132 FLORA VITIENSIS, 
XIV. Canthium, Lam. Dict. 602; Endl. Gen. n. 3175. Calyx tubo ovato, limbo brevi per- 
sistente, 4-5-dentato. Corolla tubo brevi, fauce barbata, limbi 4—5-fidi lobis patentibus. Antherz 
4-5, ad faucem coroll: subsessiles, vix exsertæ. Ovarium 2-loculare. Ovula in loculis solitaria, pen- 
dula, amphitropa v. semi-anatropa. Stylus simplex; stigma indivisum, crassum, ovato-globosum v. 
mitreforme, rarius apice 2-lobum. Bacca globosa v. didyma, carnosa, levis v. transversim rugosa, 
2-locularis v. abortu 1-locularis, loculis l-spermis. Semina pendula. Embryo intra albumen dense 
carnosum homotropus, subarcuatus; cotyledonibus subfoliaceis, radicula elongata, supera.—Frutices 
ramulis spinosis v. inermibus, foliis oppositis petiolatis coriaceis, stipulis interpetiolaribus utrinque 
solitariis, pedunculis axillaribus brevibus, oo-floris.—Canthum et Psydraz, DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 
473 et 476. 
l. C.sessilifolium, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. iv.; inerme, glabrum; foliis fere 
sessilibus oblongo-ovatis, seu ovato-lanceolatis basi rotundata chartaceis supra lucidis; pedicellis 
solitariis binis ternisve in axillis flore gracili (semipollicari) dimidio brevioribus; pedunculo com- 
muni vix nullo; limbo calycis 5-dentato; pyrenis seminibusque fere rectis angustis.— Vanua Levu 
(U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
2. C. odoratum, Seem. ; inerme, glabrum ; foliis breviter petiolatis ellipticis obovatis v. ovatis 
acutis v. obtusis, basi paululum attenuatis coriaceis supra lucidis, subtus opacis; cymis pedunculatis: 
folio multo brevioribus; floribus 4—5-meris.— Coffea odorata, Forst. Prodr. n. 94. Coffea sicca, 
Forst. mss. Ixora odorata, Spreng. Syst. vol. i. p. 409. Canthium lucidum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. 
Beech. p. 65. C. Beecheyi, Steud. Nomenclator. Pavetta dubia, Endl. Ann. Wiener Museum, vol. 
i. p. 176, excl. syn. Hook. et Arn.—Lakeba (Seemann! n. 221). Nairai (Milne!). Also collected 
in the Society Islands (Forster!), Tana, New Hebrides (Forster!), Elizabeth (Cuming!), and 
Gambier Island (Beechey !). 
Asa Gray refers Coffea odorata of Forster to Stylocoryne; but judging from Forster’s authentic 
specimens at the British Museum, there can be no doubt about its being a Canthium. Flowers white ; 
drupe black. 
3. C. flavidum, (sp. nov.) Seem.; inerme, glabrum; foliis longiuscule petiolatis obovatis ob- 
tusis v. obtusiusculis, supra lucidis, subtus opacis venis reticulatis prominulis, petiolis costis venis 
primariis inflorescentiaque flavidis ; pedunculis axillaribus bis v. ter trichotomis folia subzequantibus v. 
superantibus; calycibus 4-dentatis; stylo 2-fido.—Macuata coast of Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 256). 
Differs from C. odoratum by its few-flowered peduncles being as long, or longer than the leaf, and the 
peculiar yellowish tinge of the petiole, ribs, veins, and inflorescence. Branches obscurely 4-angular. 
Petioles 6 lines long. Blade of leaf 2-21 inches long, 1 inch broad. ` Fruit unknown. | 
4, C. barbatum, Seem. ; inerme, glabrum ; foliis longiuscule petiolatis ovalibus v. ovatis acutis 
subcoriaceis, subtus pallidis; cymis axillaribus folio multo brevioribus, 9—4-floris, floribus 5-meris ; 
corolla fauce barbata; latis drupa obcordata.—Chiococca barbata, Forst. Prodr. n. 96. et Icon. 
(ined.) t. 52; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 65. t. 14. Chiococca odorata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. 
p. 65. excl. syn. Forst. (non Forst.).— Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 220). Also collected in the Marquesas 
(Forster!), Society (Wiles and Smith! Banks and Solander! Forster! Matthews! Bidwill! Lay 
and Collie!), and Tongan Islands (Forster!), as well as in Pitcairn (Matthews!), and Elizabeth 
Island (Cuming! Lay and Collie !). 
XV. Calycosia, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. iv. p. 48. Calyx tubo angusto, 
. limbo valde ampliato infundibuliformi membranaceo 5-fido, lobis sepe insqualibus ciliato-barbatis. © 
Corolla calycem modice superans, tubulosa, fauce infundibuliformi; lobis 5 patentibus, apice corni- 
culato-cucullatis zstivatione valvatis. Stamina 5, fauci corollae inserta, subinclusa; filamenta bre- 
