206 : FLORA VITIENSIS. 
as Doryphora (f) Austro-Caledonicus, Seem. mss. in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; glaber; foliis oppositis lanceolatis 
obtusis (23 poll. long.), grosse et irregulariter serratis, serraturis mucronatis. 
I. Hedycarya, Forst. Char. Gen. t. 64; Endl. Gen. n. 2018. Flores dioici. Fl. d: Perigo- 
nium plano-rotatum, 8-10-fidum. Stamina oo; filamenta 0; antherw in fundo perigonii sessiles, 
cordatz, 2-loculares, apice pilose, loculis appositis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Fl. 9: Peri- 
gonium maris. Ovaria oo, breviter stipitata, perigonii basi lanatz inserta, l-locularia. Ovu- 
lum 1, pendulum. Stigma sessile, obtusum. Drupz abortu pauce, stipitatæ v. sessiles, subverticillatz, 
perigonio immutato stipate, l-spermæ. Semen inversum. Embryo in axi albuminis dense car- 
nosi rectus ; cotyledonibus planis, ellipticis, radicula brevi supera. 
]. H. dorstenioides, A. Gray in Seemann, Journ. of Botany, 1866, p. 83 ; foliis fere membra- 
naceis ovatis oblongisve plerumque integerrimis longius petiolatis; racemis terminalibus 5-7-floris ; 
receptaculo cum perigonio peltato disciformi margine subintegerrimo, maseulo glabro supra antheris 
innumeris dense vestito, connectivi apice dilatato truncato quam loculi angusti latiore; fructifero 
supra pubescente; drupis haud stipitatis.—Bua or Sandal-wood Bay, Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. 
Exped.!). (Greffe!) 
* The peculiarity of the species, mostly with larger and thinner, ovate-oblong leaves, sometimes toothed, 
a variety of which is found in Samoa, is in the flat, disk-shaped Dorstenia-like male (and I suppose also 
female) receptacle, the lobed or ealyeine part of which is reduced to obscure crenatures, and in the trun- 
cated, dilated tip of the connective of the anther, resembling that of most 4nonacec."—.4. Gray. 
On»o LXXXII. THYMELZEACEZE. 
I. Wikstroemia, Endl. Fl. Norf. p. 47; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiv. p. 543. Flores her- 
maphroditi, 4-meri. Calyx coloratus, demum totus deciduus, tubo cylindrico v. infundibuliformi 
continuo, limbo 4-fido æquali, demum ssepius a tubo deciduo, fauce nuda. Squam:e perigynz 0, 
hypogynz 4 parvule, lineares, liberz v. inferne connate. Anther 8, in summo tubo 2-seriatz, 
subsessiles et incluse. Ovarium 1-loculare, ovulo pendulo anatropo. Stylus terminalis brevis v. 
subnullus, stigmate capitato. Bacca drupacea, interdum sicca, a calyce demum hine fisso tarde 
recedente, denudata. Semen inversum. Albumen 0? v. parcum. Embryo axilis.—Arbores v. 
frutices, foliis oppositis v. rarius sparsis herbaceis v. vix coriaceis venosis deciduis ; pedunculis termi- 
nalibus axillaribusque simplicibus v. rarius corymboso-ramosis apice co-floris; floribus sessilibus v. 
brevissime pedicellatis subcapitatis v. axi excrescente demum breviter spicatis v. racemosis.— Diplo- 
morpha, Meisn. in Regensb. Denkschr. vol. iii. p. 289. Daphnes sp. auct. 
Though we know at present only one species of this genus from Viti, the widely-diffused litoral W. 
fætida, A. Gray, no less than nine are already recorded from various parts of Polynesia, the limits of several 
of which have recently been better defined by A. Gray (Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1865, p. 302). These are— 
1, W. rotundifolia, Decne. (Daphne rotundifolia, Linn.), from the Tongan Islands (D—Nelson!); 2, 
W. elongata, A. Gray, from the Hawaiian Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.) ; 8, W. Sandwicensis, Meisn., from 
the Hawaiian Islands (Nelson! Macrae !) ; 4, W. Uva ursi, A. Gray, from the Hawaiian Islands my, 
n. 225, etc.) ; 5, W. buxifolia, A. Gray, from the Hawaiian Islands (D. Nelson! U. S. Expl. Exped.); 6, 
W. phyllireefolia, A. Gray, from the Hawaiian Islands (Nelson! Macrae! Barclay !), where it is found in 
two varieties, and, according to Barclay, is vernacularly termed ** Kaule,” four feet high, and has greenish 
flowers; 7, W. Australis, Endl., from Norfolk Island; 8, W. Cunninghami, Meisn., from Norfolk Island ; 
and 9, W. coriacea (sp. nov.), Seem. in Herb. Mus. Brit. (Daphne coriacea, Soland. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.), 
p.251; et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.), t. 45, from the Society Islands (Banks and 
Solander!). * Frutex humane altitudine, ramosus. Rami adscendentes, stricti, glabri, leves, purpuras- 
centes. Folia opposita, petiolata, lanceolato-oblonga, elliptica, acuta, integerrima, glabra, levia, saturate 
viridia, compacta, subcoriacea, plana, raro triuncialia. Petioli breves, vix 3 lineas longi. Flores subum- 
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