158 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Ramuli plerumque terminales, cicatricibus coneavis petiolorum variolati, alias glabri, teretes. Folia in 
ultimis ramis undique sparsa, oo, lanceolata, sspe paulo ante medium latiora, acuta, integerrima, glabra, 
nitida, plana, pedalia, venosa; venis parallelis, remotis, fere ad rectangulum exeuntibus venulisque nume- 
rosis reticulata, basi attenuata in pefiolos longos, 2- v. 8-unciales, glabros, supra planos. Flores candidis- 
simi, panieulati. Panicula pedunculata, oo-flora. Pedunculi terminales (e centro ramulorum) longitudine 
foliorum, teretes, glabri. Pedicelli unciales. Calyx 5-phyllus. Foliola oblonga, acutiuscula, erecta, cras- 
siuscula, ex albido viridia, 2-unciæ longa; caduca; 2 exteriora latiora. Corolla 1-petala, hypocrateriformis. 
Tubus calyce longior, obtuse pentagonus, cylindraceus, supra calycem ampliatus, uncia paulo longior. 
Faux clausa nectariis. Limbus patens, maximus, diametro 3-unciali, 5-partitus. Laciniis obliquis, extus 
latioribus, obtusissimis. Nectaria 5, in fauce corolle ad sinus limbi sita, flava, compressa, intus protube- 
rantia ibique terminata villis longiusculis niveis. Filamenta 5, brevissima, tubo corolle supra medium in- 
serta. Anthere ovato-cordatz, didymæ, erecte, cuspide brevi terminats.— Obs. ipsa anthera sub nec- 
tario occulta cuspide tantum modo supra faucem emieante. Germina 2 supera, subrotunda, obtusa, intus 
plana. Styli 2, filiformes, tubo corollae breviores. Stigma crassissimum, 10-angulare, conicum, acumina- 
tum; ipso apice obsolete 2-fido. Drupe geminate (uti folliculi in reliquis contortis), sessiles, maxima, 
ovo anserino paulo majores, ovales, parum compresse, introrsum laguna lata subobsoleta notat», ad angu- 
lum obtusum divergentes, basi ubi conjunguntur intus plans, tote glabra, leves, virides, punctis rubris 
inæqualibus oo irroratz, bene mature fere purpurascentes punctis tantum modo viridibus adsperse. Sub- 
stantia drupe crassa, stuposa-spongiosa, fibris multis crassis validis intertexta, lactescens. Nua ob- 
longa, compressa, lateribus acutis, tenuis sed tenax et duriuseula, tres uncias longa, uniloeularis. Nucleus 
ovatus seu potius figura amygdali, duas uneias longus, niveus." i 
1, C. lactaria, Hamilt. ex DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 353; foliis alternis sparsis patentibus v. re- - 
flexis oblongis glabris utrinque subacutis nervis lateralibus obliquis ; cymis terminalibus et axillaribus 
folio subbrevioribus, pedicellis longitudine calycis, lobis calycinis ovato-acutis erectis; drupa ellip- 
soidea v. globosa.—Arbor lactaria, Manga Brava, Rumph. Amb. vol. ii. p. 243. t. 81.—Nomina 
vernac. Vitiensia, * Rewa” et ** Vasa."— Common on the seaside of Lakeba, Ovalau and Viti Levu 
(Seemann! n. 309; Barclay !). Also collected in the Tongan Islands (Forster!), New Hebrides 
(Barclay !), Isle of Pines (M*Gillivray !), and Java (Horsfield !). 
A ‘middle-sized' tree. Wood soft. Root a powerful purgative. Flowers used for necklaces. 
V. Ochrosia, Juss. Gen. p. 145; DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 356. Calyx 5-partitus, lobis obtusis 
imbricatis, eglandulosis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, tubo cylindrico, intus pilosiusculo, fauce nuda, 
lobis zestivatione sinistrorsum contortis. Stamina 5, medio tubi corollae inserta, inclusa; antheris 
lanceolatis, filamento gracili longioribus. Nectarium nullum. Ovaria 2 (in O. parviflord initio 
coalita, demum libera, ex cl. Hensl.), in aliis semper distincta, glabra. Stylus filiformis, ovario parum 
longior. Stigma conicum, 2.fidum. Ovula 3-6 in utroque ovario. Drupe exsuccs, ellipsoideo- 
trigonz, facie internà planiuscule, utrinque acute, divergentes, nune dehiscentes?, mesocarpio 
coriaceo, endocarpio lignoso. Semina 2, obovata, compressa, pendentia ?, intra endocarpium trans- 
versa. Cotyledones plans, albumine carnoso cincte.—Frutices v. arbusculz ; foliis verticillatis aut 
subsparsis, crebris, integerrimis, nervis lateralibus, centrali fere perpendicularibus ; cymis termi- 
nalibus, 3-chotomis, folio subequalibus ; pedunculis apice oo-floris; pedicellis brevissimis. 
There is, in tropical Polynesia, only one more Ochrosia, O. Sandwichensis, DC., from the Hawaiian 
islands (Macrae! Barclay! Hillebrand !), besides the following species. 
1. O. parviflora, Hensl. Ann. of Bot. vol. i. p. 345; A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. v. ; 
arbuscula ; foliis ternis quaternisve ellipticis, oblongis v. obovato-oblongis, apice rotundatis v. subacumi- 
natis, basi parum attenuatis, glabris ; lobis calycinis ellipticis obtusis ; drupis ellipsoideis.— O. elliptica, 
Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. t. 30. Cerbera parviflora, Forst. Prodr. n. 121. et Icon. (ined.) t. 70. 
Alyzia, sp. Soland. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 241.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Vaoko," teste 
Williams.— Viti Levu (Barclay !), Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 316). Also collected in Savage Island 
(Forster !), Society Islands (Banks and Solander! Nelson!), Tongan Islands (Nelson! Harvey !), 
and New Caledonia (Labillardiére). 
