202 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
positis alternisve chartaceo-coriaceis e basi rotundata v. emarginata in petiolum longum planum bre- 
viter producta ovatis obtusis 3- v. 5-nerviis, subtus v. utrinque subtiliter reticulatis ramulisque glabris 
nitidis; fl. ign.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Macou.”—Buke Levu, island of Kadavu and Voma 
Peak, Viti Levu, about 1500 feet above the sea (Seemann! n. 376); also on the island of Gau 
(Berwick !). 
The bark of the Macou, as it is termed in the Bau dialect, “Mou” in that of Kadavu, and “ Maiu ” 
in that of Namosi, is a kind of Cassia Bark, which may prove of commercial importance, and is used by the 
Fijians for scenting cocoa-nut oil. The tree yielding it is about thirty feet high, four to five inches in 
diameter, and is met with above an elevation of 1500 feet, in dense virgin forests. I found it on Buke 
Levu, island of Kadavu, and on Voma peak, Viti Levu; and Mr. Pritchard received fine specimens from 
the island of Gau, where they had been collected by W. Berwick, a coloured man, residing there. The 
bark has a fine aromatic smell and flavour, a light-brown colour, is thicker than that of the cinnamon of 
commerce, and resembles some of the laurineous barks, such as the Sintoe and Culilawang, brought from 
the Moluccas. In Namosi it is used as a sudorific. Unfortunately, I did not see the tree in flower, and 
hence am unable to determine whether the “ buds” are equal to the best “ Cassia buds” of commerce. The 
resemblance of the Fijian names to that of ** Massoy," given to a fine quality of Cassia bark, from New 
Guinea, deserves investigation. 
ExpLanation OF Prats XLVIII., representing Cinnamomum pedatinervium.—Fig. 1, a branch of a 
young plant; 2, section of the wood in the stage when the bark is taken off by the natives. 
II. Tetranthera, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. vol. i. p. 59. t. 113 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. pars i. 
p.177. Flores dioici (rarissime hermaphroditi ?), umbellati, involucrati. Calyx 6-fidus v. -partitus ; 
lobis petaloideis v. herbaceis equalibus v. rarius inzqualibus deciduis, interdum obsoletis, numero 
variantibus v. penitus 0. Fl. d: Stamina fertilia 9-12 v. rarius 15-30, fauci inserta ; filamenta 
conspicua, interiora 3-6 basi glandulis 2-1 sessilibus v. stipitatis predita; anthere omnes introrse, 
ovali- v. 4-angulo-oblongz, mutiez, 4-locellatz, locellis superpositis rectis v. obliquis, inferioribus 
sepe sublateralibus. Staminodia O v. raro obsoleta. Pistilli rudimentum in fl. d plerumque 0. 
Fl. 2: Stamina liguleformia, glandulis przdita. Stylus filiformis, stigmate dilatato sublobato. 
Bacca calycis basi patelleformi integerrime v. raro sublobate plane v. parum concave v. apice 
pedicelli plus minus incrassati imposita, nuda.—Arbores et frutices ; foliis sparsis v. rarius oppositis, 
penninerviis, indivisis, perennibus v. rarius deciduis ; gemmis incompletis v. raro foliaceo-squamatis : 
umbellis 4-co-floris, involucro 4-6-phyllo (ante expansionem globoso) cinctis v. inclusis, pedunculatis, 
e gemma axillari plerumque obsoleta ortis, solitariis v. fasciculatis v. in pedunculo communi (se. 
ramulo aphyllo) brevissimo v. elongato corymbosis v. racemosis.—Litsea, Lam. Dict. vol. iii. p. 574, 
non Juss. Tomex, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 190. Sebifera et Hexanthus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. vol. ii. pp. 
241 et 788. Glabraria, Linn. Mant. p. 156. Fiwa, Gmel. Syst. p. 745. - 
Prof. Asa Gray writes to me (Jan. 15, 1866) :—“ The botanists of our United States Exploring Ex- 
pedition collected the following new species, viz. 1, 7: eleocarpa, A. Gray ; 2, T. enneadenia, A. Gray, and 
the foliage of an allied species, viz. 3, T. ( Cylicodaphne 1?) Pickeringii, A. Gray, your n. 378; 4, T. Richii, 
A. Gray; and 5, T. Seemanni, Meisn., var. chartacea ; also considerable undeterminable foliage, two species 
are seemingly of the Oreodaphne tribe.” I regret that descriptions of these new species have as yet not 
been published. I also collected the foliage of a Laurinea, which may belong to this genus, and be de- 
scribed as follows :—Laurinea, n. 377 ; glaberrima; foliis alternis ovatis longe acuminatis basi in petiolum 
brevem attenuatis 3-plinerviis, utrinque subconcoloribus, chartaceo-coriaceis. 
l. T. palmatinervia, (sp. nov.) Meisn. in DC. Prodr., l.c. (Tab. LL); foliis chartaceo-coria- 
ceis e basi rotundata orbiculari-ovatis obtusis pseudo-3-5-nerviis subtiliter v. obsolete laxe venosis, 
supra ramulisque glabris, subtus minute puberulis; umbellis subsolitariis parvulis glabriusculis.— 
Voma Peak, about 3000 feet above the sea; Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 375). 
Leaves 13-2 inches long, 1-12 inch broad. Calyx 6-partite. Stamens 9 or12? Fem. fl. unknown. 
EXPLANATION OF PraTE LI, representing Tetranthera palmatinervia, Meisn.—Fig. 1, flower-bud; 2, 
open male flower; 3, stamen; 4, one of the stamens :—all magnified, 
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