182 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
A shrub, 12 feet high. Petiole, $-1 inch long. Blade of leaf, 2-6 inches long, 11-2 inches broad. 
Flowers greenish-white, from the old wood in the manner of some Coleas. 
EXPLANATION oF PLATE XL., representing Cyrtandra coleoides, Seem. Fig. 1 and 2, views of an en- 
tire flower; 3, corolla laid open; 4 and 5, stamens; 6, pistil,—all magnified. 
9. C. Harveyi, (sp. nov.) Seem.; erecta, fruticosa; ramulis petiolis pedunculisque ferrugineo- 
tomentellis; foliis oppositis longe petiolatis late ovato-oblongis v. obovatis breviter acuminatis 
basi acutis serratis, supra glaberrimis, subtus ad costas venasque ferrugineo-tomentellis; floribus 
axillaribus v. e trunco ramisque ortis; pedunculis 1—6-floris; calyce 5-fido, laciniis 3-angularibus 
- acutis; corolle tubo eurvato.—Nady, Vanua Levu (Harvey !). 
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4. C. ciliata, (sp. nov.) Seem. (Tab. XLL); fruticosa, erecta; foliis oppositis v. ternis longe 
petiolatis ovalibus longe acuminatis in petiolum attenuatis grosse serratis inter serraturas ciliatis ; 
floribus ex trunco ramisque ortis cymosis, cymis co-floris; calyce usque ad basin in laciniis 5 lineari- 
bus acutis diviso; corollz (albz) tubo curvato, lobis obovatis obtusis, 3 inferioribus majoribus ; pis- 
tillo glabro; bacca oblonga (alba).— Taviuni (Seemann! n. 282). 
Petiole more than an inch long. Blade of leaf, 4-6 inches long, 2-24 inches broad. Flowers from the 
old wood, whitish. * 
EXPLANATION oF Prats XLI., representing Cyriandra ciliata. Fig. 1, a flower eyme; 2, an entire 
flower; 3, corolla laid open; 4, a stamen; 5, pistil; 6, cross-section of ovary,—all, except Fig. 1, slightly 
magnified, ; 
9. C. Denhami, (sp. nov.) Seem.; ramulis petiolis pedunculisque hirsutis; foliis oppositis 
ovatis v. ovali-oblongis acuminatis basi acutis dentatis, supra glaberrimis, subtus ad costas venasque 
hirsutis; pedunculis axillaribus elongatis bis trifidis ; calycis glabri laciniis ovatis breviter acumi- 
natis patentibus; corolla ignota; ovario glabro.—Island of Gau, in woods (Milne! in Capt. Den- 
ham's Expedition). 
Two imperfect specimens collected by Milne, and in leaf not unlike C. Pritchardi. Petiole 1-1 in. 
long. Blade of leaf 5-7 inches long, 23-34 inches broad. Peduncle much longer than petiole. 
6. C. acutangula, (sp. nov.) Seem.; fruticosa, erecta, glabra; ramis acutis tetragonis; foliis 
oppositis ovalibus v. ovali-oblongis acuminatis basi acutis minute glanduloso-dentatis ; pedunculis 
axillaribus solitariis l-floris; calyce 5-fido extus glabro intus piloso laciniis ovatis acutis; corolla 
ignota; bacca oblonga apiculata.—Mountains of Namosi, interior of Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 27 6). 
Petioles 1 inch long. Blade of leaf 6-7 inches long, 2-8 inches broad. 
7. C. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem.; caule suffruticoso, crasso, erecto, simplici; foliis oppositis 
obovato-cuneatis acuminatis in petiolum alatum decurrentibus, subintegerrimis, junioribus subtus 
rufo-villosissimis, demum glabratis ; cymis axillaribus subsessilibus paucifloris ; calycis glabri laciniis 
ovatis acuminatis; corolla ignota; bacca ovata acuminata.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Betabiabi." - 
—Woods near Namosi, interior of Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 277). mt 
Leaves 1-1j feet long, 5-7 inches broad. Petiole 4—5 inches long.  - i P 
8. C. anthropophagorum, (sp. nov.) Seem.; A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. vi. ; frutes- 
cens, minutim fusco-pubescens ; foliis oppositis oblongis acuminatis subserratis (8—5-poll.) ; pedunculis 
petiolo brevioribus paucifloris, pedicellis flore longioribus; calyce ad medium 5-fido, lobis subulato- 
lanceolatis ; corolla (semipollicari) dimidio brevioribus; fructo ovato-oblongo.—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. 
Exped., Milne !), Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 278). 
9. C. Milnei, Seem. in Bonplandia, vol. ix. p. 257; A. Gray, l.c. ; caule crasso ; ramis petiolis 
eostaque foliorum rufo-villosissimis, pilis longis multiseptatis superne attenuatis; foliis oppositis 
(5-8-pollicaribus) ovalibus utrinque acutis vel acuminatis serratis pilosis; pedunculis brevissimis 
