220 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
breviter pedicellatis puberulis; calycis 4 laciniis oblongo-ovatis exterioribus majoribus ; antheris 3, 
connectivo exserto obtuse apiculatis.—Bua or Sandal-wood Bay, Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
10. P. heterodoxus, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 321; ramulis compresso-angulosis; floribus 
monoicis in axillis foliorum subsolitariis $ graciliter ? longe pedicellatis ; calycis 4 laciniis exterio- 
rihus ovato-lanceolatis parvulis interioribus obovatis haud emarginatis, 9 orbiculari-ovatis ; glandulis 
disci § 3 subbilobis; columna staminali integra; antheris muticis; stylis basi breviter connatis 
patulis acuminatis.— Viti, locality not specified (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
11. P. simplex, Retz. Obs. vol. v. p. 29; Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 391; pedicellis 2 2-3 
9 subsolitariis masculos superantibus; laciniis calycis 9 ovatis subacutis demum reflexis; glan- 
dulis florum 4 liberis; ovario papilloso; stylis profunde 2-partitis gracilibus; seminibus secus 
tineas longitrorsas aspero-puncticulatis.— P. anceps, Vahl, Symb. vol. ii. p. 95 ; Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. 
Pacif. (ined.) p. 318; Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.) t. 94. P. virgatus, Forst. Prodr. 
n. 941. P. fruticosus, Seem. Bonpl. 1861, p. 259. P. simplex, var. virgatus, Müll. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 
— Nomen vernac. Tahitense, teste Solander, ** Moe-moe."—In swamps, common in most parts of 
Viti (Seemann! n. 418). Also collected in the Tongan (Capt. Cook! Barclay !), Samoan (U. S. 
Expl. Exped.), and Society Islands (Banks and Solander! Barclay !). 
The numerous varieties into which Dr. Müller divides this species, are met with iu the East Indies, 
the Indian Archipelago, China, Ceylon, in Amoor, and New Caledonia. 
12. P. Wilkesianus, Müll. Arg. in DC. l. c. p. 396 ; ramulis filiformibus, racemulis 4 minimis 
dense imbricato-bracteatis; calycis d laciniis anguste lanceolatis; disci extrastaminalis glandulis 
liberis; columna staminali integra ; antheris horizontaliter inclinatis.— Viti, at 2000 feet elevation, 
locality not specified (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
IV. Baccaurea, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. ed. Willd. vol. ii. p. 813; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
vol. xv. p. 456. Calycis g lacinize estivatione imbricative. ^ PetalaO. Discus suppressus v. evolutus. 
Stamina circa basin rudimenti ovarii inserta. Anthere 2-rimose; loculi longitrorsum connati. 
Ovarii loculi 2-ovulati. Fructus haud capsulari-aperiens ; columna centralis, tamen evoluta. Semina 
arillata, albuminosa. Cotyledones ovate, 3-nerviæ; radicula brevis—Arbores. Folia alterna, petio- 
lata, 2-stipulata, simplicia, penninervia, sepissime elliptica v. elliptico- v. obovato-lanceolata basi 
vulgo acuta apiceque obtuse cuspidato-acuminata, integra v. subdentata; margine subtus distan- 
ter glanduligera; costæ et primarie et secundarie subtus valide prominentes, cum parenchymate 
glabre v. pilis simplicibus raro stellatis vestitee.  Inflorescentie axillares, racemiformes v. subspici- 
formi-panieulares, unisexuales. Flores dioici v. in aliis ramis masculi, in aliis ejusdem arboris 
feminei, bracteati, in axilla cujusvis bractesze ssepius ternatim v. quinatim siti, pedicellati. Bracteæ 
sepe longiusculo tractu eum pedunculo partiali connate.—Hedycarpus, Miq. Pierardia, Roxb. 
Microsepala, Miq. Adenocrepis, Blume.  Calyptroon, Mig. Pierardia, Baill. 
B. Tahitensis, Müll. Arg., from Tahiti (U. S. Expl. Exped.), is the only other species of this genus, 
besides these enumerated below, hitherto discovered in tropical Polynesia. 
i. B. Wilkesiana, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 461 ; costis secundariis utroque latere 6-7 angulo 
semirecto insidentibus marginem versus arcuato-adscendentibus, spicis g fasciculatis folia subeequan- 
tibus; bracteis ovatis parvis cum pedunculo 1-3-floro 2-bracteolato fere omnino connatis; calyce d 
parvo subirregulariter 4-partito laciniis ovatis v. lanceolatis extus intusque breviter et crassiuscule 
papilloso-pubentibus ; filamentis glabris; ovarii rudimento elongato subclavato integro dense papil- 
loso-pubescente; fructibus demum paulo latioribus quam longis utrinque subdistincte subacutatis 
ambitu teretibus.— Viti, locality not specified (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
