133 
seminibus 5—6 in dibab hen orbieularibus compressis tomentosis.— 
Hook, Ic. Pl. tt. 2399, 2409. 
Habitat.---Florida, Solomon Islands, Comins, 293. 
Folia 4-6 poll. longa. intr circiter 1 poll. Dmm Petala 
exteriora usque ad 7 poll. longa, interiora circiter 7 lin. lon Torus 
maturus 1-1} poll. diametro. Carpella 2 poll. longa. Simia 9-10 lin. 
diametro. 
Baillon and other writers who combine Oxymitra, Goniothalamus, 
and the Fijian Richella, have been followed here, as there is no character 
of importance to separate them. present 1s a somewhat anomalous 
species, the carpels being 5-6 ovulate and, etimes, at least, all the 
ovules ma zu seeds.  Goniot lamus u 'arioides, King {Ann 
carpe 
Te "Caius describes this as a riverside tree, attaining a height of 
30 feet, and having a naked trunk on which the long pendent brick-red 
flowers are borne down to within 2 feet of the ground, and at intervals 
of about a foot. 
SrMARUBEX. 
Samadera indica, Gertn.—The distribution of this tree is remark- 
able. It "Wee South Concan, Malabar, Ceylon, Borneo, and the 
Philippine 
— Habitat. San Cristoval, Solomon Islands, a 261. 
MELIACE&. 
Dysoxylum sp. ?—Specimen man neum. ‘This may res a new GC, 
but as there are only detached flowers, and a small portion ofa large 
pinnate leaf, the point is doubtfu 
Mc Tits —San ics oe Solomon Islands, Comins, 303. 
Vie Caine s ` OLACINEJE. 
Lasianthera papuana, Bec alee nA emm of $ this singe 
plant. It is ixl by Bact Malesia 
Habitat.—San Cristoval, Solomon — Comins, 41. 
Stemonurus ? megacarpus, Hemsl.; arbor magna (Comins) foliis 
alternis breviter petiolatis subcoriaceis leviter obliquis RO 
obtusis vel acutis ld venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 8-10 
»—À amem mrt crassa, floribus purpureis ( Comins parvis 
icellis brevibus 
cupulari cement 4—5-lobato lobis rotundatis, petalis 
s oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis intus leviter carinatis, filamentis 
