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2. T. affinis, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. iv.; foliis ovalibus obscure penniveniis, 
venis subreticulatis, retibus venularum varie versis hinc inde contrariis; pedunculis fructiferis petio- 
lum zquantibus; pyrenis linearibus, putamine tenui.— Viti Islands, exact locality not specified (U. S. 
Expl. Exped.). 
XIII. Guettarda, Vent. Choix, n. 1; Endl. Gen. n. 3192. Calyx tubo ovato v. globoso, 
limbo tubuloso, persistente v. deciduo, truncato v. irregulariter subdentato. Corolla hypocrateri- 
morpha, tubo cylindrico fauce nuda, limbi 4-9-fidi lobis ovali-oblongis. Anthere 4-9, incluse. 
Ovarium 4—9-loculare. Ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Stylus simplex; stigma 
capitatum v. rarius 2-lobum.  Drupa ovata v. subglobosa, limbo calycino coronata v. apice nuda, 
putamine osseo, obtuse 4-9-angulato, 4—9-loculari, loculis l-spermis. Semina e basi loculorum 
erecta, teretiuscula.  Radicula longa; cotyledones parvee.—Frutices v. arbuscule; foliis oppositis 
ovatis v. lanceolatis, rarius cordatis; stipulis lanceolatis deciduis, rarissime vaginantibus truncatis ; 
pedunculis axillaribus 2-fidis, rarius bis 2-fidis, floribus in dichotomiis solitariis, sessilibus, secus 
ramos unilateralibus. 
1. G. (Cadamba) speciosa, Linn. Spec. n. 1408; arbuscula; foliis ovatis obovatisve basi 
sepius subcordatis apice obtusis subtus pubescentibus; stipulis lanceolatis acuminatis deciduis ; cymis 
peduneulatis velutinis folio multo brevioribus; floribus (odoratis) 4-9-meris; fructu depresso areola 
superne notato. Lam. Ill. t. 154. fig. 2.—Cadamba jasminiflora, Sonn. Voy. vol. ii. t. 128. Rava- 
Lou, Rheed. Mal. vol. iv. t. 47 et 48; Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants, t. 104 (ined.). Nomen 
vernac. Vitiense, * Buabua."—Common on all the seabeaches of Viti (Seemann! n. 237), and widely 
diffused over Eastern Africa, the East Indies, and Indian Archipelago. Also collected in the Sò- 
ciety (Forster! Banks and Solander!) and Tongan Islands (Harvey! Captain Cook! Mathews !): 
Whitsunday Island (Lay and Collie! Kenne!), Radak and Romanzoff Islands (Chamisso), Queens- 
land, Eastern Australia (Hill!,) Bow Island, Dangerous Archipelago (Barclay !), and Pitcairn Island 
(Cuming !). 
The Vitians make necklaces (*taube" or “salusalu’’) of the corollas of this and other white odo- 
riferous Monopetale. The wood is used in certain games. 
2. G. (Guettardaria) inconspicua, (sp. nov.) Seem.; fruticosa; ramulis petiolis pedunculis- 
que fusco-hirsutis ; foliis ovatis acuminatis, supra glabriusculis, subtus adpresse pubescentibus; pe- 
dunculis dichotomis, ramis 5—6-floris; calycibus dentatis pubescentibus; corolla (teste J. Storck 
rubescente-violacea) extus albo-sericea; drupa 4-loculari. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, teste Storck, 
** Kau lobo.”—Ovalau (Seemann! n. 257; Storck! n. 893), Gau (M‘Gillivray! in Mus. Brit.). 
A shrub, with reddish-violet flowers, according to Mr. Storek (Bonpl. vol. x. p. 296). Branches ulti- 
mately glabrous, and covered with white spots, somewhat like Rhamnus cathartica. Scars of leaves almost 
round, and white. Leaves rather membranaceous, about 2 inches long, 1 inch broad, and on petioles 6 lines 
long. Flowers inconspicuous; corolla scarcely 3 lines long. 
9. G. Vitiensis, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. v.; species indescripta et mihi ignota. 
—Viti (U. S. Expl. Exped.). Oe 
According to A. Gray, this resembles, but is not identical with the preceding species. 
Trisus V. PSYCHOTRIE#.—Flores distincti, interdum aggregato-capitati, nunquam tamen con- 
nati. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. Bacca dipyrena. Albumen corneum, Stipule 
utrinque 2, liberze v. connatee. : 
This tribe is represented in tropical Polynesia, besides the genera and species mentioned below, by 
Straussia Kaduana, A. Gray (Coffea, Cham. et Schlecht.), S. Mariniana, A. Gray, S. Hawaiensis, A. Gray, 
all from the Sandwich Islands, and Chasalia pyriformis, A. Gray, from the Samoan Islands. 
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