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MOOREA. 



a flowering raceme together with a leaf to Kew, in December 

 1889, a few months before others were received from Mr Moore' 

 thongh the fact was not known until later.-* The specific name 



Moorea irrorata. 

 (From the Cardeiiers' Chronicle.) 



is given in allusion to the bright reddish brown colour, which 

 forms a broad zone round the paler centre. 



Bot. Mag. sub. t. 7262, 



