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natis basi rotundatis v. cordatis integerrimis margine reflexis bullato-rugosis utrinque glabris supra 
nitidis subtus pallidis; petiolo canaliculato, panicula terminali corymbosa oo-flora; calyce brevi 
cupuliformi subbilabiato obsolete 4-dentato; drupa subglobosa glabra (nigro-violacea).— P. integri- 
folia, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 67, non Linn. Scrophularioides arborea, Forst. Prodr. n. 
528. Scrophularioides (?) Pacifica, Forst. Herb. et Icon. (ined.) t. 178. Lomatia cymosa, Sol. 
Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 271, et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants, t. 60.—Nomen vernac. 
Vitiense, teste Seemann, “ Yaro,” Tahitiense, teste Solander, ** Awalho."—Common in woods of 
Ovalau, Nairai Moala, and Viti Levu (Seemann, n. 355, 356, Milne! Harvey! M‘Gillivray !). 
Also collected in Eromanga (M‘Gillivray !), Uvea (Hume!), and in the Society (Cook !), Marquesas 
(Forster | Matthews !), Tongan (Harvey !), and Coral Islands (Lay and Collie !). 
There are two forms, perhaps species, combined under the above name; the one is more or less 
glabrous, the other more or less covered with a velvety down, and only the latter has as yet been met with 
in the Viti Islands. Forster (Prodr. n. 528) combined both under the name of Scrophularioides arborea, 
and does not give a deseription of the plant. In his herbarium and drawings it occurs under the name 
Scrophularioides (?) Pacifica. The glabrous state was known to Solander, and named by him Lomatia 
cymosa.* An examination of more complete specimens than are now at hand, may perhaps bring to light 
more important characters than I have been able to find between these two forms, and establish their claims 
to specific distinction. It may therefore not be out of place to group here the information now accessible. 
1. Glabrous state=Premna Tahitensis, Schauer.—Scrophularioides Pacifica, Forst. ex parte. Sero- 
phularioides (?) arborea, Forst. ex parte. Lomatia cymosa, Soland.—Collected in Tahiti (Cook !), Marque- 
sas (Forster !), Wallis Island (Home !), and Tonga (Harvey D. 
2. Plant with sub-velvety branchlets, petioles, and peduncles,— Serophularioides Pacifica and S. (?) 
arborea, Forst.— Premna integrifolia, Hook. et Arn., non Linn.— Viti (Seemann! Milne! Harvey ! Barclay !), 
Marquesas (Cook !), Tahiti (Herb. Kew.), Coral Islands (Beechey!). Also collected by Forster (locally not 
yaar eee of Fiji, who call the tree “ Yaro,” employ the wood for house-building. 
ExprANATION OF PLATE XLIII., representing Premna Taitensis, Schauer.—Fig. 1, a flower; 2, calyx 
and pistil; 3, corolla laid open ; 4, stamen; 5, ovary :—all magnified. 
II. Clerodendron, Linn. Gen. n. 798; Schauer in DC. Prodr. vol. xi. p. 658. Calyx campa- 
nulatus, rarius tubulosus, interdum 5-gonus et subinflatus, 5-fidus vel 5-dentatus, rarissime trun- 
catus. Corolla infundibularis vel subhypocraterimorpha; tubo sepissime calycem conspicue exce- 
dente, interdum longissimo ; limbo 5-partito, laciniis superioribus paulo magis approximatis subine- 
quali vel laciniis inferioribus magis minusve adscendentibus, obliquo immo subsecundo. Stamina 4; 
corollæ tubo inserta, longe exserta, subdidynama. Antherz supra basin insert, basi fissze, 2-loculares, 
loculis parallelis rima longitudinali dehiscentibus. Ovarium 4-loculare, loculis 1l-ovulatis; ovulo in 
spermophoro angulo centrali adnato pendulo. Stylus filiformis, exsertus; stigmate 2-fido acuto. 
Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. p. 271. "Vulgo dicitur *Awalho. Hab. in Tahiti et 
ra. Rami teretes, leves. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovata, acuta, integer- 
rima, levia; venis paucis obliquis pluribus tenuissimis subtransversalibus cancellata, venulisque numero- 
sissimis obsolete reticulata, plana, tri- et quadriuncialia. Petioli foliis duplo et triplo breviores, circiter 
sesquiunciales; altero breviore, cujus folium etiam paulo minus est. Cyme terminales, ramosissime, dichotome, 
divaricatissime, foliis longiores, oo-flore. Stipule lineari-subulatze, breves, opposite ad singulam dichoto- 
miam cymarum. Caly« 1-phyllus, cylindraceo-urceolatus, persistens (lin. longus), subbilabiatus, 5-dentatus ; 
bus remotioribus, 3 inferioribus minoribus. Corolla inæqualis ; tubus sub- 
bus, calyce vix eon oe Faux rie esie pe spem 
; i i; emus reliquis longior, ut infimus brevior; laterales m jocres. bs.—Si_corolle 
Ten e M bee est. Teili superius 2.fidum ; lobis ovatis obtusis planis porrectis. Labium in- 
ferius patens, 3-fidum ; lobis subrotundis obtusissimis, intermedio paulo majore. Filamenta 4, tubo corolle 
superne imposita, duo paulo inferiora. Anthere ibe didym:e, faucem claudentes. Germen 
. superum, subrotundum, depressum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo brevior. Stigma 2-fidum ; laciniis 
subulatis parvis divaricatis. Drupa subglobosa, glabra, nigro-viofacea, magnitudine Pisi, 1-locularis, 1- 
sperma. Nuy 4-locularis, crassa subrotunda, profunde sulcata, porcis inequalibus interruptis. Nuclei 
solitarii, oblongi, albi." ` ee 
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* * LOMATIA cymosa, 
Huahine. Arbor parva, tota glab 
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