148 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
lobis obtusis, zestivatione lobo unico exteriore, altero interiore, tribus mediis margine imbricato con- 
volutis omnibus obtusis apice inflexis. Stamina 5, inclusa, libera; filamentis filiformibus; antheris 
ovoideo-sph:ericis, cordatis, 2-locularibus, filamento brevioribus. Pollen (siccum) ellipsoideum. Ova- 
rium calyci adnatum, nunc in flore semisuperum, placentá basilari intra tubum calycis. Stylus 
brevis. Stigma capitatum, szepius obsolete 3-4-5-lobum, lobis nunc 5 distinctis, lobis calycinis 
oppositis. Ovula oo. Bacca calyce obtecta, ovoidea. Semina oo, turbinato-angulosa, superne com- 
planata, areolis per maturationem excepta materia resinosa ellipsoidea evanidis. Frutices v. arbores 
sepius hermaphroditze ; foliis alternis, venis seepe creberrimis reticulatis, parenchymate nunc pellucide 
punctato; racemis axillaribus v. rarius terminalibus, simplicibus v. basi compositis, oo-floris; floribus 
parvis albidis; bracteis basi pedicellorum persistentibus minimis, bracteolis flori adpressis angustio- 
ribus.—Beobotrys, Forst. Gen. t. 11.  Siburatia, Pet. Thou. Gen. nov. Madag. p. 12. 
1. M. Pickeringii, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. v.; foliis lato-lanceolatis oblongisve 
subintegerrimis mox glabris, nascentibus ramulisque pilosulis ; racemis axillaribus simplicibus rariusve 
conf@@sitis gracilibus; calyce bracteisque ovato-subulatis hirsutis, lobis ovatis acutis corolle tubum 
subzequantibus; drupis ovoideis.— Viti Levu (U.S. Expl. Exped.). 
Differs from M. nemoralis in the hairy pubescence of the inflorescence, especially of the calyx, narrower 
leaves, smaller flowers, and narrower and acute bracts and bractlets. The latter species is completely gla- 
brous, with the bracts, bractlets, and calyx-lobes (especially @he latter) broadly ovate and obtuse. 
2. M. nemnoralis, DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 79; foliis obovatis obtusis membranaceis margine 
revolutis undulatis remote subdenticulatis; racemis compositis petiolo sublongioribus glabrius- 
culis; bracteis ovato-acutis pedicello brevioribus bracteolisque late ovatis flori adpressis subcilia- 
tis, lobis calycinis ovatis erectis; corolla tubulosa calyce vix duplo longior 5-fida lobis ovatis.— 
Beobotrys nemoralis, Forst. Gen. t. 11; Prodr. n. 97. Icon. (ined.) t. 58. Coccoloboides, Sol. mss. 
Nomen vernaculum Vitiense, “ Vorovorokuro.”—Narai (Milne!), Taviuni (Seemann!) and Viti 
Levu (Seemann! n. 286; Milne!). Also collected in the Tongan Islands (Capt. Cook! U. S. 
Expl. Exped. Harvey !), Tana (Forster! W. Anderson !), Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), Eromanga (M‘Gil- 
livray !), Solomon group (Milne!), and New Caledonia (Sir E. Home!). The United States Ex- 
ploring Expedition found it in the Samoan group. 
3. M. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem.; glabra; foliis ellipticis integerrimis acutis, venis primariis 
4—5; racemis axillaribus simplicibus folio multo brevioribus, fere ad rectangulum exeuntibus, 
floribus parvis; bracteis bracteolis calycisque lobis ovato-acutis; corollæ tubo calyce paullo longiori ; 
drupis ovatis longiuscule pedicellatis.—Macuata coast of Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 287; Harvey !). 
This is very near M. persicefolia, A. Gray, but the leaves are longer (3-34 inches long, about 1 inch 
broad), and of thicker texture, the primary veins much more ascending, and the pedicels are longer (i. e. as 
long as the calyx-tube. 
4. M. persicefolia, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol v.; glabra; foliis lato-lanceolatis 
integerrimis, venis transversis; paniculis axillaribus folio sub-brevioribus; floribus parvis; bracteis 
bracteolis calycisque lobis ovato-acutis; corolle tubo campanulato calyce paullo longiori; drupis 
ovoideo-globosis brevissime pedicellatis.— Bua or Sandalwood Bay, Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. 
Exped.). 
5. M. corylifolia, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. v.; foliis ovatis cordatis repando- 
dentatis cum ramis paniculisque (terminalibus et axillaribus folium adzquantibus) dense mollissime 
pubescentibus superne mox glabratis; pedicellis flore haud longioribus; bracteis bracteolisque ovato- 
subulatis parvis; calycis lobis triangulari-ovatis villosis tubum corolle brevi-campanulate fere 
gequantibus; drupis ovoideis puberis.—Mountains of the Macuata coast of Vanua Levu (Seemann ! - 
n. 288; U.S. Expl. Exped.), Gau and Ovalau (Milne !). 
