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mk and the specimens from Palmerston Island have thick na 
branches, due probably to the presence of guano. Two very 
diflerent looking Fijian trees are referred to the same genus, 
Habitat.—Torres Islands, Comins, 311. 
EBENACES. 
e — Hemsl.; arbor ad 40 ped. alta — preter 
pe» s pubescentes glabra, ramulis floriferi kasi erste 
zevibus viridibus, internodiis quam folia brevioribus, foliis alternis 
Le coriaceis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis vel interdum rotundatis 
basi subcuneatis supra "— subtus pallidioribus venis primariis 
) i 
mi 
monoicis 9 solitariis (an igit r) d vel hermaphroditis ternis, pedunculis 
pedicellisque brevibus, calycis fructiferi lobis + lignosis rotundatis 
xis mks ia reflexis, tubo annulo interno elevato instructo, 
corolla crassa coriacea sericeo-pubescente anguste urceolata, lobis 
tubo brovioribus demum recurvis obtusissimis, More circiter 
16 plus minus Tasciculatis inequalibus glabris, ovario hirsuto 8-loculari, 
loculis uniovulatis, fructu depresso-globoso, seminibus onis giae 
oblongi is adipisi plano-convexis albumine equabili densissime corne 
^ Habitat.—'Torres Islands, Comins, 312. 
Folia 2-5 poll. longa; petiolus 2-3 lin. longus. Pedunculi 2—4 lin. 
longi, pedicellis brevioribus.  Ca/yx fructifer circiter 1 poll. diametro. 
Corolla 5-6 lin. longa. Fructus circiter 15 lin. diametro. Semina 
nga. 
Mr. Comins states mm this tree has an acrid juice which blisters the 
body when applied to 
APOCYNACER. 
Tabernemontana anguinea, E arbor ad 20 ped. alta ( Comins) 
undique — glaberima, ramulis floriferis crassiusculis, foliis longe 
pono ses oblongo- lanceolatis DER acuminatis basi cuneatis, venis 
primari lateralibus utrinque 6-8 arcuatis excurrentibus, cymi 
i ifloris axillaribus vel pseudo-terminalibus, floribus albis 
medi evi dicellatis, calyce parvo breviter 5-dentato, 
obliquis sinistrorsum obtegentibus dextrorsum tortis undulato-crispatis, 
folliculis rieri N (Comins) elongatis cylindrico-clavatis 
supra medium seminiferis bis dextrorsum tortis, seminibus oblongis 
compressis rugosis.—-Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2397. 
Habitat —Solomon Islands: San Cristoval, R. B. Comins, 83. 
Arbor 20-pedalis. Folia ramorum floriferorum cum petiolo 5-7 
poll. longa et usque ad 2 poll. lata, petiolo 1-14 poll. lo 
C; 3 ngz, pedicellis circiter 3 lin. longis. Flores 
10-12 n Io et lati. olliculi 6-8 poll. longi, et noe medium 
Siccitate 6 lin. diametro. Semina circiter semipollicar 
E . Much eniin twisted follicles are characteristic «c this species; 
E and iom what Mr. Comins says about them, this is their normal form. 
