PuLaTeE 2703. 
LEPINIA SOLOMONENSIS, //emsi. 
APOCYNACEA, 
L. solomonensis, /Zems!. (sp. nov.) ; species quam L. taitensis, Decne 
fere omnibus partibus major, foliis abrupte acuminatis, coroll tubo 
breviore. 
Arbor usque ad 15 ped. alta (Comins), ramulis floriferis crassis, 
novellis glabris. Folia alterna, petiolata, coriacea, oblonga vel oblongo- 
lanceolata, cum petiolo 4-8 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata, abrupte 
primariis numerosissimis rectis tenuissimis. Pedunculi oppositifolii, 
quam flores breviores, apice furcati, pauciflori, pedicellis brevissimis 
crassis rigidis. lores vix pollicares, Calycis segmenta parva, ovalia, 
= ; ; ; ; 
nfra faucem inclusa, filamentis brevibus puberulis. Ovariwm glabrum, 
4-loculare, loculis uniovulatis, sty io incluso. Fructus s carpella : A aaades 
interdum 3), uno sepe casso, | tipitata, 
apice tantum connata et cruciatim cits cum stipitibu us usque 
8-9 poll. longa, monosperma, parte seminifera circiter sesquipollicari, 
indehiscentia, demum fibrosa. Semina in quoque carpello solitaria, 
fusifurmia vel oblonga, in longitudinem sulcata, transversim rimulosa, 
testa tenui ; albumen corneum ; ventre fer e ad m edium impressum ; 
embryo rectus, tenuis, fere cylindricus, cokbialensbaa radice brevioribus. 
hier aay Pics Cristoval, &. B. Comins, 132; chiefly New 
gia, Officers H.M.S. Penguin, 1894-5 (fruit associated with 
oe of Corhaas ;  ealeat locality, W. Micholite. 
Specimens of this singular plant were first sent to Kew in 1890 by 
Archdeacon Comins, and it was thought it might be the ori;zinal and 
only described species, L. taitensis, Dene., which is not represented by 
an authenticated specimen at either Kew or the British Museum. The 
species inhabiting the Society and Solomon Islands are certainly very 
closely allied, but there are differences which seem to justify separating 
them rather than risk combining two under one name. The distribu- 
tion of ‘the genus is remarkable, “for, so far as I am aware, it ‘sam not 
been found between Tahiti and the Solomon Islands, which are 
separated by 50° of longitude, equal to about 3,300 miles in the lati- 
tudes of these islands.—W. Borrinc HemsLEy 
Pik Be , a flower-bud ; 2, a a Paras — — of corulla laid open, gil 
achment of stamens ; 4, a ri eed; 6, a section of the sam 
7. pon ryo. dl except 4 and 3 ts a 
