Oloa and Olotta. 131 



B. Stipularis Wedd.,iniVnn.Sci.Nat.,Ser. iv, i (1854), 200. — Shrub 3-5 ft. high, 

 with stout angular, hispid branches. Leaves opposite, equal, ovate, 6-7X4-5 in., on 

 petioles 1-3 in., short!}' acuminate coarsel}' serrate, emarginate or subcordate at base, 

 thick in texture, rugose on upper face, tripli-nerved, all nerves strongl}' ridged under- 

 neath. Stipules interpetiolar, broad-lanceolate, 2-2^ in. bicarinate, soon caducous. 

 Flowers monoecious with androgynous clusters, but with one sex prevailing; clusters 

 1-2 lines in diameter; male flowers prevail at the extremities of the panicle, female 

 along the lower branches. The tough fibre was much used for kapa-making. 



Neraudia Gaudich., in Frej-c. \^03-. Bot., 500, t. 117, et A'o}-. Bonite, t. 133. — 

 Flores dioici, glomerulis dense capitatis ad axillas sessilibus. Fl. S : Perianthium 

 4-partitum, segmentis acutis valvatis, alabastro ovoideo v. acuminate. Stamina 4. 

 Ovarii rudimentum longe lanatum. Fl. $ : Perianthium tubulosum, basi ventricosum, 

 apice tenuatum, ore contracto sub-4-dentato, fructiferum plus minus auctum carnosum. 

 Ovarium rectum, inclusum ; stigma lineare, supra ovarium articulatum, villosum, 

 deciduum nisi in ore perianthii retentum; ovulum a basi erectum. Achsenium peri- 

 anthio carnosulo arete inclusum, depressum, basi circumcirca incrassatum v. in lobulos 

 seu cornua 4 dilatatum ; epicarpium carnosulum, endocarpium crustaceum. Seminis 

 testa endocarpio adnata ; albumen parcum ; cot3dedones ovatas. — Frutices, teste Gaudi- 

 chaudio, lactescentes. Folia alterna, petiolata, integerrima, 3-nervia, supra interdum 

 creberrime punctulata, cj-stolithis parum conspicuis; stipulae parvte, intrapetiolares. 

 Florum capitula utriusque sexus ad axillas solitaria, arete sessilia. (J. D. Hooker.) 



N. melastomaefolia Gaudich., /. c — A low shrub, 3-5 ft. high, Oloa of the 

 natives, branching from the base. Leaves ovate or elliptico-oblong, 3-6X1-23^ in., 

 on petioles 3^-2 lines, entire, thin, chartaceous, 3-nerved, glabrous above, gr&y pubes- 

 cent beneath or glabrate. Flowers sessile, pubescent, 3-10 in a cluster. The varie- 

 ties may perhaps all be included under this original species. I have not identified 

 an}- kapa made from this plant, but the old natives mention its use. 



Touchardia Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, t. 94. — Flores dioici, utriusque sexus dense 

 globoso-glomerati. Fl. S : Perianthium 5-partitum, segmentis membranaceis subim- 

 bricatis, sub apice dorso leviter mucronatis. Stamina 5. Ovarii rudimentum clavatum. 

 Fl. ? : Perianthium alte 4-lobum, lobis 2-seriatim imbricatis apice incrassatis concavis- 

 que. Ovarium rectum, inclusum; stigma brevissimum v. oblongum, uno latere papil- 

 loso-penicillatum, stylo brevi fultum; ovulum a basi erectum. Achsenium perianthio 

 carnosulo laxe inclusum, compressiusculum, pericarpium fragile. Semen conforme, 



