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gular, or somewhat three-lobed, nearly an inch long, papillose ; the 

 valves crustaceo-coriaceous. Seeds numerous upon each of the three 

 placentae, 2$ lines long, obovate, with a smooth testa, marked with a 

 slender rhaphe and a broad apical chalaza. Embryo not seen in the 

 seeds examined. 



6. AG ATE A, Nov. Gen. 



Calyx pentaphyllus subcequalis, basi haud productus, deciduus. Corollce 

 petala 5, hypogyna, erecta, incequalia; postica lateralihus paidlo 

 minora; anticum majus, labelliforme, spathidaium, hasi dilatation 

 gibbososaccatum. Stamina 5, diadelplia, nempe; filamenta brevia, 

 plana, antka (singula glandula carnosa aucta) et lateralia margi- 

 nibus connata, posticum angustius distinctum: antherw i?itrorsum 

 adnata?, loculis appositis apice liberis mucronatis ; connective* in appen- 

 dicem petaloideam latam prodncto. Ovarium globosum, placentis 

 parietalibus 3 pluriovulatis. Stylus apice clavatus, subcurvatus : 

 stigma laterale. Frucius baccatus ? — Frutex sarmentosus ; foliis 

 alternis oblongis subintegerrimus ramisque glabris; stipulis minimis 

 caducis; racemis paniculisve axillaribus multifloris * psdicellis 2-3- 

 bracteolatis infra apicem articulatis; fioribus parvis viridulis. 



1. Agatea violaris, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 7.) 



Var. a. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis integerrimis vel obsolete repandis pani- 

 culas subcequantibus. 



Var. /3. foliis majoribus ovato-oblongis nunc repando-subdentatis pani- 

 culas excedentibus. 



Hab. Feejee Islands : the var. a. from Naloa Bay. Var. /3. Ovolau. 



A shrubby, sarmentose, or somewhat climbing plant, entirely gla- 

 brous, except the inflorescence. Branches slender, leafy to the top. 

 Leaves alternate, thin, chartaceous in texture, smooth, in the speci- 

 men from Naloa Bay (var. a.) oblong-lanceolate, 3 or 4 inches in 



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