204. FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Meisn. (Hernandia ovigera, Vieill.), from New Caledonia (Vieillard! n. 1089), Hernandia Moérenhoutiana, 
Guill., from Tahiti (Moerenhout!), and the Tongan Islands (Sir E. Home! in Herb. Mus. Brit., Mathews !), 
and H. peltata, Meisn., from Tahiti, Wallis Island, and Viti. 
I. Hernandia, Plum. Gen. p. 6. t. 40; Linn, Gen. ed. i. p. 974. n. 925 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 
vol. xv. p. 262. Flores monoici, in involucro foliaceo 4-phyllo terni, intermedio femineo sessili in- 
volucello urceolari repando-truncato persistente calyculato 4-mero, lateralibus masculis pedicellatis 
3- rarissime 4-meris haud involucellatis. Calyx herbaceus, tubo brevi angusto, in 9 articulo, parte 
superiore decidua ; limbo (in alabastro subgloboso) in masc. 6-8- in fem. 8-partito regulari ; lobis bi- 
seriatis l-nerviis utrinque puberulis zestivatione valvatis, interioribus paullo angustioribus et tenui- 
oribus. Fl. g: Stamina 3 v. 4, calycis fauci inserta, lobis exterioribus anteposita iisque breviora 
erecto-conniventia; filamenta brevia, ima basi 1-adelpha, singula basi glandulis 2 collateralibus sub- 
sessilibus carnosis subglobosis glabris v. 1 2-loba v. indivisa filamenti basi v. margini adnatis v. 
liberis stipata ; antherz ovales, didymz (magnze), muticze, connectivo latiusculo adnate, erectz, antice 
turgidz, 2-loculares, pariete demum tota rima longitudinali a connectivo soluta et valvul instar ex- 
trorsum revoluta decidua et connectivum nudum relinquente. Pistilli rudimentum 0. Fl. 9: 
Glandule faucis 4, indivisze v. 2-lobe, lobis exterioribus anteposite. Ovarium calycis tubo inclusum, 
liberum, sessile, 1-loculare, ovulo 1 ex apice loculi pendulo anatropo. Stylus terminalis, filiformis, 
calycem xquans, deciduus; stigmate carnoso, dilatato, irregulariter 2-4-crenato v. lobato. Drupa 
sicca (magna) ovata, 8-sulcata v. levis, calycis tubo vesiezeformi apice truncato pervio inclusa, libera, 
spongiosa, l-sperma. Semen inversum, subglobosum, raphe annulari, testa crustacea. Albumen 0. 
Embryo orthotropus; cotyledones magne, carnosæ, lobate, torulose; radicula brevis, supera.— 
Arbores, trunco ramisque torulosis ; foliis exstipulatis sparsis petiolatis ovatis v. peltatis integerrimis 
coriaceis, nervis palmatis v. pinnatis; pedunculis axillaribus v. terminalibus cymam compositam 
corymbiformem ad ramificationes bracteatam gerentibus. 
In the female flowers of H. peltata the calyx becomes thick and fleshy when the fruit approaches ma- 
turity, not membranaceous, as Meisner describes it. 
l. H. peltata, Meisn. in DC. l. c. (Tab. nostr. LII.) ; foliis peltatis late ovatis breve acuminatis 
palminerviis coriaceis glabris, summis passim in petiolum subattenuatis ; corymbis longe pedunculatis 
cano-tomentellis ; involucri foliolis obovato-oblongis, glandulis filamenti basi adnatis ; drupa subses- 
sili ovoidea 8-costata.—H. Sonora, Forst. Prodr. n. 340, non Linn. H. ovigera, Soland. Prim. Fl. ` 
Ius. Pacif. et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants, t. 93 (ined.)—Nomen vernac. Tahit., teste 
Solander, “ Tunina,” Vitiense, “ Yevuyevu” v. “ Uviuvi.’—Abundant near the seacoast of Viti 
Levu, Vanna Levu, and Taviuni (Barclay! Seemann! n. 372). Also collected in the Society 
Isiands (Banks and Solander!), Frankland Isles (M‘Gillivray !), and Wallis Island (Sir E. Home !). 
Common in the Indian Archipelago. 
Ex»rawaTION OF Prate LII, representing Hernandia peltata, Meisn.—Fig. 1, bud of male flower; 
2, male flower; 3, stamen; 4, bud of female flower; 5, female flower; 6, ripe fruit; 7, drupe :—all, with 
exception of Figs. 6 and 7 (copied from Parkinson’s drawings at the British Museum), magnified. 
Orvo LXXX. MYRISTICACEJE, 
I. Myristica, Linn. Gen. ed. 1742, p. 524; Alph. De Cand. in DC. Prod. vol. xiv. p.189. Flores 
dioici. Perigonium 3-lobum, nunc in eadem planta 2—4-lobum, lobis estivatione valvari. Stamina 
3-18, sepius 6-12, 1-adelpha ; filamentis nempe in stipitem glabrum connatis; antheris (ubi 3) cum 
