376 PHANEROGAMIA. 



vninatis basi obtusis vel rotundatis, adultis glaberrimis, venw utrinque 

 5-6 subtus prominentibus, rete tenui transverso; paniculis folio vnulto 

 brevioribus calycibusque rafo-tomentosis ; pedicellis b? t evissimis ; petalis 

 extus tomentosis glanduloso-punctatis calyce triplo Imigioribus ; folli- 

 culis obovatis turgidis tomento deter sibili primum vestitis, stipite petalis 

 longiore. 



Hab. Feejee Islands : on Ovolau, Rewa, and Vanua-levu. 



Shrub apparently of considerable size ; the younger branchlets with 

 the developing leaves, &c, tomentose with a rusty or reddish pubescence, 

 which is soon deciduous, except from the inflorescence. Leaves alter- 

 nate, pinnate, with 5 to 7 leaflets, or rarely only 3. The leaflets are 

 of a chartaceous texture, entirely glabrous when full grown, not shining, 

 from 3 to 6 \ inches long and li to 2 inches wide, varying from lan- 

 ceolate-oblong to ovate-oblong, most of them slightly acuminate, obtuse 

 or rounded at tJie base, on partial petioles of 3 lines in length : the 

 primary veins 5 or 6 pairs, prominent underneath, connected by 

 slender veinlets which form transverse reticulations. Vestiges of the 

 rusty pubescence often persist on the midrib underneath. Panicles 

 shorter than the leaves or even the petioles, axillary and terminal, 

 many-flowered, clothed with reddish wool.. Pedicels very short. Calyx 

 a line and a half long, deeply five-cleft, woolly, like the inflorescence. 

 Petals spatulate, 3 lines long, more or less tomentose outside, and 

 sprinkled with orange-coloured glandular dots. Stamens 10 ; those of 

 both series bearing fertile anthers. Ovary and style ferrugineous- 

 pubescent. Pod obovate, turgid, an inch in length, excluding the 

 stipe, or contracted base (which is 3 lines long, exceeding the marces- 

 cent petals), and 7 or 8 lines wide, thick and coriaceous, clothed with a 

 rusty down, ivhich rubs off at maturity, two-valved. Seed solitary, 

 conformed to the cell, attached above its base; its lower part embraced 

 by a lobed and somewhat lacerate arillus. Cotyledons fleshy, plano- 

 convex, conformed to the seed. Radicle short, superior. 



This species appears to be most nearly related to Connarus muta- 

 bilis of Blume, a native of the Indian Archipelago ; but it has more 

 tomentose branchlets, &c, larger and smoother leaflets, pubescent 

 petals, the stamens all with fertile anthers, and larger pods, the 

 surface of which is not transversely striate. 



