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rotundatis vel interdum subcuneatis paucicrenatis vel obscure lobulatis, 
venis dus od lateralibus utrinque 7-10 subtus sat conspicuis, floribus 
us d racemosis, racemis axillaribus rigidis" paueifloris 
quam am folia brevioribus, pedicellis "brevibus basi bracteà minuta squami- 
magnis exsertis, drupa abortu unisperma. obovatc- 
oblonga basi calyce parvo irregulariter 5-lobato suffulta apice stylopodio 
lato crasso coronata, endocarpio tenui, mesocarpio crasso dense spongioso 
sueco viscoso impleto, epiearpio tenui coriaceo, semine mature non 
viso. 
Habitat.—San Cristoval, Solomon Islands, Comins, 75. 
Folia maxima cum. petiolo 9 poll. longe, petiolo 2 poll ru folia 
minora 3—4 poll. longa. . Racemi 14-3} poll. longi. Pedicelli 1-2 lin. 
Bio Flores d 2-3 lineas diametro. ae 1 poll. longa.et $ lin 
Mr. ‘Comins’ s note on this tree follows :-— 
* Large tree in bush ; leaves alternate ; flowers smali, yellow. Fruit 
size of an almond, the skin covering a soft white substance like india 
is the. stro doaa cement known to the 
mending shell armlets, &c. Further, 
that ‘superior, to diamond and other prepared 
cements, ‘and is leek ‘when they fail to hold... 
With regard to the genus there is -— doubt, ‘bat it has been 
described, so far as the material will permit, on account! of. its economic 
value, and prem Mr. Comins has taken the trouble to collect such 
specimens as he could on two occasions, 
LILIACEÆ. 
 Smilax utilis, Wright ; fr Tem caule scandente tereti vel leviter 
striato, - obl apice acuminatis basi acutis trinerviis nitidis 
s, floribus cá umbelntik masculis perianthii segmentis 
ligulatis telerik marginibus hyalinis, staminibus 6 m brevibus 
albis, femineis non visis, bacca globosa trisperma, seminibus plano- 
convexis levibus. 
Habitat—San Cristoval and Malaita, Solomon Islands. ` Comins, 
97 and 297. 
Folia 21-33 poll. longa, 11 poll. lata ; petiolus 6 lin, longus. Pedun- 
-— 1 poll. Bat oedicelli 5 lin. longi. Perianthii segmenta 2 lin. 
this is most nearly tiio Smilax indica, Vitm., from. which it 
differs in, nangg dich narrower, i Sie leaves. The stems are e 
to tie fences 
ORCHIDEJE. 
Bulbophyllum Cominsii, Rolfe ; rhizomate repente valido, pseudobulbis 
ovatis src dvd foliis oblongis obtusis basi ws besi eerte: is 
scapis. -wnifloris, bracteis ippo aneen 3 feci tit, Re tubulosis, 
sul abut sin, e us, connatis 
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