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laribus elongatis apice trichotomo-cymosis bracteatis, bracteis inferioribus oppositis, superioribus 
bracteolisque verticillatis ; pedicellis alatis; floribus 4-meris ; calycibus 4-dentatis, petalis purpureis ; 
antheris l-porosis; baccis purpureis.—On hillsides, Namosi, interior of Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 
182; Milne!). | ay 
An erect shrub, about 4-6 feet high. Petioles }-l inch long. Blade of leaf 2 inches long, 14 inch 
broad. Peduncles as long as the leaf.. Flowers small. I saw this plant only once, and as my dried spe- 
cimens were in a bundle that fell into the Rewa river the description is not so perfect as could be wished. 
Milne’s specimen consists of a sterile branch only. 
4. M. Waterhousei, (sp. nov.) Seem. mss.; epiphytica; glabra; ramulis acute 4-gonis radi- 
cantibus; foliis oppositis cujusque jugi homomorphis inæqualibus obovatis v. subellipticis acumi- 
natis v. acutis in petiolum angustatis 3-plinerviis; racemis amplis paniculatis, bracteis oppositis 
verticillatisve ovatis v. obovatis 3-5-nerviis ; bracteis calycibus petalisque pulchre roseis; cet. ign.— 
Mountains above Somosomo, island of Taviuni (Seemann! n. 175), usually growing on the top of 
small trees. 
This is certainly one of the most ornamental of Vitian plants, which I have named in honour of its 
discoverer, the Rev. J. Waterhouse, one of the enterprising band of Christian missionaries in Viti, to whom ` 
I am indebted for much kindness during my explorations of the group. It would be a great acquisition to 
our hot-houses, growing as it does only about a foot and a half high, and having small leaves and very large 
flowers. Unfortunately my flowering specimens are imperfect. Largest leaves, including petiole, 2-21 
inches long, 2-1 inch broad. Bracts about 1 inch long. 
5. M. parvifolia, (sp. nov.) Seem.; ramulis obtuse tetragonis, foliis bracteisque junioribus 
furfuraceo-puberulis, demum glabris; foliis oppositis cujusque jugis homomorphis zequalibus obovatis 
obtusis v. retusis basi cuneatis integerrimis 3-plinerviis; racemis axillaribus; bracteis oppositis spa- 
thulatis v. obovatis; cet. ign.— Top of Voma Peak, interior of Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 178). 
All I collected were a few scraps, the inflorescence just appearing, but the flower-buds too young for 
examination.  Petiole 4 inch long. Blade of leaf 1-14 inch long, about 1 inch broad. 
VI. Melastoma, Burm. Fl Zeyl. 72; Naud. Melast. p. 139. Flos 5., rarius 6—7-merus. 
Calycis dentes sepius acuti, tubum campanulatum subæquantes, cum denticulis totidem subulatis 
sepissime alternantes, decidui. Petala inzquilatera obovata retusa aut omnino obovato-cordata, 
rarius apiculata, ciliata. Stamina 10-12, valde inzequalia, raro subæqualia discolora et subdissimilia ; 
antheris ut plurimum lineari-subulatis 1-porosis recurvis, antice magis minusve undulatis; 5 majo- 
rum violaceis, connectivo infra loculos scpissime longe producto (loculorum circiter longitudine) 
areuato et ad insertionem filamenti antice plerumque 2-lobo aut 2-calcarato; 5 minorum luteis 
connectivo infra loculos nullo aut subnullo, ibi autem szpius 2-testiculato. Ovarium ovoideum, 
nunc fere omnino liberum, nunc et sepius ad mediam usque septis antheras in prefloratione 
inflexas separantibus calyci adnatum, apice setosum, 5—6-loculare. Stylus filiformis, crassus, sig- 
moideus, stigmate obtuso. Fructus maturus globosus, calycis tubo persistente et tunc subsphzerico 
vestitus, magis minusve carnosus, interdumque fere capsularis, demum lacerus. Semina cochleata.— 
Frutices, rarius fruticuli strigosi, ut plurimum macranthi; foliis in eodem jugo sequalibus aut vix 
disparibus, ovatis lanceolatisve, seepius integerrimis, 3-5-7-nerviis; floribus ad apices ramorum fasci- 
culatis aut glomeratis, nonnunquam solitariis; calycibus setosis, strigoso-paleaceis, rarius barbatis aut 
echinatis ; petalis violaceis purpureisve interdumque pallide roseis v. albis. 
Besides the species mentioned below, we have in Polynesia AM. pelagicum, from the Salomon's Islands, 
and perhaps M. microphyllum, of which the exact native country is unknown. 
]. M. denticulatum, Juabill. Sert. Austr. Caled. p. 65. t. 64; fruticosum, micranthum, brachy- 
andrum; ramis strigosis; foliis ovatis oblongove-ovatis acuminatis subintegerrimis 5-nerviis, pagina 
utraque strigilloso-scabris; floribus 5-meris ad apices ramorum paniculato-corymbosis ; petalis 
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