504 Hems ley. 
vated, and the fibre it yields is made into a kind of cloth. 
There is a specimen of it from Burn in the Kew Herbarium, 
but with this exception I have seen neither specimens nor 
record of specimens between South China and the Solomon 
Islands. 
Taken as a whole, at least as represented by the small 
collections, the flora of the Solomon Islands is decidedly 
Fijian in character. 
The following are some of the more interesting plants of 
which the material is sufficient for description. 
Canarium sapidum, Hemsl. n. sp. 
Arbor 80-100 pedalis, novellis omnino glabris, ramulis floriferis 
crassis. Folia imparipinnata, nunc parva, 5-foliolata (ramulorum flori- 
ferorum), nunc ampla, multifoliolata (ramulorum sterilium), distincte 
petiolata, petiolo tereti leviter sulcato vel striato ; foliola longe petio- 
lulata, petiolulis tenuiter striatis apice incrassatis, vix coriacea, oblonga 
vel oblongo-lanceolata, rarius ovata, 4-15 poll, longa, abrupte acuminata, 
interdum caudato-acuminata, basi plus minusve obliqua, undique gla. 
berrima, venis primariis lateralibus numerosis conspicuis prope margi- 
nem inter se anastomosantibus et cum venis secundariis subparallelis 
conjunctis, venulis ultimis sat conspicue reticulatis. Flores trimeri, 
coriacei, circiter 3 lineas longi, racemosi, pedicellis flores sequantibus, 
racemis axillaribus vel extra- axillaribus glabris vix bipollicaribus. Calyx 
puberulus, crassus, cupularis, glaber, lobis brevibus deltoideis obtusis ; 
petala 3, crassa, oblongo-ovata, obtusa, basi lata, apice truncata, extus 
supra medium dense tomentosa ; stamina 6, libera, summo disci 
inserta ; ovarium glabrum, 3-loculare, stigmata trilobulato-capitato 
fere sessili : fructus oblongo-ovoideus circiter bipollicaris, glaber, 
nitidus, exocarpio carnoso, endocarpio lignoso durissimo. 
Treasury Island and Oima-atoll, Dr. Guppy ; San Christoval, Rev. 
R. B. Comins. 
Fruit much eaten by pigeons, and the seed eaten and much prized 
by the natives. 
Linoeiera sessiliflora, Hemsl. n. sp. 
Arbor grandis, ramulis floriferis glabris fulvis, internodiis quam 
folia multo brevioribus. Folia brevissime petiolata, subcoriacca, urn 
dique glabra, ovato-oblonga, circiter semipedalia, obtuse caudato-acu- 
