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ASOLEPIADE. 
Tylophora sp.—Fruit is wanting to complete il — 
undescribed species, 
Habitat.—Torres Islands, Comins, 309. 
Dischidia Milnei, Hems/—Specimen in fruit.  Folliculi angusti, 
recti, bipollicares. 
Habitat.—San Cristoval, Solomon Islands, Comins, 165. 
GESNERACE. 
msl. ; frutex usque ad 6 ped. altus, Aiet 
lisqu rvis vel minutis cito deciduis, sepalis fere liberis insequalibus 
oblongo-lanceolatis apiculatis corolla tubum fere squantibus, corolla 
glabra leviter oblique hypucraterimorpha, tubo leviter curvato, limbo 
fere wqualiter 5-lobato lobis brevibus rotundatis, genitalibus inclusis, 
filamentis filiformibus —€— is antheris approximatis, ovario glabro, baeca 
carnosa succosa fere fusifor 
Habitat.—Santa Maria, Banks Islands, Comins, 288. 
Frutex emm e: (2 tantum visa) circiter 7 poll. ded et cap 
4 l r 2 poll. diametro. xm lii 
14-2 poll. hs. "pedicelli 2-3 lineas longi. Corolla 6-7 
limbo ci 4 lin. diametro. Bacca circiter 6 lin. longa. 
Mr. Comins dece the calyx as white, he corolla yellow, 
MONIMIACEAX. 
Hedycarya solomonensis, Hemsl. ; frutex usque ad 12 ped. „altus 
(Comins), undique glaber, cortice pallido, foliis breviter 
s . giv Tare 
circiter 5 distantibus longe intra marginem inter se arcuatim connexis, 
floribus non visis (axillaribus, Comins), carpellis nigris (Comins longe 
stipitatis globosis ovoideis, a ad erassis rubro-aurantiacis insignis 
(Comins), receptaculo irregulari pedunculato. 
Habitat.—San Cristoval, Solomon Islands, Comins, 257. 
ig o Folia 6-8 poll. longa = ESI poll. lata, petiolo 
3-4 rte dong Pedunculus ee imperfectus visus circiter pollicaris. 
Stipites 3-5 lin. ery Carpella 6-8 lin. diens 
Mr. Comins describes dus as a very conspicuous ahi striking shrub 
with black berries borne on orange-red s 
EUPHORBIACE X. 
Daphniphyllum ? conglutinosum, Hems/.; arbor magna (Comins) 
undiqué glabra, ramulis crassiusculis, foliis longe petiolatis subcoriaceis 
ovato-lanceolatis vel late ellipticis subito caudato-acuminatis acutis basi 
