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6. Eljsocarpus pyriformis, Sp. Nov. 



E. suhglaber; foliis membranaceis ellipticis utrinque obtusissimis serrur 

 latis perspieue penninervis ; racemis axillaribus ; drupa pyriformi. 



Hab. Sandal-wood Bay, Vanua-levu, Feejee Islands. 



"Tree with a rough bark." Branchlets and petioles minutely 

 pubescent. Leaves crowded, alternate, glabrous, or when young 

 minutely puberulent on the prominent midrib, membranaceous, nearly 

 of the same hue both sides, elliptical, rounded and very obtuse at both 

 ends, rather sharply and copiously serrulate quite to the base, 2 to 2i 

 inches long, about an inch and a half wide, prominently feather-veined ; 

 the primary veins 5 or 6 pairs, slender but salient underneath, occa- 

 sionally with a gland in their axils, and more commonly with one in 

 their forks towards the margin of the leaf. Petioles 1J to 3 lines 

 long. Flowers unknown ; the specimens bearing only ripe fruit : they 

 were evidently borne in short axillary racemes, from axils of the leaves 

 of the preceding year. Drupes pear-shaped, 6 to 8 lines long, on pedi- 

 cels of barely 2 lines in length, nearly smooth, with a thin pulp, and 

 a very thick and bony putamen, one-celled, one-seeded. Seed and 

 embryo as in the genus. 



This is nearly related to the foregoing species, and has a similar 

 fruit; but the leaves are different. Both must rank as species of 

 Elceocarpus until the flowers are known. 



7. Elceocarpus (Betthea) bifidus, Booh. & Am. 



Elceocarpus bifidus, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 110, t. 24. 

 Beythea bifida, Endl.; Walp. Repert. 1, p. 365, & 5, p. 121. 



Hab. Kaala Mountains, behind Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands. 

 (Also gathered by Macrae, Lay & Collie, Nuttall, &c.) 



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