156 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
radicula infera, cotyledonibus oblongis obtusis.—Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis oppositis petiolatis 
ovato-oblongis brevi-acuminatis basi subcordatis coriaceis; cymis axillaribus terminalibusque compo- 
sitis, floribus speciosis. 
I have named this new genus in honour of my esteemed friend William Carruthers, Esq., F.L.S., of the 
Botanical Department, British Museum, to whom I am indebted for much kind assistance in working up the 
South Sea Flora. It is related to Alyxia in the ruminate albumen. 
1, C. scandens, (sp. nov.) Seem. (Tab. XXX.).— Rejoua scandens, Seem. in Bonplandia, vol. 
x. p. 296. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Wa rerega,” fide Storck.—At Port Kinnaird, Island of Ovalau 
(Storck! n. 901). 
A climbing plant, which would prove a desirable acquisition to our gardens, and flowers in Viti from 
December to March. The leaves are used medicinally by the natives. Mr. Storck, on transmitting the dried 
specimens, enclosed a coloured drawing by the late lamented Miss Mary Pritchard, and from these 
materials our plate has been made. The plant is glabrous in all parts except the calyx lobes, which are 
.eiliate, the interior of the corolla tube, and the filaments. Leaves 5 inches long, 23-3 inches broad. 
Tube of corolla crimson, lobes of corolla more or less white. Drupe nearly 3 inches in diameter. 
EXPLANATION oF PrATE XXX., representing Carruthersia scandens. Fig. 1, an entire flower; 2, the 
same with corolla removed; 3, the same with calyx and portion of corolla removed; 4, a stamen; 5, calyx 
glands, pistil and nectary; 6, ripe fruit; 7, seeds; 8 and 9, sections of seed; 10, embryo:—all, with ex- 
ception of Fig. 7, magnified. 
; III. Alyxia, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 469; DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 345. Calyx 5-partitus, eglan- 
dulosus. Corolla hypocraterimorpha; tubo sepius a medio inflato, apice constricto, interne piloso; 
fauce esquamatá, nune subgibba; lobis zestivatione dextrorsum superpositis. Stamina 5, medio v. 
supra mediam partem tubi inserta, filamentis brevibus, antheris lanceolatis. Annulus pilosus (an 
semper?) e basi ovariorum. Ovaria 2, facie adpressa, ovoideo-fusiformia. Stylus 1. Stigma 
capitatum v. oblongum, glabrum v. barbatum. Ovula ad suturam ventralem introflexam inserta, 
pauca, utrinque superposita, adscendentia (ex A. scandenti et A. brevifolid). Drupz 2 (alterá 
sepius abortiente), stipitatee, ssepius l-sperm:ze et ellipsoidez, nunc 2-sperm:e et medio constrictze, 
carne parva, endocarpio chartaceo sepius transversim costato suturáque ventral prominente. Semen 
l v. rarius semina superposita, ellipsoidea, obtusa, facie interná compressi, suturam ventralem 
ambientia ideoque longitudinaliter sulcata. Testa brunnea, albumen corneum penetrans. Embryo 
in axi solido albuminis, rectus v. (ex Endl.) curvatus, radiculà infera, cotyledonibus oblongis obtusis. 
—Arbuscule v. frutices, sempervirentes ; ramis nunc scandentibus ; foliis seepius ternatis v. 4-natis, 
nune oppositis, integris, glabris, breviter petiolatis; floribus axillaribus v. terminalibus, solitariis v. 
' in cymas spiciformes aut umbelliformes dispositis, ssepe fragantibus, albis v. luteis.— Gynopogon, 
Forst. Gen. n. 18. ud 
Besides the species found in Viti, there are, in tropical Polynesia, the following species of this genus :—1, 
A. Gynopogon, Reem. et Schult. (Gynopogon Alyxia, Forst. Prodr. n. 118; A. daphnoides, A. Cunn. Bot. Mag. 
t. 3313), from Norfolk Island (Forster! W. Anderson! A. Cunningham! Milne !) ; 2, 4. oliveformis, Gaud. 
in Freye. Voy. p. 451 (A. sulcata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 90), from the Hawaiian Islands (Macrae! 
Barclay! Seemann!) ; and 3, A. obovata (sp. nov.) Seem. mss. in Herb. Mus. Brit. (erecta, glabra, ramulis 
angulatis; foliis oppositis v. ternis obovato-oblongis obtusis basi attenuatis; peduneulis axillaribus com- 
pressis medio 3-floris; pedicellis angulatis ; ealycis lobis ovatis acuminatis v. acutis; drupis ignotis), from 
the Isle of Pines off New Caledonia (W. Anderson !). 
1. A. bracteolosa, Rich, mss. ex A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. v. ; scandens, glaber- 
rima; foliis plerumque ternis oblongis v, sublanceolatis nunc obtusis nune acumine obtuso apiculatis ' 
caudatisve basi acutis v. rotundatis supra nitidis transversim lineatis sublonge petiolatis ; cymis axil- 
laribus co-floris brevissime pedunculatis petiolum vix superantibus; pedicellis brevibus arcte imbri- 
cato-bracteolatis ; bracteolis ovato-triangularibus dorso carinatis intus concavis ciliolatis sepalis con- 
similibus; corolla (pallide lutea) longius tubulosa; stigmate imberbi; ovariis glaberrimis; drupis 
