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medium parce puberulis, ovario ferrugineo-furfuraceo 5-loculari stylo 
breviter exserto, capsula ignota. 
abitat.—Lantao Island, Kwangtung, China; C. Ford’s native 
collector 
Folia cum petiolo 2-3} poll. longa et 1-11 E et Pedunculi 
o semipollicares. Flores circiter 14 poll. diam 
6. Ardisia megaphylla, Hemsl. [Myisinices] E utex caule 
simplici (fide Horne) undique glaber, foliis amplissimis breviss sime 
petiolatis coriaceis anguste lanceolato-oblongis obtusis basi rotundato- 
intramarginali anastomosantibus, paniculis angustis pseudo-termina- 
libus, floribus breviter pedicellatis, calycis segmentis vei deltoideis 
vix aeutis, corolla sae: ignotis, fructu magno globo 
Habitat.—Rambi or Rabi, Fiji. J. Horne, 429, and Viti Levu, 
D. Panne, E 
Folia usque ad 3 ped. longa et 7 poll. lata. Jnjlorescentia cum 
pedunculo circiter pedalis. Calycis segmenta lineam longa. Fructus 
semipoll. diametro. 
A handsbme species allied to A. Pe Seem, but - has a cuneate 
base to the leaf, reflexed calyx-lobes, and a smaller fruit. 
Mr. Yeoward, in a letter, dated October 1893, states that his specimens 
were brought in by his native collectors from about one or two miles 
-inland, on the — side of Viti Levu; and he continues :—** The 
* natives say it grows to 100 feet straigbt up, almost without a break, 
“and they call it ‘ Dacca? My specimens were taken from a small 
“ tree cut down about 4 feet high, and brought in by my men." There 
-jspr — some mistake here, and Mr. Yeoward's final remark is, 
perbaps, ambiguous. Mr. Horne describes it as a sbrub with a simple 
stem, common in the forests of Rabi. 
67. Solanum muticum, N.E. Brown [Solanaces»]; S. lento affine, 
caule erecto ramoso mangati pubescenti pilis simplicibus, foliis 
petiolatis. lanceolatis acuminatis apice subobtusis basi in petiolum 
cuneatis viridibus molliter pubescentibus pilis simplicibus vel furcatis 
nec Heli floribus pedicellatis umbellato-fusciculatis in axillis foliorum 
vel in furcis ramorum vel terminalibus, calyce cyathformi 5-10 dentata 
jabir deanas filiformibus alternis minoribus infra ápicem tubi 
affixis, corolla late infundibulariformi magna pentagona plicata violacea 
ter brevioribus, filamentis brevi eee stylo staminibus squilongo 
apice arcuato leviter incrassato, bacca ? 
Hahitat.—Paraguay (cultivated i in Monte Video), Gibert, 56 and 
Petiolus 4-2 poll, we deo = amina foliorum 14-3 poll. longa, 1-11 
poll. lata. Pedicelli i-i poll longi Calycis tubus 1-14 lin. vei ind 
dentibus 1-3 lin. longis. Corolla 1-1} poll. diam. Stamina 2-91 lin. 
lon 
4 Specimens of this plant were first sent to Kew by Gibert in 1858, 
-with a note that it is a native of Paraguay, but is cultivated in Mon 
‘Video as an ornamental plant. Living speeimens were received from. 
—Glasnevin Botanic Garden in cin 1872, and in the samo 
of: 1893 it was sent to Kew by Messrs. Dammann &-€065 who 
received it- 'uenos ee But it does not appear to have been 
-previously deseribed. or recorded, unless it has been smistaken:for 
oS. donitan a: which i is.a much more woody plant with terete euni 
a angular): stems and one of the stamens about twice as long as 
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