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small-leaved form of this species. But both mine and Harvey’s materials are too imperfect to venture upon 
their identification. 
III. Astronidium, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 581. t. 72. f. 7. Flores 4-meri. Calycis tubus 
hemisphzricus, nudus; limbus clausus, quasi in calyptram obtusam conflatus et sub anthesi irregula- 
riter lacerus. Petala 4. Stamina 8, zqualia; filamenta complanata, subulata, brevia; anther 
oblongo-lineares, antice rima duplici longitudinali dehiscentes; connectivo dorsali carnoso angusto 
basi calearato. Stylus filiformis; stigma minutum simplicissimum v. capitellatum. Ovarium 
omnino adnatum, 3—4-loculare; placentz e fundo loculorum ortz, superne dilatatz, compresse. 
Capsula globosa. Semina oo.—Arbuscule glabree v. hispid, micranthze, microcarpe, facie Astronie ; 
folis petiolatis oblongis v. ellipticis integerrimis 3-5-nerviis; cymis terminalibus paniculatis ; 
floribus brevissime pedicellatis, albis. 
1. A. parviflorum, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 582. t. 72. f. 7; ramulis foliisque junioribus gla- 
bris v. minute ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis oblongis v. ellipticis utrinque obtusis v, acutis aut 
apice acuminatis; cymis decomposito-paniculato-cory mbosis, ramis compresso-angulatis; stigmate 
simplicissimo; ovario 3-4-loculari; capsula gibbosa.—Ovalau and Bau, along the banks of streams 
(U. S. Expl. Exped.), Voma Peak, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 173, in fruit only). 
9. A. Storckii, (sp. nov.) Seem.; ramis petiolis costis et venis foliorum paniculis bracteisque 
rufo-hispidis; foliis ovato-oblongis longe acuminatis, supra costis exceptis glabris, subtus hispidis ; 
cymis paniculato-corymbosis, ramis obscure tetragonis ; stigmate capillato ; ovario 4-loculari ; capsula 
ignota.—Astronia Storckii, Seem. in Bonpl. vol. x. p. 296. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, teste Storck, 
* Cayacava.”—Port Kinnaird, Ovalau (Storck! n. 890). 
4 A small spreading tree."—Storck. Branches, petioles, ribs, and veins of the leaves covered with 
rusty hispid, almost hispid-tomentose hair. Petioles 1} inch long. Blade of leaf 4-6 inches, 13-2 inches 
broad. Flower-buds obovate-obtuse, the calyx splitting irregularly when the flowers open. Bracts lan- 
ceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Petals 4, white. Stamens 8, in shape exactly agreeing with those of £. parvi- 
florum. Stigma capitellate. The flowers of Storck’s specimens are in bud, the petals just pushing through. 
IV. Anplectrum, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 597. Flos 4-merus. Calycis campanulati limbus 
integer aut 4-dentatus, denticulis externis punctiformibus aut subulatis. Petala ovato-acuminata aut 
lanceolata. Stamina 8, alternatim inzqualia aut heteromorpha, fertilia et effecta; 4 cum petalis 
alternantium antherz lineares aut ovoidez, 1-porose, polliniferze, connectivo basi postica nonnihil 
tuberculato aut in membranulam lateraliter 2-lobam postice acutam expanso; 4 petalis oppositorum 
antherz sepius steriles, filiformes, conneetivo postice in membranulam producto. Ovarium toto 
ambitu adhzrens, apice breviter marginatum aut 4-alatum, 4-loculare. Stylus subulatus, stigmate 
obtuso punctiformi. Fructus (ex auctoritate Blume) baceatus, sphzericus, calyce vestitus, 4-locularis. 
Semina co, minuta, irregulariter dimidiato-ovoidea aut pyramidata, raphem lateralem nigram mon- 
strantia.— Frutices sarmentosi, habitu Dissochetas plures referentes, glabri aut glabriusculi, 
micranthi; ramis gracilibus teretibus; foliis zequalibus aut vix disparibus breviter petiolatis ovato- 
ellipticis acuminatis integris 3-nerviis; cymis paucifloris axillaribus ; floribus pedicellatis albis.— 
Aplectrum, Blume (non Nutt.) Fl. 1831, p. 502 ; Endl. Gen. n. 6247; Naud. Melast. p. 322, cum 
icon. 
Bentham (Fl. Hee ip qos p. 116) has amplified the generic character of Anplectrum so as to include a 
Chinese species with on d 4 stamens, capsular fruit, ete. If this view should be adopted, the generic name, 
slightly altered by Asa Gray, would have to undergo a third change, as I have shown (Journ. of Bot. 1863, 
E 281) that the As ag species is the type of Loureiro’s Blastus, a good genus, overlooked by De Can- 
olle, Endlicher, Lindley, and even Naudin, and placed, oddly enough, by its founder in Gynandria Tetran- 
dria, probably on account of the way in which the anthers are buried in the ovary. But I think the two 
