FLORA VITIENSIS. 239 
Vitiense, *'Salato."—Somosomo, Island of Taviuni (Seemann! n. 426) and Nadi, Vanua Levu 
(Harvey! Sir E. Home! in Mus. Brit.). 
A tree, 40 feet high. Stipules large. Petioles 3-4 inches long. Blade of leaf 6-8 inches long, 5-6 
inches broad. Panicles axillary, shorter than the leaves. 
ExPLAwaTION oF PrATE LIX., representing Laportea Harveyi, Seem.—Fig. 1, perigonium of female 
flower and pistil; 2, nearly ripe fruit; 3, longitudinal section of the same; 4, longitudinal section of seed; 
5, cotyledons and embryo,—all magnified. 
3. L. (Dendrocnide) Vitiensis, (n. sp.) Seem. (Tab. LX.) ; arborea, inermis; foliis ovalibus 
v. ovato-oblongis acuminatis basi cordatis integerrimis penninerviis, supra viridibus, subtus sub- 
glaucescentibus, utrinque glaberrimis; cymis paniculzformibus paucifloris ; perigonio fl. 9 lobis 
ovatis acuminatis pubescentibus; stylo elongato filiformi.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Salato."— 
Macuata coast of Vanua Levu (Seemann ! n. 427). 
Allied to L. photiniphylla, of Queensland, Australia, but differing by its entire pinnately-veined leaves 
and large perigonium lobes. The stem is arboreous; leaves on rather short (1-14 inch long) petioles. 
Blade of leaf 6-8 inches long, 3-4 inehes broad, pinnately veined, green above, rather glaucous below. Pri- 
mary veins 8 or 9 on each side of midrib. 
ExrrANaATION OF Prats LX., representing Laportea Vitiensis, Seem.—Fig. 1 and 2, female flowers ; 
3, pistil; 4, cross section of ovary,—all magnified. 
V. Pellionia, Gaud. Uran. p. 494; Weddell, Urticac. p. 282. Flores diclini, dioici, vulgo glo- 
merati v. dense cymoso-paniculati ; inflorescentiis sessilibus pedunculatisve, in axillis singulis szepius 
solitariis. Fl. d: Perigonium 5-partitum ; segmentis obtusissimis, margine membranaceis, summo 
dorso mucronatis, in preefloratione valde imbricatis; alabastro subspherico, mucronibus distinctis. 
Stamina 5; lobis antherarum oblongo-reniformibus. Pistilli rudimentum conicum, glaberrimum. 
Fl. $: Perigonium profunde 5-partitum ; segmentis zqualibus inzqualibusve, infra apicem mucro- 
natis. Ovarium ellipticum, parum compressum, perigonio brevius. Ovulum imo loculo affixum, 
erectum, funiculo brevi aut longiusculo sustentum. Stigma sessile, penicillatum.  Staminum rudi- 
menta squamiformia, tot quot perigonii segmenta iisque opposita, inflexa.  Achenium late ovatum, 
magis minusve compressum aut fere cylindricum, lzeve et punctulato-pictum szpiusve tuberculatum, 
perigonio persistente vestitum. Embryo cotyledonibus ut plurimum rotundatis radiculaque crassa 
conica duplo longioribus; albumine parcissimo.—Herbe, raro suffrutescentes v. frutices, glabræ 
rariusve villosz ; foliis distiche suboppositis (cujusque jugi altero minimo aut fere inconspicuo) v. 
(hocce omnino abortiente) alternis, inzequilateralibus (margine lateris angustioris limbi sursum con- 
stanter spectante), integerrimis serratisve, penninerviis v. 3-nerviis; cystolithis fusiformibus inspersis ; 
floribus bracteis parvis triangulari-lanceolatis stipatis; glomerulis s. fasciculis involucro vero de- 
stitutis. 
1. P. elatostemoides, Gaud. Bonit. t. 119; Weddell, l.c. p. 286; dioica, glaberrima ; foliis 
suboppositis, admodum disparibus; altero cujusque jugi amplo, suboblique elliptico- v. oblongo- 
obovato, abrupte acuminato, basi acuto, ultra medium laxe serrato ; altero contra minimo, ovato inte- 
groque; inflorescentiis d ....; 9 parvis, sessilibus; perigonii fructiferi segmentis subzequalibus, 
summo dorso longe aristato-mucronatis; achzenio compresso, leviusculo, marmorato.—Procris ros- 
trata, Reinw. mss. ; Blume, Bijdr. 510. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, teste Williams, “ Raula."— Viti 
Levu, Taviuni, and Ovalau (Seemann! n. 429; Milne! Harvey! Williams!). Also found in the 
Marquesas (Hombron), New Guinea, and the Moluccas. > 
2. P. filicoides, (sp. nov.) Seem.; fruticosa, erecta; foliis alternis sessilibus parvis lineari- 
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