FLORA OF SEYCHELLES AND ALDABRA 3 



HOUETTE : Gardiner. Praslin : Home, 305. Conimon in Mah^ 

 and Praslin. In tlie latter island it forms no inconsiderable 

 portion of the exogenous vegetation. — Home. Endemic, as here 

 limited. 



I have ventm-ed to raise the forms included by Baker under 

 his A. mauritiana to specific rank, though not without some 

 misgivings regarding the names adopted. I am unable to fix the 

 type of Light/ootia thecBformis Vahl (Symholce iii, 69 (1794), based 

 on a Bourbon specimen, and on this depends the final and correct 

 nomenclature in the genus. However, I have introduced no new 

 names. Cordemoy (Fl. Reunion, 375) recognises only one 

 species in Bourbon — A. thecBforiiiis Benn. Warburg (Engler & 

 Prantl, Natiirl. Pflanzenf. iii, 6, A. 42) revives Neumannia (A. 

 Rich, in La Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba i, (1845) 96) for Aphloia, thus 

 adding a further comphcation to the synonymy." 



PlTTOSPORACE^. 



Pittosporum Wrightii Hemsl., sp. n. ; species P. Senacice 

 Putterl. arete affinis, differt foliis saepius majoribus abrupte, 

 obtuseque acuminatis fioribus majoribus et sepalis late ovatis. 



Frutex omnino glaber, ramis florigeris graciliusculis, cortice 

 albo. Folia coriacea, petiolata, forma variabilia sed sa3pius obovata, 

 nunc lanceolata nunc fere elliptica, cum petiolo 8-15 cm. longa, 

 obtuse acuminata, interdum rotundata, basi cuneata, marginata, 

 venis immersis inconspicuis. Flores subumbellatim corymbosi ; 

 corymbi terminales, quam folia multo breviores, 3-5 cm. diametro, 

 ebracteati, bracteolis minimis cito deciduis, ramulis pedicellisque 

 gracihbus. Sepala anguste ovato-oblonga, 2-2-5 mm. longa, 

 utrinque rotundata, decidua. Petala spathulata, vix 1 cm. longa, 

 apice rotundata, obscure venosa. Stamina petalis paullo breviora, 

 filamentis crassis carnosis. Ovarium glabrum ; stylus sursum 

 attenuatus, stamina baud aiquans. Capsula bivalvis, valvis 



"Aphloia integrifolia Benn. ; species foliis spiraliter positis 

 distincte petiolatis basi cuneatis obscure crenulatis, fioribus fas- 

 ciculatis rarissime solitariis l-5-l'7 cm. diametro, sepahs valde 

 coriaceis inoBqualibus latioribus quam longis maximis 1 cm. latis 

 minimis 4-5 mm. latis, staminibus pernumerosis, stigmate circiter 

 5 mm. diametro. — A mauritiana var. integrifolia Baker, Flora, 12 ; 

 Prockia integrifolia Willd. 



Only known from Mauritius ; collected by Bouton. 



Aphloia sessilifolia Hemsl., sp. n. ; species distinctissima 

 ramis florigeris crassis, internodiis brevissiniis, foliis crassis dis- 

 tichis imbricatis sessilibus semiamplexicaulibus oblongo-ellipticis 

 apice rotundatis basi cordatis calloso- vel glanduloso-crenulatis, 

 fioribus in foliorum axillis solitariis saltem 1 cm. diametro. — A. 

 mauritiana var. sessilifolia Baker, I. c. 



Apparently confined to Mauritius ; collected by G. Gardner 

 and J. Home : the latter notes : " The habit is much the same as 

 that of A. thecsformis, but otherwise this is a distinct form." 



