NEW HEBRIDES AND LOYALTY ISLANDS. 9 
STERCULIACEAE. 
K.elHovia Hospita (Linne sf. f/., 1365.) 
. ANEITYUM. New for the group. The transmitted flowering and 
fruiting specimens came from a shrub only four or five feet high; whereas 
in age this plant assumes the dimensions of a stately tree. Hasskarl’s 
description (PZ. Fav. Rar., 313) is from the tree in its living state. The 
Rev. S. T. Whitmee found it in'Samoa. 
MELocuIa oporata (Linné, fil. suppZ. A7. p. 302.) 
EFATE ; originally described from Tana. Attains a height of 
twenty-five feet, as observed by Mr. Campbell. Bark light-coloured. 
Lower leaves orbicular-cordata, measuring about five inches; uppermost 
leaves only one to one and a-half inches long, and lanceolate, all char- 
taceous. Petals much longer than the stamens. Anthers broadly ovate, 
dorsifixed. Fruitlets separating in age. Seeds not conspicuously winged. 
This species occurs also in Dr. Veillard’s collection of New Caledonian 
plants. 
SAPINDACEAE. 
CaRDIOSPERMUM Haticacasum (Linné, sf. p/. 925.) 
ANEITYUM. Occurs also in the Samoan Islands, according to collec- 
tions from the Rev. S. T. Whitmee. 
LEGUMINOSAE. 
SOPHORA TOMENTOSA (Linné, sf. 2. 533.) 
EFATE, 
CANAVALIA OBTUSIFOLIA (De Candolle, Prodr. 11., 404.) 
Tana, along the sea-shore. 
Doticuos Lasiap (Linné, sf. p2. 1019.) 
ANIWA, on open ground. The white flowering variety collected. 
Brief notes on the uses of this bean are given in the volume of the Ac- 
climitisation Society of Victoria for 1872. 
DEsMopIUM POLYcARPUM (De Candolle, Prodr. 11., 334.) 
Tana, in open places. The upper leaves consist sometimes of a 
single leaflet only. Found also in Samoa by the Rev. S. T. Whitmee 
and Rev. S. Powell. : 
DESMODIUM UMBELLATUM (De Candolle, Prodr. 11., 325.) 
ERAMANGA. Pod sometimes five-seeded, sometimes reduced to a 
single article. ; 
DESMODIUM PENDULUM. 
Tana ; abundant in the forests. A shrub; according to Mr. Camp- 
bell’s notes attaining a height of fifteen feet. Racemes pendent, with 
white flowers. ; 
This plant, according to an imperfect specimen from the museum of 
the Botanic Garden of Calcutta, communicated under the above name 
