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Solander's name should be given to them. The fruit of the Vitian plant resembles in look and size a 
cherry, afid did not strike me as being particularly dry, as is insisted upon by those who have described 
the Tahitian plant. 
7. E. Grayi, (sp. nov.) Seem. Mission to Viti, p. 436 (Tab. XVI.) ; arborea, glabra; foliis 
ovalibus v. ovali-oblongis acuminatis v. acutis, basi cordatis v. subrotundatis, paniculis terminalibus ; 
calycis fauce ultra ovarium vix producto, limbo obscure repando 4-dentato; petalis (purpureis) sub- 
rotundatis; ovario obconico 2-loculari.—Northern coast of Kadavu, on hillsides (Seemann! n. 163). 
I have named this species in honour of Professor Asa Gray, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to whom we 
are indebted for so many valuable publications relating to Polynesian botany, and to whom I am much 
obliged for sending me specimens and information to help on the present work. E. Grayi seems to 
be one of those species which may be referred, with almost equal propriety, to the Hugenie vere or the 
Syzygium section of the genus, the petals either remaining after the opening or being pushed off at the 
opening of the flowers. A tree 30-40 feet high. Leaves variable in size; the largest nearly a foot long, 
about 4-4} inches broad, the smaller about 4 inches long and 23 inches broad. Stamens numerous; ripe 
fruit unknown. 
EXPLANATION oF Prats XVI.—1, a flower-bud; 2, an expanded flower; 3, a petal; 4, ovary and 
style; 5, cross-section of ovary :—all magnified. 
8. E. Brackenridgei, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 521. t. 614; arborea; ramis validis; foliis 
oblongo-cuneatis v. obovatis obtusissimis in petiolum attenuatis crasse coriaceis supra lucidulis cre- 
berrime penninerviis, venis in venam intra marginalem decurrentibus, venulis reticulatis; cyma ter- 
minali sessili fastigiata, divisionibus repetito-trichotomis brevibus incrassatis apice glomerulifloris ; 
calycis margine repando-4-lobo; fruct. ignot. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, '' Sogasoga."—Ovalau 
(U. S. Expl. Exped.), Namosi, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 155; Greffe! n. 50). 
Fruit red, and eaten by pigeons (Soga). 
9. E. confertiflora, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 523. t. 61 s; arborea; foliis obovatis v. oblongis 
retusis v. acuminatis basi in petiolum brevem angustatis v. obtusis coriaceis pallidis tenuiter penni- 
nerviis, venis vix reticulatis in venam intramarginalem confluentibus; cymis terminalibus et in’ 
axillis supremis compositis fastigiatis densifloris folia vix superantibus, divisionibus primariis graci- 
libus vix angulatis, ultimis brevibus apice glomerulifloris; floribus parvis; calycis margine 4-lobo ; 
fructu ignoto.—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 152). 
10. E. effusa, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 524; arborea; foliis obovatis subretusis basi acutis 
breviter petiolatis coriaceis opacis, venis haud perspicuis; cymis terminalibus decompositis corym- 
bosis diffusis laxe multifloris; pedunculis folia superantibus, primariis et secundariis gracilibus acute 
4-gonis; calycis margine repando.—Bua Bay, Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Ovalau (Seemann ! 
n. 151) and Viti Levu (Milne !). 
A tree 80 feet high, yielding timber; flowers sweet-scented. 
11. E. Amicorum, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 524. t. 62; arborea v. fruticosa; foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis utrinque subacuminatis subcoriaceis opacis creberrime ac tenuiter penninerviis reticulatis ; 
cymis terminalibus decompositis effusis co-floris folia sequantibus; pedunculis primariis et partialibus 
gracilibus compressis; floribus pedicellatis ; alabastris subglobosis; calycis margine repando; fructu 
depresso-globoso.— Eugenia (?) paniculata, Forst. Prodr. n. 522, sine descript. et in Sched. Herb. Mus. 
Brit. !—Viti islands, exact locality not mentioned (U.S. Expl. Exped.), Vanua Levu, above Nandy . 
and Viti Levu (Milne!). Also collected in the Tongan islands (Forster! Captain Cook!) and Uvea 
or Wallis Island (Sir E. Home !). 
‘This is certainly the plant which Forster enumerated as Eugenia (7) paniculata. Atthe British Museum 
there are several authentie specimens of it. Sometimes the branches are somewhat swollen at the place 
where the leaves are inserted, and sterile branches then have the look of Memecylon-Vitiense. Indeed, until , 
I saw a larger suite of specimens, I thought that one of the sheets containing some of Forster's specimens 
bearing his manuscript name might possibly have the flowers of our Eugenia and the leaves of that 
