226 | FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Var. e. glabrescens, Müll. l.c.; ramulis cum petiolis et costis foliorum brevissime puberulis 
demum plus minusve glabratis; limbo subtus preeter costas glabrato. —Collected in Viti by Seemann ! 
Milne! Wilkes's Exped. Also found in Samoa. 
7. A. anisodonta, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 818; petiolis limbo 2-5-plo brevioribus; limbo 
membranaceo; stipulis elongatis setaceis; spicis 9 inferne longe nudis gracilibus laxifloris; brac- 
teis 9 1-floris mediocribus late ovatis 5-9-dentatis, dentibus lateralibus triangularibus acutis, infimis 
minimis, terminali multo majore subrotundato-obtuso; calycis 9 laciniis lanceolato-ovatis ; ovario 
pubescente; stylis pectinatim paucilacinulatis. 
Var. a. subvillosa ; parte superiore ramulorum cum petiolis evolutis et parte inferiore costarum 
foliorum paginze inferioris pilis mollibus patulis in costis distiche subadpressis albis laxe villosulis ; 
petiolis breviusculis.—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
Var. B. subsericea ; ramulis apice cum pagina inferiore et petiolis foliorum novellorum pallide 
fulvo-sericeis cum petiolis glabrescentibus superne brevissime velutinis; foliis subtus basin versus in 
costis et parenchymate villosulis v. demum glabratis ; petiolis longiusculis.— Viti, locality not specified 
(U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
8. A. denudata, Müll. Arg. in DC.1. c. 819; petiolis limbo 24-6-plo brevioribus; limbo firmo; 
stipulis subulatis breviusculis; spicis ¢ gracillimis, 9 laxifloris; bracteis 9 subbifloris late subreni- 
formi-ovatis 5-9-dentatis capsulas demum longe superantibus, dentibus lateralibus triangularibus, 
terminali reliquis multo majore late subrotundato; calycis 9 laciniis late triangulari-ovatis ; ovario 
glabro; stylis pectinatim lacinuligeris.— Viti, locality not specified (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
9. A. repanda, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 819; petiolis limbo 4-6-plo brevioribus; stipulis 
lanceolato-subulatis; spicis 9 inferne longe nudis laxifloris obliganthis gracilibus; bracteis 9 1- 
floris late reniformi-ovatis utrinque repando-2-3-dentatis v. integris capsulam duplo superantibus, 
dente terminali haud producto; calycis 9 laciniis ovatis acuminatis, ovario pubescente; stylis 
elongato-paucilacinulatis ; seminibus lzevibus.— Viti, locality uot specified (Harvey ! in Herb. Hook.). 
10. A. levifolia, Müll. Arg. in DC. 1. c. p. 853; stipulis exiguis subulatis; petiolis limbo 2-8- 
plo brevioribus; limbo lzvigato ; spicis solitariis basi nudis inferne bracteas 9 paucas distantes geren- - 
tibus; bracteis 9 late orbiculari-ovatis repando-5-9-dentatis, dentibus integris v. hinc inde pauci- 
dentatis; calycis 9 laciniis lanceolato-ovatis; stylis firmis pectinatim lacinulatis.— Vanua Levu (U.S. 
Expl. Exped.). 
11. A, beemerioides, Miq. Fl. Neerl. Ind. Suppl. i. p. 459; Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 871; 
folis longiuscule petiolatis; spicis sessilibus brevibus subdensifloris ; bracteis 9 1-floris fructi- 
geris capsulam paulo superantibus hemisphzrico-campanulatis circiter octona parte longitudinis in 
dentes 11-15-oblongo-ovatos sinu obtuso inter se discretos divisis ; ovario scabro et hirto; stylis 2-3- 
fidis; seminibus obtusis minutissime scrobiculato-scabris.— A. hispida, Bl. Bijdr. p. 628.— Viti Levu 
(Seemann! n. 389, Barclay !). Also found in Java, Banka, and the Philippine Islands. 
X. Mallotus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 781; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. p. 956. Calyx 
d valvaris. Petala 0.  Discusin flor. 9 O v. rarissime evolutus, in floribus ¢ 0. Stamina in centro 
elevato subdilatato inserta; antherz 2-rimose.  Rudimentum ovarii O v. ad vestigium inconstans 
reduetum. Ovarii loculi l-ovulati. Fructus capsularis. Semina ecarunculata ; albumen copiosum. 
Cotyledones latz, radiculam longe superantes.—Arbores et frutices. Folia alterna v. opposita, 2- 
stipulata, brevius longiusve petiolata, penninervia v. sepius palmatinervia, basi haud raro peltata, 
lobata v. elobata, subtus perpaucis exceptis, glandulis disculiformibus nitentibus subaureis v. demum 
fuscis v. rufescentibus adspersa, et indumento ceeterum stellari v. dimorpho e pilis stellatis simplici- 
