130 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
haud conspicuis axillis nudis; pedunculis terminalibus brevibus solitariis 2—4-nisve; capitulis oo- 
floris globosis; tubo corolle (albze) 4-fidee intus villoso-barbato ; ovulis semianatropis.— M acuata 
eoast of Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 223 et 226). Also collected in Viti (U. S. Expl. Exped.) 
"My specimens have larger leaves than those collected by the American Expedition. 
4. M. Grayi, Seem.; fruticosa, scandens, glabra; ramulis teretibus; foliis ovatis et oblongo- 
lanceolatis acuminatis chartaceis supra lucidis, venulis reticulatis, subtus opacis, venis primariis tan- 
tumperspicuis in axillis ssepius barbellatis; stipulis in vaginam brevem connatis, summis utrinque 
cuspidatis; pedunculis (fructiferis) solitariis ternisve terminalibus petiolos adzquantibus; capitulis 
oc-floris; syncarpio globoso pollicari.—M. lucida, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. iv., non 
Benth. in Niger Flora.— Viti, locality not specified (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
5. M. mollis, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. iv.; fruticosa, scandens, undique velutino- 
pubescens; ramulis teretibus; foliis membranaceis ovato- seu obovato-oblongis caudato-acuminatis 
basi sinu parvo subcordatis perspicue penninerviis; stipulis . . .; pedunculis oo in umbella terminali; 
capitulis co-floris, syncarpio globoso pubescente.—Ovalau (Seemann! n. 224; U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
6. M. bucidzfolia, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. iv.; fruticosa, scandens, glabra; ra- 
mulis...; folis obovato-cuneatis obtusis v. retusis coriaceis supra nitidulis subtus venulis inter 
costas rectas prominulas crebre reticulatis; stipulis subdistinctis; pedunculis oo terminalibus; capi- 
tulo globoso 7—10-floro.— Viti, locality not specified (U. S. Expl. Exped.). . 
XII. Timonius, Rumph. Amb. vol. iii. p. 216. t. 140; A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. iv. 
Flores polygami. Calycis limbus cupuliformis, persistens. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, intus nuda, 
lobis 4—10 sestivatione valvatis. Stamina tubo inserta; filamenta brevissima. Stylus apice 5-10- 
fidus, lobis subulatis ineequalibus intus stigmatosis. Ovarium oo-seriatim oc-loculare. Ovula in 
loculis solitaria, funiculo brevissimo cupuliformi suspensa. Drupa oo-pyrena; pyrenis oo angustis 
circa axim elongatam imbricatim et oo-seriatim superpositis, putamine apice pervio funiculo seminis 
strophiolzformi (obturamenti suberosi instar) clauso. Semen lineare v. oblongum; albumen vix 0. 
Embryo semini conformis, cylindricus; cotyledonibus radicula multo brevioribus.—Arbores v. fru- 
tices; stipulis interpetiolaribus perulatis vernatione convolutis mox caducis; foliis coriaceis, venulis 
(pagina superiore przesertim) seepius tenuissime et creberrime reticulatis ; pedunculis axillaribus 1—oc- 
floris.— Porocarpus, Geertn. Fruct. vol. ii. p. 473. t. 178. Erithalis, Forst. Prodr. n. 101, non Linn. ; 
Gærtn. f. Suppl. p. 92. t. 196, non Linn. Polyphragmon, Desf. in Mem. Mus. Par. vi. p. 6. t. 2; 
A. Rich. Mem. Rub. p. 151. Burneya, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linn. vol. iv. p. 189, excl. n. sp. 2. 
Timonius (excl. sp. et char.) et Polyphragmon, DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 445, 461. Bobea (excl. syn. 
Gaud.) et Polyphragmon, Korth. in Neder. Kruidk. Arch. vol. ii. p. 212, 215; Miquel, Fl. N. Ind. 
vol. ii. p. 234, 260. td 
Besides the two Vitian species, we have in the South Pacific, 7. Forsteri, DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 461 
(Erithalis polygama, Forst. Prodr. n. 101, et Icon. (ined.) vol. i. p. 55. E. uniflora, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. 
Pacif. p. 231, et in Park. Icon. Tahit. t. 26 (ined.). E. cymosa, Sol. l.c. p. 232, et in Park. l.c. t. 25. 
Burneya Forsteri, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linn. vol. iv. p. 189. Polyphragmon minus, A. Rich. Mem. Rub. 
p. 151. Bobea Forsteri et Gertneri, Korth. in N. Kruidk. Arch. vol. ii. p. 212, 215), which I have seen 
from the Society Islands (Banks and Solander!), Palmerston Islands (David Nelson!), and Savage Island 
AE emen !). Forster's specimen is not at the British Museum, but his unpublished drawing identifies 
the plant. 
l. T. sapotsfolius, A. Gray in Proceed. of Amer. Acad. vol. iv.; foliis etiam nascentibus 
eum stipulis majusculis ramulisque glaberrimis elliptico-oblongis utrinque acuminatis, venulis creber- 
rimis lineato-reticulatis quasi tenuiter nervoso-striatis, areolis lineari-elongatis parallelis, venis pri- 
mariis obsoletis; pedunculis fructiferis petiolum sequantibus ; pyrenis linearibus, putamine tenui.— 
Viti Islauds, exact locality not specified (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
