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the branch, alternate, coriaceous, oblong, 2 to nearly 4 inches long, an 

 inch or more in width, remotely and rather obscurely serrate, acute or 

 tapering to both ends, the base truly acute, the apex acuminate with a 

 blunt point, pinnately veined, and with reticulated veinlets, paler 

 beneath, shining above. Petioles half an inch long. Kacemes simple; 

 the peduncle longer than the petiole. Pedicels 3 lines long. Flower- 

 buds globular-ovoid. Sepals 5. Petals 5, small, ovate, laciniate into 

 5 or 7 acute lobes, glabrous (except a few minute silky hairs exter- 

 nally) ; their margins induplicate in aestivation and folded round a 

 cluster of the stamens. Receptacle pilose. Stamens more than 20 : 

 filaments very short : anthers linear, sparsely pilose with long hairs, 

 slightly apiculate or mucronate. Lying loose with the specimen is an 

 oval dry drupe, of 4 or 5 lines in length, one-celled, one-seeded, its 

 surface pubescent under a lens. 



5. El^eocarpus cassinoides, Sp. Nov. 



K glaber; foliis coriaceo-chartaceis obovatis denticulatis leviter penni- 

 nerviis; racemis axillaribus ; drupa pyriformi. 



Hab. Tonga or Friendly Islands. Sandal-wood Bay, Feejee Islands. 



The specimens of this shrub or tree bear ripe fruit only : the flowers 

 are unknown. Those from the two localities, as ticketed, are so 

 exactly alike that they might have been taken from the same stem, 

 and, since the habitats are not to be verified from Dr. Pickering's 

 notes, one or the other may be considered doubtful. The branches, 

 foliage, &c, are perfectly glabrous. Leaves between coriaceous and 

 chartaceous in texture, very smooth, obovate, obtuse, about 2 inches 

 long and an inch and a quarter wide, sparingly denticulate or serru- 

 late above the middle, tapering at the base into a petiole of 3 or 4 

 lines in length, both sides coloured alike, pinnately veined with 3 or 4 

 pairs of slender and inconspicuous veins. Racemes (or perhaps short 

 and leafy flower-branches) axillary from the axils of the leaves of the 

 preceding year, apparently as long as the leaves, several-flowered. 

 Drupe pear-shaped, 7 lines long, on pedicels of 2 lines in length, 

 smooth, with a thin pulp, apparently blue or purple when fresh : puta- 

 men very thick, bony, one-celled, one-seeded. Seed and embryo as in 

 the genus. 



