426 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
MALVACEÆ. 
Gossypium tomentosum, Nutt. Supra, p. 22—Add: G. religiosum, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, 
vol. i. р. 179 (non Сау.). С. Sandwichense, Parlat. Sp. Cot. p. 37. t. 6. f. В. (1866); Seem. Journ. 
of Bot. 1866, p. 268. 
Gossypium religiosum, Linn. Supra, p. 22 in adn.—Add: G. Barbadense, Hook. et Arn. 
Bot. Beech. p. 60. С. Taitense, Parlat. Sp. Cot. p. 39. +. 6. f. А; Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1866, p. 268. 
HUMIRIACEÆ. (Insert before Malpighiaceæ, p. 29.) 
I. Thacombauia, (gen. nov.) Seem. Sepala 5, imbricata. Petala . . . . Stamina basi in 
' tubum brevem connata; .... Discus annularis, е squamis 5 clavatis compositus. Ovarium 
5-loculare, apice 5-lobum ; ovula in loculis 2 superposita. Drupa . . . .—Arbuscula glabra; ramis 
teretibus; foliis exstipulatis, alternis, brevipetiolatis, ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, grosse dentatis v. 
integerrimis, coriaceis, nitidis ; floribus axillaribus, cymosis, minutis. 
I have named this new genus after Ebenezer Thakombau (= Cacobau), King of Viti, under whose rule 
civilization took firm root in the islands on which this work treats, and who has shown himself most friendly 
to me during my stay in his dominions. The materials were sent to me after my departure by Mr. Jacob 
Storck, and, though they are not perfect, arę yet sufficient to show that this plant belongs to the Order 
Humiriacee, until now supposed not to be represented in Polynesia, of which it appears to constitute a new 
genus, differing from Vantanea and Humiria in the nature of the glandular disk, and from Sacoglottis both 
by the nature of the disk and its two-ovuled cells of ovary. At present there is only one species known, viz.:— 
1. T. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem. (Tab. C.).— Viti Levu (Storck !) 
Not unlike, in general appearance, Casearia Melistaurum, DC. (supra, p. 98). Branches and leaves 
glabrous. Petiole 6-12 lines long. Blade of leaf from 8-12 inches long, and 4-5 inches broad, leathery. 
Sepals ovate, obtuse or slightly pointed, pubescent on both sides. Staminal tube 5-lobed, the lobes alter- 
nating with 5 clavate glands. Or, is what I have termed the staminal tube a glandular disk? In that case 
there would be a double disk, the inner terminating in 5 clavate glands, which would make the genus still 
more distinct from the others of the Order. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE C., representing Thacombauia Vitiensis, Seem.—Fig. 1, a flower far advanced, 
and with stamens and petals fallen off; 2, the same, with the sepals bent back (N.B, There is here drawn 
one clavate gland too many); 3, one of the clavate glands; 4, longitudinal section of ovary :—all magnified. 
ICACINEÆ. 
Stemonurus Vitiensis, Seem. Supra, p. 39. 
This name must give way to Lasianthera Vitiensis, Seem., Lasianthera being the oldest generic name. 
Conf. Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. vol. i. p. 996. 
ILICINEÆ. 
Ilex Vitiensis, A. Gray. Supra, p. 40. 
The stamens are not so sessile as drawn in A. Gray’s plate, but on rather long filaments. Is the 
drawing incorrect, or is Harvey’s plant, on which I principally noticed the difference, a different species to 
that of A. Gray? In habit and other characters there does not seem to be any difference between the two. 
SAPINDACEÆ. 
Dodonæa viscosa, Linn. Supra, p. 49.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !) 
LEGUMINOSÆ. 
Erythrina Indica, Lam. Supra, p. 60. 
Му var. В may possibly belong to Е. ovalifolia, Roxb. 
