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ticis oblongis lanceolatisve seepius acutatis vel acuminatis subcoriaceis 

 laxe reticulato-venosis ; pedunculis ex axillis superioribus nutantibus 

 unifloris ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; floribus 5 - 8-meris ; corollas sub- 

 rotatEe lobis late obovatis sepala ovato-lanceolata acuminata fere duplo 

 excedentibus ; filamentis basi monadelpbis styloque gracilibus. — Sand- 

 wich Islands. 



Var. a. foliis ellipticis sen elliptico-lanceolatis basi in petiolum angus- 

 tatis. X. Hillehrandi, Hook. f. in litt. — Oahu and Maui. 



Var. /3. DAPHNOiDES : foliis oblongis arete sessilibus et crebris. — 

 Kauai. 



Var. y. ANGDSTiFOLiA : foliis lineari-lanceolatis creberrimis. — 

 Maui, coll. Reray. 



A truly shrubby Primulacea^ attaining several feet in height, but a 

 genuine Lysimachia. 



There are specimens in our collection from the Sandwich Islands, 

 and much better ones in Remy's, apparently referable to Lysimachia 

 lineariloha, Hook. & Arn., from the Loo Choo Islands. At least, no 

 notable difference appears between them and fine specimens gathered 

 by Mr. Wright, both in the Loo Choo Islands and in Japan, — the more 

 luxuriant forms of which accord with L. lubinioides, Sieb. & Zucc. 

 But Zuccarini's X. lineariloha from Bonin must be different, being 

 said to have lanceolate acute sepals, and pedicels scarcely two lines 

 long. His description of L. lubinioides applies to our plant, except 

 that the style is not short, nor are the filaments, even in his own plant, 

 nionadelphous at the base. The divisions of the corolla are spatulate, 

 not linear, so that the specific name is deceptive, the stem is herba- 

 ceous, and the thickish leaves by no means ^^ impimctate." 



Myi'sinacecB. 



M^SA PiCKERiNGii (sp. nov.) : foliis lato-lanceolatis oblongisve 

 subintegerrimis mox glabris, nascentibus ramulisque pilosulis ; race- 

 mis axillaribus simplicibus rariusve compositis gracilibus ; calyce cum 

 bracteis ovato-subulatis hirsuto, lobis ovatis acutis coroUte tubum subse- 

 quantibus ; drupis ovoideis. — Viti-levu, one of the Feejee Islands. — 

 Differs from 31. nemoralis (which we have from the Samoan and 

 Friendly Islands) in the hairy pubescence of the inflorescence, espe- 

 cially of the calyx, narrower leaves, smaller flowers, and narrower and 

 acute bracts and bractlets. The latter is completely glabrous, with the 

 bracts, bractlets, and calyx-lobes (especially the latter) broadly ovate 



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