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minata, basi cuneata, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 8-10 sat 
conspicuis, venis secundariis immersis obsoletis. Flores lutei, ses- 
siles, densissime fasiculati, fasciculis circiter 6-floris axillaribus 
sessilibus, bracteis latis crassis imbricatis persistentibus suffultis ; 
calycis hirsuti lati lobi fere rotundati ; petala fere libera, 4-6 lineas 
longa, angusta, basi dilatata, longitudinaliter involuta ; antherse sessiles ; 
ovarium glabrum. 
San Christoval, Rev. R. B. Comins. 
Very distinct in the dense axillary sessile fascicles of sessile 
flowers. 
Anodendron oblongifolium, Hemsl. n. sp. 
Frutex supra arbores alte scandens, ramulis floriferis glabris gra- 
ciliusculis ut videtur subcompressis. Folia distincte petiolata, tenuia 
sed vix membranacea, glabra, oblonga, 5-7 poll, longa, abrupte 
obtuseque acuminata, basi rotundata, subtus pallidiora, venis pri- 
mariis lateralibus utrinque circiter ioeleganter arcuatim divergentibus 
sed vix inter se anastomosantibus. Flores pallide lutei (ex Comins) 
breves, vix semipoll, diametro, cymoso-paniculati, paniculis pedun- 
culatis angustis densiusculis quam folia brevioribus, pedicellis brevis- 
simis ; calycis segmenta vix ultra lineam longa, erecta, ovato- 
oblonga, obtusa, versus margines tenuissima albida, ciliolata ; corollae 
hypocraterimorphi tubus calycem non excedens, lobis longioribus 
oblique oblongis obtusis sestivatio dextrorsim obtegentibus sinistror- 
sim tortis ; stamina inclusa, antheris subsessilibus brevissime caudatis : 
folliculi virides (ex Guppy), divaricati, clavati, semipedales, obtusi, 
glabri, nudi, demum subcrustacei ; semina ovalia, compressa, fere 
plana, rostrata, longe comosa, cum coma ultra tripollicaria, coma 
ampla fulva sericea. 
Faro Island, Dr. Guppy, in fruit ; San Christoval, Rev. R. B. 
Comins in flower and fruit. 
Furnishes an excellent fibre, used by the natives for making fishing 
lines, nets, etc., in both localities from which we have specimens. 
Hoya (§ Euhoya) Cominsii, Hemsl. n. sp. 
Species ex affinitate H. parasiticoe et II samoensis , sed petalis, 
saltern in siccis, multo tenuioribus patentibus, etc. 
Folia carnosa, glabra, late ovata, cum petiolo crasso usque 5 poll, 
longa, obtusa vel subacuta, palmatim 5-7 nervia. Pedunculi crassi, 
diu perennantes, demum usque ad bipollicares (forsan interdum 
