TABULA 3053. 
GEISSOIS IMTHURNII, Turvill. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE. Tribus CUNONIEBAE. 
G. Imthurnii, Turrill in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1915, vol. xliii. p. 19; 
species G. ternatae, A. Gray, affinis, sed foliolis fere sessilibus pagina 
utraque pubescentibus facile distinguenda. 
Arbor 
Folia trifoliolata, petiolo usque ad 2 cm. longo suffulta ; foliola fere 
utrinque 12-15, pagina utraque pube ia. Inflorescentia leviter 
pubescens, racemis lateralibus solitariis vel 2-3 aggregatis circiter 
4-5 cm. longis usque ad 15-floris pedunculo communi usque ad 1°) cm 
longo suffultis; pedicelli circiter 5 mm. longi; bracteae 1-5 mm. 
latae. Sepala 4, ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, subacuta, 
6 mm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, coriacea, pagina utraque leviter pubescentia. 
Petala 0. Stamina 7-10, filamentis 1-6 cm. longis, antheris 1-25 mm. 
longis. Discus annularis, crenatus, 1 mm. altus. Ovarium oblongo- 
conicum, 3 mm. altum, 1:25 mm. diametro, glabrum ;  styli duo, 
9 mm. longi. 
Potynesia: Fiji; Viti Levu; Nandarivatu, in flower March 7, 
1906, am Thurn, 137. 
The genus Geissois contains nearly a dozen known species, all of them 
endemic in Australasia. The majority are natives of New Caledonia, 
one (G. Benthami, F. Muell.) is described from Queensland, and one 
from the New Hebrides, but till now G. ternata, A. Gray, has been the 
Kandavu, Lakemba, Ngau and Moturiki. It is a timber tree 40-50 
feet high and has scarlet flowers. : 
The species here figured was collected by Sir Everard im Thurn 
while Governor of Fiji, and was described, along with other novelties 
found by him, in the Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xlii. p. 19. e native 
name is given as ‘common vunga’ and the collector states that it 1s 
this tree on which the little crimson parakeets are fond of feeding. — 
W. B. Turrit. 
i : flower ; 3, sepals and gynoecium ; 4, anthers 
Sat pee a ccaees zt Totagledionl oer cacy 6, ovary, in trans- 
verse section, and disk. 
