278 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. CYRTANDRA. 
graciles, rufo-tomentosi proventu fere glabrati; cyma 3-5-flora; pedi- 
celi 10-12 mm., bracteæ deciduæ (non vise); bracteolæ 2 mm., 
oblongæ. Calyx 12 mm., alte 5-fidus, segmentis lanceolatis, mox a 
basi circumscisse caducus, glaber. Corolla 3-4 cm. ; tubus angustus, 
fere rectus, extüs glaber. Ovarium glabrum; stylus minute glandu- 
loso-puberulus. Bacca fere 2 cm., late oblonga, basi angustior a disco 
cincta. 
Ins. Society; Tahiti (Capt. Cook, in h. Mus. Brit. ; Bidwill, in h. 
Kew). 
147. €. mucronata (Nadeaud! Enum. Pl. Tahiti, p. 59); foliis 
ellipticis utrinque obtusis, apice mucrone subulato caudiformi orna- 
tis, grosse crenatis, fere glabris; pedunculis brevibus, rigidiusculis, 
rufescenti-villosis ; bracteis late ovatis, leviter connatis, subpersis- 
tentibus. 
Frutex 2-3-metralis; rami procumbentes, subteretes, dense foliati, 
apice rubiginoso-aut rufo-villosi. Folia opposita subæqualia, longa 
8 em., lata 5 em., matura glabra in nervis subtüs rubiginoso-villo- 
sula; nervus centralis in mucronem longum 3-5 mm. excurrens ` nervi 
primarii laterales utrinque 6; petiolus 5-8 mm. Pedunculi 5-8 mm.; 
bractez fere 1 cm., extüs ferrugineo-villosulæ, proventu deciduæ ; 
pedicelli 16 mm., ferrugineo-villosuli. Calyx inflatus, campanulatus, 
5-dentatus, extis rufo-tomentosus, intus pilis longis albescens, deci- 
duus. Corolla extüs pilosa, alba. Ovarium glabrum ; stylus minute 
ferrugineo-pubescens; discus annularis, crenulatus. Bacca longa 
14 mm., lata 4 mm., subcylindrica. 
Tahiti; in convallibus humidis prope Tearapau, alt. 1000 metr. 
(Nadeaud, n. 392 in h. DC.). 
148. €. apiculata; foliis ellipticis utrinque obtusis, apice à 
mucrone subulato caudiformi ornatis, leviter crenatis, fere glabris ; 
pedunculis gracilioribus, glabris; bracteis anguste lanceolatis ferru- 
gineo-tomentosis. C. pendula, Nadeaud! Enum. PI. Tahiti, p. 60, 
non Blume. 
Frutex 2-metralis; eaulis tetragonus, procumbens, apice ferru- 
gineo-tomentosus. Folia opposita subæqualia, longa 8 cm., lata 
45 mm., matura glabra in nervis subtüs obscure rubiginosa ` ner vus 
centralis in mucronem longum 2-4 mm. excurrens; nervi primarii 
laterales utrinque 8; petioli 10-25 mm. Pedunculi 2-5 em. compressi, : 
3-flori; bractez fere 1 cm., longe, caducæ ; pedicelli 1-2 cm., fere > 
