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2, B. Seemanni, (n. sp.) Müll. Arg. in DC. l. c. p. 462; costis secundariis utroque latere 6-7 
angulo circ. semirecto insidentibus subrectis, spicis ¢ fasciculatis folio brevioribus micranthis, brac- 
teis d late ovatis acutis exiguis; calyce d' depresso-globoso 3-4-partito extus intusque pulveraceo- 
puberulo.— Pierardia Seemanni, Müll. Arg. in Flora Ratisb. 1864, p. 469.—Ovalau (Seemann! n. 390). 
Middle-sized tree. Female flowers and fruit unknown. - 
3. B. stylaris, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 465 ; racemis ramulicolis, calycibus utriusque sexus 
exiguis, disci extrastaminalis glandulis connatis crassis puberulis; staminibus 6-8, filamentis hir- 
tellis ; ovario fusiformi-ellipsoideo basi breviter stipitato apice sensim longe in columnam stylarem 
ei squilongam subgracilem angustato parce pubescente.— Viti, locality not specified (U. S. Expl. 
Exped.). 
V. Bischoffia, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1168; Müll. Arg. in DC. 1. c. p. 478. Calycis d lacini: quin- 
cuncialiter imbricativee, margine induplicativo cucullato-concavee. Petala utriusquesexus 0. Discus 
(e situ staminum) suppressus. Stamina circa rudimentum ovarii inserta, laciniis calycinis opposita ; 
anthers 2-rimosæ; loculi longitrorsum connati, Rudimentum ovarii evolutum.  Ovarii loculi 2- 
ovulati. Fructus subbaccatus ; mesocarpium carnosum ; endocarpium 3-coccum, pergamaceum. Se- 
mina ecaruneulata, subparce albuminosa. Radicula cotyledonibus amplis cordato-ovatis complanatis 
subtriplo brevior.—Arbores magne. Lignum durum. Folia alterna, trifoliolata, longe petiolata . 
foliola petiolulata; petiolulus terminalis reliquis longior. Limbus foliolorum ovatus, penninervius, 
margine crenato-dentatus, majusculus, rigide membranaceus. Inflorescentiz axillares, ample, plus 
minusve paniculate. Flores dioici, numerosissimi, parvuli.—Microélus, Wight et Arn. in Edinb. 
New Phil. Journ. vol. xiv. p. 298. Stylodiscus, Bennett in Horsf. Plant. Jav. Rar. p. 133, t. 29. 
This genus is now reduced to two species, the one found in Viti, and B. leptopoda, Müll, Arg., as yet 
only met with in the Samoan group. oE 
1. B. Javanica, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1168; Müll. Arg. in DO. 1. c. p. 478; foliis subellipticis basi 
obtusis v. subobtusis apice brevius v. longius cuspidato-acuminatis; pedicellis fructigeris incrassatis 
fructum longiuscule superantibus; fructibus pachydermeis rugulosis basi brevissime contracto-angu- 
latis.—Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. vol. i. pars ii. p. 363, et Suppl. p. 444. B. Cumingiana, Dene. in 
Jacquem. Voyage aux Indes, p. 153. B. Reperiana, Dene. in Jacq. 1. c.; Baill. Étud. Gén. 
Euphorb. t. 26, f. 25-82. Stylodiscus trifoliatus, Benn. in Horsf. Plant. Jav. Rar. p. 133, t. 29. 
Microelus Reperianus, Wight et Arn. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. vol. xiv. p. 298; Wight, Icon. 
Plant. Ind. Or. t. 1880. Andrachne trifoliata, Roxb. Flor. Ind. vol. iii. p. 728, A. apetala, Wall. 
Cat. n. 7956 (nomen). Phyllanthus gymnanthus, Baill. Rec. d’Obs. Bot. vol. ii. p. 240 (fide specim. 
orig.). Nomen vernac. Vitiense et Tonguense, “ Koka."— Banks of the Navua river, Viti Levu (See- 
mann! n. 417). Also collected in New Caledonia (Forster !), Tahiti (Capt. Cook !), Tonga (Harvey !), 
and the Samoan Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). Distributed over the East Indies and Indian Archi- 
pelago. : 
This tree yields a hard and durable timber, used for posts of houses. Harvey remarks (Sched. in Herb. 
Kew) that the Tonguese stain their cloth with the bark. 
VI. Croton, Linn. ez parte ; Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p.512. Calyx d 5-(4-6-)partitus ; lacinize 
latius angustiusve imo angustissime et apice tantum distincte imbricativee, secunda spiree (impar) pos- 
tica axin inflorescentiz spectans. Petala laciniis calycis isomera, evoluta v. plus minusve rudimen- 
taria aut obsoleta. Glandulz disci cum petalis alternantes. Stamina centralia (5-400, sepius 10- | 
20) ; filamenta apice cum antheris inflexa; antheræ plus minusve basifixe, demum oscillando- 
erectæ, 9-rimose. Ovarii loculi (2-4, sepissime 3) l-ovulati. Styli dichotome divisi. Fructus 
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