722 PHANEROGAMIA. 



6. PARATROPIA, Blum, DC, 



1. Paratropia Samoensis, Sp. Nov. 



P. arborescens f foliis longe petiolatls digitalis; foliolis 5-7 rnembra- 

 naceis oblongis sen cuneato-oblongis utrinque acuminatis argute mucro- 

 nato-serrulatis glabris, later alibus parv is ; panicula composita; umbel- 

 lulis racemosis paucifloris ; staminibus 5. 



Hab. Upolu, one of the Samoan or Navigators' Islands. 



The imperfect flowering specimen belongs apparently to an unarmed 

 and arborescent plant. Leaves alternate, digitately 5-7 -foliolate. Sti- 

 pules none. Petioles elongated, 6 to 9 inches long, somewhat pubes- 

 cent when young. Leaflets oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or cuneate- 

 oblong, acuminate at both ends, on short partial footstalks, sharply and 

 mucronately sermdate with appressed teeth, very thin and membra- 

 naceous, glabrous, except a few hairs on the midrib and veins when 

 young, the middle ones 5 or 6 inches long, the lateral ones succes- 

 sively smaller. Panicle compound, terminal, shorter than the leaves, 

 somewhat pubescent. Flowers minute ; the flower-buds scarcely half 

 a line in diameter, 5 to 8 together in small umbels, which are racemose 

 on the branches of the inflorescence. Calyx truncate. Petals 5, 

 apparently expanding in anthesis. Stamens 5. Stigmas 4 or 5, very 

 short, scarcely emerging from the centre of the convex or conical 

 disk. Fruit unknown. 



2. Paratropia? mcjltijuga, Sp. Nov. 



P. arboreal glabra; foliis impari-'pinnatis midtijugis, rhachi nodosa 

 bipedali et ultra; foliolis elliptico-oblongis integerrimis breviter petio- 

 lulatis basi subcordatis sinu clauso; racemo composito longissimo; 

 umbellulis paucifloris ; staminibus 5. 



Hab. Feejee Islands; at Sandalwood-Bay, Yanua levu. 



