232 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Besides the species enumerated below, we have, in tropical Polynesia :—1. C. acuminatum, Müll., from 
Samoa; 2. C. Merenhoutianum, Müll. (Croton populneum, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 334, "et in 
Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.) t. 107. ‘“ Bobo” of the Tahitians), from Tahiti (Banks and 
Solander!); and 3. C. polyandrum, Müll., from the Kermadec Islands (Milne!, M‘Gillivray !). 
]. C. nutans, Müll. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 1146; limbo foliorum basi subtus 2-glanduloso; racemis 
tenellis ; bracteis minutis late ovatis; sepalo anteriore reniformi posteriore obsoleto; antheris sub- 
quadriserialibus cum filamentis scabridulis; fructu ellipsoideo utrinque breviter acuminato parvulo.— 
Croton nutans, Forst. Prodr. n. 354, et Icon. (ined.) t. 260.  Stillingia nutans, Geisel. Crot. Monogr. 
p. 80; Endl. Flor. d. Südseeins. p. 184. Omalanthus pedicellatus, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of 
Bot. vol. ii. p. 282. Carumbium pedicellatum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 414.—Nomen vernac. 
Vitiense, “Tadano.”—Viti Levu, common (Seemann! n. 402, Milne!, Harvey !), Gau (Milne!) 
Also collected in New Caledonia (Sir E. Home !), Eromanga (M‘Gillivray !), Tana (Anderson !), 
and Society and Tongan Islands (Forster !, Barclay !, Harvey !). 
The leaves of this plant are, like those of Solanum anthropophagorum, eaten at cannibal feasts as a 
vegetable. 
XVIII. Stillingia, Garden in Linn. Mant. vol. i. p. 19. n. 1279, 1767 ; Müll. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 
p. 1155. Calycis laciniz utriusque sexus imbricative. Petala et discus utriusque sexus 0. Stamina 
in receptaculo haud elevato centralia; anthere 2-rimose. Rudimentum ovarii O. Ovarii loculi 1- 
ovulati, 1 anterior. Fructus capsularis; columella centralis rudimentaria, ejus loci receptaculum in 
carpidophorum 3-cornutum horizontaliter evolutum. Semina carunculata, albuminosa; chalaza basi - 
sita. Albumen basi truncata fixum. Embryo verticalis; cotyledones late, radienlam bene zequantes. 
—Frutices v. suffrutices. Folia 2-stipulata, alterna v. rarius opposita, penninervia, margine glandu- 
loso-denticulata et insuper szpius margine glandulas parvas patelliformes gerentia. Flores monoici, 
spicati v. spicato-racemosi. Spice terminales v. laterales; basi flores 1-3 fcemineos gerentes, 
cæteræ mascule. Bracteæ 2- glandulosæ, 9 l-floræ, d sæpius 2-3-floree. 
1. S. Pacifica, Müll. Arg. in DC. l. c. p. 1156; costis secundariis dense approximatis, glan- 
dulis bractearum demum pluries longioribus quam latis quasi longitrorsum adnatis semicylindricis, 
floribus sessilibus.—Island of Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped., Sir E. Home! in Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
XIX. Excecaria, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1102; Müll. Arg. in DC. Le. p. 1201. Calycis 
lacinie utriusque sexus imbricativze (masculz evolutze v. plus minusve reductz). Petala et discus 
utriusque sexus 0. Stamina centralia; antherze 2-rimosz; loculi longitrorsum adnati. Ovarii rudi- 
mentum 0, Loculi ovarii l-ovulati. Styli haud laminiformi-compressi. Fructus maturus capsu- 
lari-aperiens (siccus aut carnosus), columella centrali evoluta munitus. Semina ecarunculata ; 
chalaza basilaris. Embryo verticalis; cotyledones latz.— Arbores et frutices. Folia scepissime 
alterna, in paucis opposita, 2-stipulata, petiolata, penninervia v. rarius palmatinervia, firma, ambitu 
et margine varia. Flores monoici v. rarius dioici, in spicas sæpissime 2-sexuales, basi flores vulgo 
1-2 9 rarius numerosiores gerentes czeterum d nunc terminales nunc axillares dispositi -—Commia, 
Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 605 et 742. e 
Imperfect specimens of a plant (my n. 414), collected at Namosi, Viti — have been referred with a 
mark of doubt to this genus by Dr. Mueller. 
l. E. Agallocha, Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 1451; Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 1220 ; bracteis dense 
imbricatis latis brevibus truncatis margine subintegro excepto glanduloso-incrassatis ; calycis g 
