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more tapering at the base, and somewliat pointed at the apex, shorter 

 pedicels, much smaller flowers, and the corolla (probably more than 

 six-cleft) pubescent externally. 



Sapota ? PTRULiFERA (sp. nov.) : glabra ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 utrinque subacuminatis pallidis subcoriaceis tenuiter transversim ve- 

 nosis (3 - 5-poll. longis) ; calyce 5-partito ; fructu pyriformi parvo 

 (semipollicari) pedunculo paullo longiori semine unico obovato turgido 

 repleto. — Ovolau, Feejee Islands. Flowers unknown. 



Sapota? Vitiensis (sp. nov.) : glabra; foliis oblongis seu'obovato- 

 oblongis obtusis vel retusis subcoriaceis reticulatis (4 - 6-poll. longis) 

 basi in petiolum longiusculum attenuatis ; fructu subsessili globose 

 3 - 4-sperma (pollicem diametro). — Ovolau, Feejee Islands, on the 

 coast. 



A third Feejean species was gathered on Vanna-levu, the materials 

 wholly insufficient for determination. 



Sapota Sandwicensis (sp. nov.) : foliis elliptico-oblongis basi acu- 

 tis tenuiter transversim venosis et reticulatis mox glabris, novellis 

 ramulisque pube tenui rufa seu albida tomentulosis, petiolo gracili 

 pedicellis longiore ; floribus pentameris ; corolla glabra calycem vix 

 superante, lobis ovatis acutiusculis ; staminibus sterilibus spathulato- 

 lanceolatis cum 5 fertilibus subiuclusis ; ovario 5-loculari. — Var. a. 

 foliis obtusissimis 3 - 6-pollicaribus, petiolo saepe sesquipollicari. /3. 

 foliis l^-3-pollicaribu3 saepe acutiusculis. — Sandwich Islands: moun- 

 tains of Oahu, where it was also collected by Remy (no. 478) in fruit. 

 /3. Hawaii and Lanai, Remy (no. 475, 476). A genuine Sapota, of 

 De Candolle's second section. Fruit like a small apple. Seeds albu- 

 minous. Ovules ascending.* 



Primulacece. 



Ltsimachia Hillebrandi, Hook, f (sp. nov.) : fruticosa, glabrata, 

 ramosa ; ramis undique foliosis ; foliis alternis nunc verticillatis ellip- 



* The doubtful plant from Kauai mentioned in Dr. Pickering's piinted Notes 

 (p. 403), in connection with the above " ChrA'sophylloid " tree, proves to be a 

 Xylosma (in fruit only), and one which was likewise gathered by Remy (no. 536) 

 in Hawaii, but with less rigid and coriaceous leaves. I think it is not distinct from 

 X. orhicvlatum., Forst., which, along with X. Lepinei, and perhaps X. goniocarpum 

 and X. integrifolium, of Clos's monograph, may be safely combined with X. suaveo- 

 lens, Forst. The leaves of the original species are similarly reticulated, but the 

 finer meshes are not sufficiently exhibited in Plate 4 of the Botany of the Explor- 

 ing Expedition. 



