VAVÆA. ` MELIACEÆ (AUCTORE C. DE CAND.). 645 
apice acute vel obtusiuseule subacuminatis, utrinque glabris; pani- 
culis fructiferis longe pedunculatis, folii dimidium siperantibus. bre- 
viter ramulosis; drupa carnosa, globosa, 3-pyrena. 
Frutex 4-1-pedalis, caulibus erectis, cortice rubro-verruculoso, ramis 
glabris, rubescentibus, elenticellosis, dein argillaceis. Folia ad 31 cent. 
longa; foliola subæqualia, circiter 12 cent. longa, 4 !/, cent. lata; 
nervis secundariis sublilibus, subpatulis, utrinque circiter 14; petio- 
lulis 6 mill. longis. Rhachis cum petiolo circiter 7 cent. longo teres 
glabra. Paniculæ fructiferæ peduneulus 8 cent. longus. Drupa 1 cent. 
crassa. 
Non rara in dumetosis Distr. Ambaca, prope Zamba et versus Rio 
Lutete (Welw. n. 1305, in herb. Brit, mus.). 
XXIV. VAVÆA Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. bot. v. 2, p. 212 
Syn. fase. 1, p. 182, 141; A. Gray. U. St. Exped. bot. v. "bs zit, 
tab. 16; Seem. Flor. Vit. p.95; Benth. et Hook. Gen. v. 1, pars 1 
p. 334 ; Walp. Ann. v. 4, p. 888; A. Gray in Kew. Gard. Misc. v. A 
p- 189, caracter completus. — Quivisia (pro parte) Baill. Hist. 
v. 5, p. 495. 
Calyx 5-dentatus, lobis triangulari-ovatis, in æstivatione leviter im- 
bricatis. Petala 5, libera, in æstivatione convoluto-imbricata. Stamina 
in tubum basi discoideum superne laciniatum coalita, laciniis acutis 
apice antheriferis, antheris 10. Ovarium liberum, sessile, 3-4-8-locu- 
lare, superne in stylum circiter æquilongum attenuatum. Stigma 
discoideum. Fructus baccatus, 3-4-locularis. Semina in loculis 
abortusolitavia, rarissime bina, exalbuminosa; cotyledones carnosæ, 
planoconvexæ, suborbiculares, ome profunde cordatæ radicu- 
lam gracilem superam includentes. — Frutex? Folia alterna, 
simplieia, integerrima. Flores in jure axillares dispositi, herma- 
phroditi 
In insulis Viti et Tonga Tabu. 
. Amicorum (Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. journ. v. 2, p. 212) ; 
eed apice ramulorum confertis, petiolatis, e basi cuneata obovatis, 
apice rotundatis vel obtusiusculis vel et subaeutis, utrinque glabris ; 
cymis pedunculatis, apice dense 5-6-floris ; floribus pedicellatis; ca- 
lyce acute 5-dentato, extus puberulo; petalis 5, utrinque dense pube- 
rulis, oblongis, acutis ; tubo profunde laciniato, glabro, basi discoideo- 
carnosulo, laciniis intus dense villosis, apice antheriferis; antheris 
villosis ; ovario sessili, hirsuto, 2-loculari (3-loculari fide A. Gray); 
stylo glabro. — A. Gray in U. S. Exped. bot. v. 1, p. 44, tab. 16. 
V. Vitiensis Seem. Flor. Viti, p. 35. 
