185. 
^ Hansemannia oblonga, Hemsil. in Kew Bulletin, 1892, pi 125.— 
‘Rarther specimens en that the JEGUR sometimes attain t least 
9 or 10 inches in length»: | treyre dtt 
Habitat.—San Cristoval, Solomon Islands, Comins, 304. 
COMBRETACEJE. 
Gyrocarpus men Jacq.—This is one of the few littoral trees 
common to: America and Polynesia ; and it ranges all. round the tropies, 
including Polynesia, eastward.: to Tahiti, but it is not fetordod from the 
Hawaiian Island 
of cad ori huua GPR, 310. 
__MELASTOMACEÆ. 
Medinilla cauliflora, /7ems/.; frutex in arborum truncos epiphy- 
ticus (Comins ), undiqne glaber, ramis floriferis crassis et ad nodos 
inerassatis, foliis ternis (an semper?) petiolatis subcoriaceis oblongo- 
lanceolatis leviter obliquis obtusis basi subcuneatis 3—5-herviis venis 
obst mediocribus albis (Comins) 4-meris ad nodos vetustos 
aphyllos. Fiscisalatis distincte pedicellatis, pedicellis filiformibus, basi 
squamis minutis suffultis, puis urceolati limbo brevi annulato truncato 
dentibus punctiformibus, petalis oblongo-spathulatis em staminibus 
8 consimilibus fere æqualibus, filamentis linearibus tenuissimis, antheris 
fere rectis vel leviter curvatis anguste clavatis ere uniporosis per 
anthesin horizontalibus eonnectivo antice inappendiculato postice e infra 
loculorum medium umbonato basi in calcar Taasiuagul um e ola 
filamento medio antice affixo, ovario 4-loculare m lo glabro 
e stamina dena € n) alba 
concavis, 
Habitat.—Solomon Islands ; Ysabal, R. B. Comins, 290. 
Folia cum petiolo Lorie ad poll. longa et 2} poll. lata. Pedicelli 
3—6 lin. longi. vt a 5-6 lin. longa. Bace a parva (matura non visa) 
circiter 2 lin. uM 
The stamens a this species differ materially from ind typical stamen 
of the genus, and also from the deviations therefrom that have come 
under observation. In the present species the connective is thickened 
below the middle of the € and produced below their base in a 
rather thick, pointed spur, curved backwards and u upwards, with the 
— attached to its middle on the anterior side. The fruit, judging 
fro somewhat imperfect material, it is true, appears to be of an unusual - 
paj- boi ie Cm ake T5 with concave sides. Medinilla 
adicans, Blum umphia, i. 5. t. 3), agrees in having the connec- 
tive distinctly nicer below tg anther-cells, but there the similarity 
ends. 
RUBIACEX. 
: . Timonius Forsteri, DC.—This curious tree is confined to Polynesia, 
whiro it inhabits the smaller islands. The localities known are; Torres 
Hervey or Cook Group; Tahiti aad Borabora, in the Society Group ; 
and. Bow- Island, in the Low Archipelago. It. varies very much in 
