile congestis; calycis tubo cylindraceo co-costato; 
limbo ampliato fructifero crateriformi 4-lobo; fructu purpureo.— Nomen vernac. “ Leba."— Viti 
Levu (Seemann! n. 159), Ovalau, and Macuata coast of Vanua Levu (U.S. Expl. Exped.; See- 
mann !), Moturiki (Milne !). i 
_ The * Leba” is a tree of middle size, with oblong leaves and white flowers, both of large size, consider- 
ing the Order to which it belongs. It blossoms about August, and the fruit ripens about the middle of 
September. The latter is 3 inches long, about 8 inches in circumference, prominently ribbed, and of a deep 
purple colour. It has a most agreeable scent, gravitating between that of an apple and a melon, and con- 
tains from 3-5 large angular seeds of a most beautiful earmine colour. The natives wear the whole fruit, 
or part of it, around their neck, suspended on a string, for the sake of its delicious odour, and also scent 
with it the cocoa-nut oil used for greasing their naked bodies. 
5. E. gracilipes, (Tab. XV.) A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 513; arbuscula; ramulis gracilibus 
teretibus pendulis; foliis subsessilibus lanceolato-oblongis subacuminatis basi parum cordatis char- 
taceis pellucido-punctatis penninerviis; racemis terminalibus 3—7-floris; pedunculis filiformibus ; 
calycis tubo turbinato basi acuto, lobis 4 szequalibus; petalis subrotundatis (pallide flavis) ; ovario 
2-loculari; fruct. ignot.—N omina vernac. “ Lutulutu” v. “ Bogibalewa."—0On the outskirts of 
forests, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 158), Bua Bay, Vanua Levu, and Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped. ; 
Harvey !). 
A most elegant and graceful little tree, both on account of its drooping branches, fine foliage, and 
flowers. Allied to E. laurifolia, Wall. Cat. ; 
EXPLANATION OF Prare XV.—Fig. 1, an entire flower; 2, the same, with the petals and stamens 
removed; 3, section of ovary :—all slightly magnified. 
ir. Eugenia. Calyx tubo subrotundo, fauce ultra ovarium vix aut ne vix producta, limbo 4— 
5-partito, lobis sæpe leviter imbricatis. Petala in anthesi expansa. Testa seminum tenuis. Flores 
parvuli, A. Gray, l. c. 
6. E. rariflora, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. vol. ii. p. 221; A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, 
p. 514. t. 60; fruticosa; foliis coriaceis ovalibus late ovatisque breviter petiolatis glabris subveno- 
sis, supra nitidis, marginibus subrevolutis; pedicellis 1-floris solitariis v. geminis (nunc 4—5-nisve 
ad apicem ramorum) ramulisque appressis puberulis folio brevioribus; flore 2-bracteolato; calycis 
tubo globuloso-obconico sericeo-pubente, limbo inszqualiter 4-partito, subequilongo, lobis rotun- 
datis; petalis brevioribus; bacca (rubra) subglobosa.— E. sicca, Soland. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. p. 265 
(ined.). Jossinia cotinifolia, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 62. Nomen vernac. Tahiteuse, teste 
Solander, “ Ehitoa."—Rather common in the outskirts of forests all over Viti (Seemann! n. 160; 
Hinds! Barclay!). Also collected in the Samoan (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Society (Banks and So- 
lander! Bidwill !), Roratongan (Cunningham !), and Tongan Islands (Sir E. Home !), Gambier Island 
(Beechey !). 
There is a different look about the Tahitian specimens than the Vitian; their leaves are less coria- 
ceous, and the flowers more numerous. If they should ultimately prove to belong to a different species, 
