PuaTE 2630. 
DOLICHOLOBIUM ACUMINATUM, Burkill. 
Rupraces®. Tribe CincHONEs, 
D. acuminatum, Burkill ; foliis late obovatis acuminatis distinctum. 
Arbor 50-60 ped. alta. Folia late obovata, apice acuminata, basi 
obtusa vel rotundata, supra glabra, infra pilis fulvis hirsuta, 8-10 
poll. longa, 4-65 poll. lata; petioli 1 poll. longi; stipule magne, 
elliptico- ovate, apice rotundate, hirsute, 2 poll. longe, 9 lin, late, ca- 
duce. Inflorescentia 4-9-flora, ovariis pedicellos simulantibus umbelli- 
formis; pedunculus ee eequilongus, hirsutus. /Jores albi, unisexu- 
ales ; flos terminalis femineus, maximus, sessilis ; alii masculi, minores, 
pe etalis sepissime paup iores, sed corolles tubo si ng pedicellati. 
Calyx infundibularis, Selene et fere scariosus vel subherbacea 
Viridis, margine leviter sinuatus wit dentibus obtusis or iy hirsutus ; 
calyx floris masculi % lin. lon floris feminei 25-3 lin. longus. 
lin, lati; lobi floris feminei 6 (vel 5), 11-12 lin. longi, 5 lin. lati. 
Anthere sessiles, floris masculi iis floris feminei duplo majores, tot 
quot corolle lobi. Sty/us cum stigmatibus floris feminei corolle tubum 
subzequans ; stigmata elongato- spathulata ; stylus stigmataque floris 
masculi multo minores. Discus elevatus. varium, flore femineo 
maturo, 8-9 lin. longum, extus albido-hirsutum. Fructuwm maturum 
non vidi ; semina immatura in alas typicas elongata 
Sotomon Istanps : Treasury oe along the banks of a stream, 
Guppy, 187 ; Faro island, at 1,600 ft., Guppy, 219; New Georgia ! ?, in 
a collection chiefly from this island, Oh of H. M.S. ‘ Pe enguin 
It is named “ Lowasi” by the natives ; and flowers in June and 
July. 
Hitherto the  aethye Dolicholobium et been only known from Fiji. 
Asa Gray deseribed two species, B. Seemann a third, and J. G. Baker 
two more. Imperfect material of a intl Fijian species exists in the 
