meliacEjE. 239 



withstanding the description given by Forster), and in several other 

 characters of minor importance." He has moreover conformed the 

 generic character to the exception ; the phrase "petala basi cum tubo 

 stamineo obscure coalita" being inapplicable to the typical H. Fraseriana, 

 in which the cohesion extends to the middle of the stamineal tube, 

 according to the figure in M. de Jussieu's Memoir.* I have not seen 

 that species, nor does its fruit appear to be known; but except in 

 its shorter tubular disk, it seems to differ in no essential particular 

 from the older genus Didymochiton, to which I should confidently 

 refer H. Forsteri, Juss., along with a species in the present collection. 

 If this view were adopted, the name of Hartighsea might be retained 

 for H. spectabilis and H. Billardieri. 



3. DIDYMOCHITON, Blume. 



Didymochiton (v. Didymocheton), Blume, Bijdr. p. 177; Juss. Meliac. 1. c. p. 78, t. 



16, f. 14. 

 Hartighsea, Spec. Juss. Meliac. p. 76. 



1. Didymochiton Richii, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 20.) 



D. glabratum, foliolis 5-8-jugis oblongis seu lanceolato-oblongis subacu- 

 minatis basi rotundato-incequilateris ; paniculis compositis thyrsoideis 

 racemifloris ; fioribus scepius tetrameris ; columna staminea et disco 

 glabro tubulari minutissime crenulatis ; ovario tri-quadriloculari, 

 loculis miiovulatis. 



Hab. Feejee Islands: Vanua-levu, at Sandalwood Bay; Somu- 

 somu ; Nukulau. 



A tree of considerable size, the younger parts softly canescently 

 puberulent, soon glabrate. Petioles a foot or more in length, velvety- 

 puberulent or glabrate, sometimes sparingly pubescent along the upper 



* The genus was not named after Gr. L. Hartig, who was, moreover, a G-erman, not a 

 " French" author; but in honour of a Dutch navigator, whose name, though not given by 

 Jussieu, must have been Eartighs or Hartighse. 



