224. FLORA VITIENSIS. 
loculi basi fixi, erecti, preeter basin inter se liberi. Rudimentum ovarii 0. Ovarii loculi l-ovulati, 
laciniis calycis oppositi v. iis pauciores, unus posterior. Fructus capsularis. Semina ecarunculata. 
—Frutices et arbores v. rarius herbz. Folia alterna, stipulata, petiolata, penninervia, siepe purpuras- 
centia v. subviolaceo-rubentia, basi supra plus minusve distincte denticuliformi 2—4-stipellata, 
subtus nunquam maculato-glandulosa. Flores dioici v. casu monoici, parvi, in racemos axillares 
simplices fascieuligeros v. glomeruligeros dispositi—Erythrochilus, Reinw. Ap. Bl. Bijdr. p. 615. 
Athroandra, Hook. f. Micrococca, Benth. Mercurialis, Baill. : 
C. Sandwichense, Müll. Arg., from the Hawaiian Islands; C. insularum, Müll. Arg., from New 
Caledonia; and C. Tahitense, Müll. Arg., from Tahiti (Forster ! Capt. Cook !), are the only three species of 
this genus hitherto found in tropical Polynesia, besides the two following. 
l. C. fallax, (n. sp.) Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 780; racemis J spiciformibus elongatis gra- 
cilibus, bracteis ¢ 3-5-floris; staminibus circiter 30 ; filamentis breviter sericeis.—C. parviflorum, 
Seem. Bonpl. 1861, p. 258 (nomen), non Adr. Juss.—Ovalau (Seemann! n. 394). 
A tree, 24 feet high, closely allied to C. Sandwichense, with which it forms the section Gymnoclaozylon. 
2. C. echinospermum, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 787; petiolis limbo 3-5-plo brevioribus ; 
limbo membranaceo-subcoriaceo ; racemis gracilibus $' parvifloris; bragteis ¢ 3-1-floris ; stamini- 
bus 30, glandulis receptaculi obovato-lanceolatis apice truncato paucipilosis ; ovario pallide ochraceo- 
sericeo; stylis parvis minute laceris; capsulis intus nitidis; seminibus echinato-tuberculatis.— 
Island of Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
IX. Acalypha, Linn. Gen. Plant. p. 902, n. 1082, 1767; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. 
p. 799. Calyx d valvaris, 9 imbricativus, hujus laciniarum una antica. Petala et discus utriusque 
sexus 0. Stamina in receptaculo elevato pulviniformi centrum. occupantia. Antherz 2-rimose ; 
loculi subvermiformes, liberi, ex apice penduli. Rudimentum ovarii.0. Ovarii loculi l-ovulati, 2 
anteriores, bracteam spectantes, 1 posterior. Fructus capsularis. Semina subobsolete v. distincte 
carunculata. Embryo in albumine rectus; radicula cetyledones ovatas subeequans.—Frutices suffru- - 
tices herbeque perennes v. annus. Folia alterna, sæpius longe v. longiuseule petiolata, nune fere 
sessilia, penninervia v. 3-7-nervia, consistentia varia, margine nunquam omnino integra; limbus 
eum reliquis partibus foliaceis sepissime minute pellucido-punctatus.  Petioli basi 2-stipulati, apice 
subglanduligeri. Inflorescentie situ et forma vari, nec non satis variantes, normaliter 1-sexuales 
aut 2-sexuales, et tum flores d? sepissime superiores. Flores 4 in axillis bractearum subnt&merosi, 
in spicam dense glomerulifloram sepe continuam dispositi, exigui, demum articulato-decidui, 9 
in axillis bractearum ssepius 1 v. 2-3, sessiles rariusve pedicellati.— Cupameni, Adans. Caturyg, 
Linn. Galurus, Spreng. Linostachys, Klotzsch. Odonteilema, Turcz. Gymnalpha, Griseb. 
This large genus has, in tropical Polynesia, the following representatives, besides those found in Viti, 
viz. 1. A. Forsteriana, Müll. Arg. (A. virgata, Forst. Prodr. n. 67, non Linn.), from Tana, New Hebrides 
(Forster!); 2. A. Pancheriana, Baill., from New Caledonia ; 3. A. Neo-Oaledonica, Müll. Arg., from New 
Caledonia; and 4. A. Lepinei, Müll. Arg., from Tahiti. 
1, A. grandis, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1843, p. 282; Müll. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 
p. 806; stipulis angustis elongatis ; spicis longissimis densifloris; bracteis 9 1-floris fructigeris capsu- 
lam paulo superantibus, orbiculari-reniformibus pro 4 longitudinis acute 7—9-lobato-dentatis, dente 
terminali haud longiore; ovario hirto; stylis breviuscule pennatiin 5-9-lacinulatis.— 4. Amboinensis, 
Benth. l.c. p. 405.—Viti Levu (Barclay!). Also collected in Wallis Island (Sir E. Home !) and 
Aneitum (Milne !), the Moluccas, Amboina, and the Philippine Islands. 
