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dis crenato-subserratis vel subintegerrimis ; pedunculis petiolum paullo 

 excedentibus " involucrum albidum 2 - S-pbyllum caducum pedicel- 

 losque 2-3, unifloros gerentibus"; calycis quinquefidi lobis lato-lan- 

 ceolatis sensim acurainatis ; corolla bipollicari ; fructu oblongo. Folia 

 adulta in sicco chartacea, venis pagina3 inferioi'is albidre perspicuis 

 at vix prominulis. — Tahiti. Also, Tutuila, of the Samoan Islands, 

 unless there has been transposition of specimens. Our specimens are 

 very incomplete, wanting the corolla, calyx, &c. The above character 

 is completed partly from Forster's figures, and his detailed description 

 printed in Guillemin's Zephyritis Taitensis, and partly from notes 

 upon his specimen in the herbarium of the British Museum. Hooker 

 and Arnott, in Bot. Beech. Voy., having introduced the phrase " calyce 

 pubescenti-tomentoso" into the character, must have had one of the 

 following Tahitan species in view, and so probably had De CandoUe. 

 The nearest relative of G. hijiora is the following, from the Samoan 

 Islands. 



Cyrtandra PtJLCHELLA (Rich in herb. Expl. Exped., sp. nov.) : 

 "fruticosa, tripedalis," glaberrima; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis (o-9-pol- 

 licaribus) subfalcatis basi subcuneata intequilatera versus apicem 

 repando-crenatis supra nitidis subtus pallidis ; pedunculis folio paullo 

 brevioribus 7-9-floris; " bracteis latis" caducis ; calycis coriacei bre- 

 viter injequaliter quinquefidi lobis ovatis obtusis ; corolla bipollicari ; 

 ovario elongato. — Tutuila, one of the Samoan Islands, on the moun- 

 tain ridge. Peduncles 4 or 5 inches long up to the bifurcation, stout, 

 inclined to become fistulous. Anthers, as in all the following species 

 which have an elongated and dry berry, with the cells perfectly paral- 

 lel, and the stigma is 2-lobed ; so that they are truly of this genus. 



Cyrtandra induta (sp. nov.): arborescens, foliis ingequalibus (al- 

 tero 5-8-, altero 8- 14-pollicari) ovatis seu ovali-oblongis acuminatis 

 dentatis basi inaequilatera scepius acutis pilis pluriseptatis suprk hir- 

 sutis subtus cum petiolis pedunculis ramisque junioribus molliter villo- 

 sis ; pedunculis petiolo tequilongis plurifloris ; calyce infundibuliformi 

 pubescente, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis tubo 2-3-plo brevioribus; corol- 

 la bipollicari ; fructu immaturo elongato-oblongo basi attenuate quasi 

 stipitato. — Tahiti, in the mountains, at the elevation of 2000 to 3000 

 feet, collected by Professor Dana. I have a less downy specimen, 

 communicated by M. Pancher, said to be very common in moist val- 

 leys of Tahiti, the pubescence of the lower surface of the leaves ferru- 

 gineous. This has been confounded with C. biflora, but it is wholly 



