Ord. olacaceje. 



Subord. I. ICACINE^E. 



1. PLEUROPETALON, Blume. 



Char, paullo auctus, nempe : Flores 7iermaphroditi 9 polygami, vel abortu 

 monoid. Calyx aut parvus aut mediocris. Cset. ut in opere infra cit. 



Pleuropetalon, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. p. 248, non Hook. f. 



1. Pleuropetalon Samoense, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 27.) 



P.foliis late ovatis; thyrso virgato racemiformi puberulo; floribus her- 

 maphrodites ad apicem pedunculorum partial ium brevium glomeratis; 

 sepalis rotundatis ciliatis. 



Hab. Samoan or Navigators' Islands: the particular habitat not 

 recorded. 



Shrub glabrous, except the inflorescence, which is minutely pubescent, 

 at least when young. Leaves broadly ovate, 4 or 5 inches long, and 3 

 inches or more in width, on petioles of half an inch in length, alter- 

 nate, often oblique, slightly acute or pointed, entire, rather coriaceous 

 in texture, loosely veined and reticulated, the lower surface dull, the 

 upper rather shining. Inflorescence terminal, pedunculate; the flowers- 

 apparently all hermaphrodite, clustered on the apex of very short pedun- 

 cles (3 lines long), which are crowded on the elongated rhachis; form- 

 ing a dense, virgate, raceme-like thyrsus of 6 inches or more in length. 

 Bracts subulate and minute. Bractlets ovate, scarious, minute, ciliate. 

 Flower-buds nearly sessile, cylindraceous, 2 J lines long. Calyx one- 



