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quam petala breviora, basi disco brunneo cupuliformi adnata, pubescentia, prope 

 bases antherarum albo-hirta, antbeiis ellipticis longitudinaliter debiscentibus, 

 apioulo brevi. Ovarium subglobosum, birtum, biloculare ; ovula in iitroque 

 loculo 2, peiidula, coUateralia. Sii/lus cyliudricus, crassus, apice angustatus, 

 stamina superans, hirtus. Stigma capitatum, obscure 5-lobum. Bacca globosa, 

 bilocularis, nigra, j)ubesccns, 7 mm. longa, pericarpio crustaceo intus nitido, 

 seminibus 2. 

 Between Camps I and III, 500 to 2500 ft. 



Allied to Vavcea vitiensis. Seem., but -with nearly sessile leaves, tbe petiole being 

 winged nearly to tbe base, and very ^qw flowers in a small cyme. The ovary seems 

 clearly to be only 2-celled, not 4-celled as in the other species, with two seeds ia each 

 cell. The two or three known species of the geuus occur in the Fiji Islands, and have 

 petioled leaves and long-peduncled corymbs of tlowers. 



OLACINEiE.. 



Lepionurtjs pubescens, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Folia alterna, sul)remota, tenuiter coriacea, ovata, longe acuminata, basi cnneata, 



glabra, 13-15 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, nervis tenuibus 5 paribus, petiolis 3 mm. 



longis. SpiccB axillares singulse vel binae, pubescentes. Braclece lanceolaiae, 



deflexse, hirtse, diu persistentes. Mores parvi, 3 mm. lati, dissiti, sessiles, hirti. 



Scpala 5, minuta, ovata, hirta. Petalar 5, triangularia, acuta, extus hirta. 



Stamina 5, petalis opposita, extus discum insertn, filamentis brevissimis, antheris 



ovatis triangularibus. Discus quadratns, breviter l.-lobus. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



This differs from Lepionimis sylvestris, Bl., in its hairy inflorescence of sessile flowers 

 and the lanceolate persistent bracts. 



ICACINEJ^. 

 Pentastxra, Ridl., gen. nov. 



Arbores. Folia alterna, coriacea vel membranacea, glabra, pctiolata. Cymce axillares, 

 breves, pauciflorse, floribus parvis. Sepala 5, ovata, carinata, pubescentia. Petala 5, 

 breviora, libera, linearia, oblonga, retusa, faciebus internis carinatis. Stamina 5, 

 sep ills opposita, filamentis brevibus, antheris introrsis parvis. Ovarium hirtum, 

 uniloculare. S(i/lo nuUo. 



Species 2. 



Pentastira. flava, Ptidl., sp. nov. 



Arbor. Folia elliptica, lanceolata vel obovata, acuminata, basi cuneata, membranacea, 

 10"5-13 cm. longa, 4'5 cm. lata, nervis 5-paribus subtus elevatis, petiolis 3 mm. 

 longis. Cymce 3 cm. longte, pubescentes. Bractece miuutiJe, liueares, hirtye. 

 Fedicelli 1 mm. longi, hirti. Sepala 5, ovata, apice acuta, iuflexa, pubescentia, 



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