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attenuatis; baccis terminalibus solitariis geminisve, ovatis corticatis albidis 2-locularibus, loculis 
co-spermis; seminibus horizontalibus in pulpa nidulantibus, 2-serialibus, compressis.— Woods of So- 
mosomo, Island of Taviuni (Seemann! n. 219). : 
This little tree reminded me very much of the different species of Pentagonia, and grows as underwood 
as they do. When the flowers shall have become known, it may probably turn out to be the type of a new 
genus allied to Gardenia and Genipa; provisionally it may be referred to Gardenia. It is a large-leaved 
plant, of which I only saw one specimen. The petioles are 7-8 inches long, and the blade of the leaf 11-2 
feet long, and 8-10 inches broad. The fruit is as large as a good-sized walnut, and has a smooth whitish 
surface. ‘The seeds are flat, and placed horizontally. 
III. Mussznda, Linn. Gen. n. 241; Endl. Gen. n. 3313. Calyx tubo oblongo turbinato, 
limbi 5-partiti demum decidui lobis erectis acutis, uno exteriorum interdum producto in folium 
petiolatum, amplum, reticulato-venosum, coloratum. Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce villosa, limbo 
5-partito. Antherz 5, intra corolle faucem sessiles, lineares, incluse v. subexserte. Ovarium 2- 
loculare. Ovula in placentis e medio dissepimento utrinque stipitatis revoluto-bilobis plurima, hori- 
zontalia, anatropa. Bacca subglobosa, apice denudata, 2-locularis. Semina plurima, parva, lenti- 
culari-compressa, scabrida. Embryo in basi albuminis dense carnosi minimus; radicula crassa, 
umbilico proxima, centripeta.—Arbuscule v. frutices; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, ovatis, villosis v. 
glabris, stipulis utrinque binis, liberis v. basi concretis, acuminatis; floribus terminalibus, corym- 
bosis, bracteis sub pedicellis et corymbi ramis parvis. 
1. M. frondosa, Linn. Spec. 251; foliis ovalibus acuminatis, ramulis corymbisque puberulis ; 
stipulis subulatis; corymbo terminali subpaniculato; calycis lobis elongatis subulatis, uno petiolato 
ovato acuminato membranaceo puberulo (albo) ; corolla flava.—M. formosa, Linn. Mant. 338; Forst. 
leon. (ined.) t. 56 et 57. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Bovu."— Common throughout Viti (Seemann ! 
n. 238; Milne! Harvey!). Also collected in the Tongan Islands (Harvey !), Aneitum (Milne !), 
Solomon group (Milne!), and Wallis Island (Greffe!). Common in India and the Archipelago. 
IV. Stylocoryne, Cav. Icon. vol. iv. p. 45. t. 368; Endl. Gen. n. 3293. Calyx tubo turbi- 
nato, limbo 5-dentato v. 5-partito, persistente. Corolla infundibuliformis v. hypocraterimorpha, 
limbi 4—5-partiti lobis patentibus v. recurvis. Stamina 4-5; filamenta brevissima; antherz longe 
lineares, exsertz. Ovarium 2-loculare. Ovula in placentis parvis medio dissepimento utrinque in- 
sertis 2 v, oo, amphitropa. Stylus filiformis, exsertus; stigma incrassatum clavatum v. fusiforme, 
indivisum. Bacca globosa, 2-locularis v. rarissime abortu 1-locularis, l-sperma. Semina pauca 
v. oo, angulata, umbilico ventrali rugoso. Embryo in albumine subcartilaginea subdorsalis; coty- 
ledonibus foliaceis parvis, radicula cylindrica, in diversis infera, centrifuga v. centripeta.— A rbores 
V. frutices inermes; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, stipulis intrafoliaceis, latis, 
breve acuminatis, corymbis v. cymis terminalibus, axillaribus v. oppositifoliis ; floribus albis, fra- 
grantibus v. foetidis. ane 
l. S. coffeeoides, A. Gray in Proceed. of Amer. Acad. vol. iv. excl. syn. Forst. et Hook. et 
Arn.; ramis teretibus; foliis elliptico-oblongis basi acutis apice acuminatis glabris; paniculis axilla- 
ribus dichotomis laxis folio dimidio brevioribus, corolla hypocraterimorpha, lobis 5 tubo longioribus. 
—Coffea cymosa, B. cyma laxiore, Forst. mss. Stylocoryne racemosa, Cav. Icon. vol. iv. t. 368. 
— Viti, but exact locality not specified (Sir E. Home! in Mus. Brit.). Also collected in Tana, New 
Hebrides (Forster!), Wallis Island (Sir E. Home! Greeffe! n. 32), Tongan (Barclay! Harvey !) and 
Society Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). : ; 
The question raised by A. Gray, whether Hooker and Arnott’s Stylocoryne racemosa, from Tahiti, 
Cavanilles’ Stylocoryne racemosa, from the Philippine Islands, and Forster’s Coffea odorata, from Tana and 
Tonga, are identical, I can partly answer. Hooker and Arnott’s S. racemosa is nothing but S. sambucina, 
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