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in Cuba, and I have verified in the dried specimens, having the albu- 

 men and flat cotyledons of Olea. I have no ripe fruit of the Asiatic 

 species, but Dr. Hooker informs me that they are truly exalburainous 

 in C. montanaj purpurea, S^c, and also in the West Indian C. compacta ; 

 — from which it would appear that this character is here not even of 

 generic importance. 



G. Virginica is occasionally three-seeded. 



Jasminacece. 



Jasminum tetraquetrum (sp. nov.) : erectum, glabrum ; foliis 

 oppositis unifoliolatis, articulo petioli obscuro, foliolo ovato-lanceolato 

 seu ovato acuminato basi acutiuscula trinervi ; pedunculis brevibus 

 paucifloris ; calyce fructifero tetraptero, alis angustis deorsum in j)edi- 

 cellum longe clavatum decurrentibus sursum in denies lineari-subulatos 

 verticales tubum 2 -3-plo superantes produclis. — Feejee Islands, on 

 the mountain summit back of Muthuata. In fruit. 



J. simplicifolium, Forst, (/. australe, Pers., and by some clerical 

 mistake " J. gracile, Forst.," in Dr. Seemann's list) was collected on 

 the Feejee and other islands ; and J. didymum, Forst. (= J. divari- 

 catum, R. Br. and J. parvijlorum, Decaisne) on the Tonga and Samoan, 

 as well as the Society Islands. 



Apocynacece. 



Altxia bracteolosa (Rich, in herb. Ex. Exped.) : subscandens, 

 glaberrima ; foliis plerumtiue ternis oblongis vel sublanceolatis nunc 

 obtusis nunc acumine obtuso apiculatis caudatisve basi acutis vel ro- 

 tundatis supra nitidis transversim lineatis sublonge petiolatis ; cymis 

 axillaribus plurifloris brevissime peduiicuhitis petiolum vix super- 

 antibus ; pedicellis brevibus arete imbricato-bracteolatis ; bracteolis 

 ovato-triangularibus dorso carinatis intus concavis ciliolatis sepalis 

 consimilibus ; corolla lutea longius tubulosa ; stigmate imberbi ; ova- 

 riis glaberrimis, drupis subglobosis breviter stipitatis. — Navigators', 

 Tonga, and Feejee Islands. 



Var. ^. MACROCARPA : fructu oliv^eformi maximo (sesquipollicari) 

 e drupellis 2-3 conflatis. A. macrocarpa, Rich, in herb. Feejee 

 Islands. 



Var. y. ANGUSTiFOLiA : alte scandens ; foliis minoribus angustiori- 

 bus etiam sublinearibus. A. stellata, Seem, in Bonpl. 1861, p. 257, 

 no. 310. Tonga and Feejee Islands. 



