PuatTe 2735. 
ARCHIDENDRON SOL ENSE, //ensi. 
Lecuminosm. Suborder Mimosex. 
= fe ce Hemsl. (sp. n ; ab A. incurvato, Laut. et K. 
, pinnis ineequalibus, foliolis tenia, venis primariis r numero- 
Biota diversum. 
rbor 20-pedalis, trunciflora. Folia aavagstin, ampla, glabra, pari- 
bipinnata, petiolo communi tereti, perfect viso ; pinne bijuge, 
r 
Fi oli ote Sore iter petiolulata, tenuia, fere membranacea, ovata, 3-6 poll. 
longa, interdum leviter obliqua, obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel 
interdum ai oiarrest integra, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque cir- 
citer 7, vi 
ligno Getet tGaaiena) 3-4 poll. longi, circiter 5-6-flori. Flores prope 
apicem eg conferti, breviter pedicellati, cum staminibus circiter 
bipollicare alyx coriaceus, per a anthesin tubulosus, bs oon 
a, i 
usque ad 6 poll. longa, dorso alte lobata, cito dehiscentia. Semina 
nigra (Com?ns) ut videtur anguste ovoidea sed perfecta non visa. 
Sou LOMON IsLanps : ‘only one tree known near the village of Madoa, 
Ulawa,’ C. B. Comins, 249. 
Archdeacon Comins, who has sent so ~ interesting plants to Kew 
from the Solomon Islands, states that the natives ¢ all this tree Az 
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fair representation of the pods, but perfect seeds are still wanting. The 
leaf, too, is not quite sas, wanting the lower part of the “petiole. 
Hansemannia oblonga, Hemsl. (Kew Bulletin, 1892, p. 125), is another 
tree of this affinity from the same source.—W. Borrine HeEMmstey. 
ee ‘ a era dytied kag lower aid of the errors 2 and 3, quite young etn 
anded flower; 5, gynzc with pa of calyx and corolla a, and one of 
the tse fall. length ; “es an ovary ; 7 a pies it ie a eo "al ne 5 and 6 watersst 
