Dallnehya.] XXXVIII. RHAMNE^. 269 



rarely 2, woolly, l-seeded. Testa membranous, blackish. Cotyledons dimidiate- 

 ovate. — F. V. M., 1.0., who also mentions having heard through A. Thozet of a 

 pubescent variety ; Golubrina vitioiM^, Seem. Mission to Viti, p. 434 ; Rhamntis 

 ntiemis, Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 413 ; Seem. Fl. Viti. p. 42. 



Hab.: Coast from Eookhampton to Somerset. . 



Fruit eaten by natives, Thozet. 



4. SCHISTOCARP.ffiA, F. v. M. 



(Fruit divided.) 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft, its lobes semi-lanoeolate, deciduous. Petals orbicular- 

 rhomboid, short-stipitate, longitudinally rolled inward. Stamens hardly longer 

 than the petals, much concealed by them. Filaments filiform. Anthers almost 

 ovate, basifixed, longitudinally dehiscent. Style very firm, longer than the 

 stigmas. Disk slightly undulate at the margin. Ovary 3-celled, almost fully 

 emerged. Fruit roundish, somewhat turgidly B-lobed, by the persistent short 

 calyx-tube surrounded only at the base ; exocarp crustaceous, irregularly 3- 

 valvular ; endocarp receding, thinly pergamenous, each of the three portions 

 splitting to near their base along the inner side, rnuch ruptured and twisted on 

 the outer side. Seeds roundish, very convex at the outer side, much flattened 

 and somewhat 3-gonous at the inner side ; testa chartaceous ; albumen none ; 

 cotyledons outward very convex ; radicle minute, ovate included. — Vict. Nat., 

 March, 1891. 



This genus must stand near Golubrina, to which it could be referred as a section ; but the 

 course of the primary venules of the leaves is different, the calyx-tube under the fruit is shorter 

 and less completely adherent, the cotyledons are outward very turgid and the albumen is 

 wanting. The last-mentioned characteristic this new plant of ours has in common with 

 Scutia and Dallachya, but both have a fruit of different structure, ours approaching that of 

 Macrorhamnus.-—F. o. M., I.e. 



1. S. Johnsoni (after S. Johnson), F. v. M., Vict. Nat., March, 1891. A 

 plant of laurinaceous aspect. Leaves on very short petioles, scattered, of firm 

 texture, mostly lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, entire, glabrous, 3 to Yin. long, 1 

 to 2^in. broad, shining on both sides but paler beneath, their primary venules 

 rather distant, costular-adscending ; their ultimate venules reticularly joined. 

 Stipules semi-laneeolate, fugacious. Panicles small or even diminutive, axillary 

 and terminal, formed by cymose clusters of flowers, beset with short scattered 

 hairs. Bracts very small, varying from almost lanceolate to nearly deltoid. 

 Calyx about ^in. long. Petals somewhat shorter than the calyx, membranous, 

 pale-yellowish, as well as the stamens glabrous. Style and ovary bearing short 

 hairs. Eipe fruit measuring rather more than ^in., dark outside, glabrous ; 

 valves of the exocarp somewhat bifid from the summit ; endocarp of each fruitlet 

 after secession divaricately spreading. Seeds about 2 lines ; testa greyish- 

 brown, without lustre, irregularly reticulate-regular. Embryo almost amygdaline. 

 — F. V. M. I.e. 



Hab.: On Mount Bartle Prere, Stephen Johnson (P. v. M., I.e.) 



Golubrina Travancorica, doubtfully admitted by Beddome into that genus, has some 

 resemblance to our new species, but the leaves are almost opposite, bear some indument and are 

 distinctly serrulated ; and as the mature fruit remains unknown, the generic position continues 

 also dubious. — F. v. M., I.e. 



5. GOLUBRINA, L. C. Rich. 



(The twisted stems supposed to resemble snakes.) 



Calyx 5-lobed, spreading. Petals hood-shaped. Stamens 6, included in the 



petals. Disk thick, filling the calyx-tube. Ovary immersed in the disk, 3 or 



rarely 4-celled, tapering into a 3, rarely 4- cleft style, with obtuse stigmas. Drupe 



nearly globular, obscurely lobed, the epicarp thin or succulent, the endocarp 



