88 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
genera will be found sufficiently distinct, the one "C 8 stamens and a fleshy fruit, the other 4 stamens 
and a 4-celled capsule. 
1. A. (?) ovalifolium, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 597; fere glaberrimum; foliis late ovalibus 
seu ovato-rotundatis breviter acuminatis petiolatis sübitiem brenacen 8—5-plinerviis; cymis pulveru- 
lento-puberulis folio brevioribus; calycis dentibus brevissimis callosis, denticulis externis nullis; 
petalis ovatis acutis; antheris 8 homomorphis.— plectrum (?) ovalifolium, Naud. in Sched.—Bua 
or Sandalwood Bay, Vanu Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
Until the fruit of this shrub is known the genus must remain doubtful, especially as the 8 stamens 
are probably all homomorphous and perfect. 
V. Medinilla, Gaud. Voy. Freyc. p. 484. t. 106; Naud. Melast. p. 304. Flores 4—5, rarius 
6-meri, nudi. Calycis tubus ovoideus aut turbinatus, carnosus; limbus integer v. in lobos obsoletos 
divisus, rarissime irregulariter lacerus, denticulis externis v. punctis denticulorum vestigia exhiben- 
tibus, seepissime ornatus. Petala ovata obovatave, acuta, interdumque acuminata. Stamina 8 v. 10, 
rarius 12, dolichanthera, subzqualia v. manifeste inzqualia, non tamen omnino disparia; antheris 
basi affixis, ssepius. incurvis, lineari-subulatis, antice basi 2-lobis v. 2-calcaratis, postice 1-2-lobis v. 
l-calearatis. Ovarium toto ambitu aut septis antheras in prefloratione inflexas separantibus tubo 
calycino usque ad apicem aut saltem maxima parte adherens, 4—5- rarius 6-loculare; placentis lamel- 
liformibus, margine libero incrassato carnosulis aut ex utroque latere in membranam ovuligeram 
expansis, co-ovulatis. Stylus filiformis, stigmate punctiformi. Bacca calycis limbo coronata, 4—5- 
. 6-locularis. Semina irregulariter ovoidea v. ovoideo-dimidiata, raphe laterali nigra hinc notata.— 
Frutices erecti aut radicantes et epiphytici, glaberrimi, rarius furfure stellato detergibili obducti ; 
ramis teretibus v. angulosis; foliis verticillatis v. oppositis, rarissime abortu solitariis et alternis, 
ut plurimum ovato-ellipticis acutis integerrimis carnosis succulentisque, nervis primariis solito more 
convergentibus, nonnunquam autem divergentibus, sepe purpurascentibus; floribus paniculatis aut 
ad axillas foliorum nodosve ramorum fasciculato-cymosis, ut plurimum roseis, interdum ey caly- 
cibus pedunculisque sæpissime rubicundis, nonnunquam subdiaphanis. 
l. M. heterophylla, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 598. t. 75; alte scandens ; ramis teretibus ad 
nodos sæpius radiciferis; foliis cujusque jugi valde disparibus 5- plinerviis, majore ovato seu ovato- 
oblongo subcordato sābiðüininato, petiolo ejus folium alternum cordato-rotundum adæquante v. 
superante; racemis paniculatis elongatis; bracteis verticillatis bracteolisque obovatis magnis peta- 
loideis (albis) ; floribus 4-meris; calycis limbo fere integerrimo; antheris basi breviter 3-calcaratis. 
—Ovalau (U.S. Expl. Exped.), Viti Levu, about Navua (Seemann! n. 176). Also collected more 
recently by Storck, probably on the Rewa river. 
Braets and calyx white, corolla pink, berry biack. 
2. M. rhodochlena, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 600; subscandens; ramulis teretibus hinc inde 
radicantibus junioribus racemis calycibusque ferrügineo-pubescentibus foliis cujusque jugi ineequa- 
libus homomorphis ovato-oblongis acuminatis 5-plinerviis basi sæpe obliquis acutis v. obtusis petio- 
latis puberulis; racemis axillaribus; bracteis bracteolisque dilatatis rubris; floribus 4-meris; calycis 
limbo integerrimo. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, teste Storck, * Cavacava resiga. ”—_Mountains of Ovalau 
(U. S. Expl. Exped.; Seemann! n. 177; Storck! n. 891), Viti Levu, between the head waters of 
the Navua river and Namosi (Seemann! n. 75). 
Bracts, peduncles, and calyx, red; corolla white. 
8. M. ameena, (sp. nov.) Seem.; erecta; ramulis teretibus, junioribus foliisque puberulis 
demum glabris; foliis cujusque jugi inzequalibus homomorphis ovatis v. ellipticis in petiolum atte- 
nuatis breviter acuminatis 3—7-plinerviis, supra atro-viridibus, subtus pallidioribus; pedunculis axil- 
