proposed Nezu Genera of Sapotaceae . 207 
longitudinaliter elevato et supra medium lamellato-spinoso, testae 
margine supra medium in lobos paucos recurves unguiformes pro- 
ducto; embryo ovatus, circiter 2 poll, longus et i| poll, latus, 
cotyledonibus crassis carnosis leviter umbonatis, apice breviter acumi- 
natis, basi leviter auriculatis, margine supra medium obscure lobulatis. 
Florida Island, Solomon group, Rev. R. B. Comins, 194. Native 
name gae-vonu or turtle-seed. 
(2) Chelonespermum minus, Hemsl. 
Semen compresso-ovoideum, vix 2 poll, longum et ij poll, latum, 
hilo elevato longitudinaliter distincte vel indistincte bilammelato cum 
lamellis transversis extus productis et versus apicem tuberculato, testae 
margine saturato-castaneo irregulariter lobato nec spinoso ; embryo 
ellipticus, 15-16 lineas longus, cotyledonibus crasso-carnosis (uno 
umbonato altero fovea magna excavato) apice rotundatis. 
San Cristoval Island, Solomon group, Rev. R. B. Comins. 
(3) Chelonespermum fijiense, Hemsl. 
Arbor 50-60 pedalis (fide Horne). Folia coriacea, ut videtur, 
omnino glabra, longe petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 
cum petiolo 15-16 poll, longa et 4 5 poll, lata, breviter obtuseque 
acuminata, sinuata, basi cuneata, venis transversis numerosis sat 
conspicuis, costa valida subtus elevata ; petiolus bipollicaris, infra 
medium incrassatus. Semen compresso-ellipsoideum, circiter 2J poll, 
longum et 1 poll, crassum, hilo versus apicem 1 -spinoso, csetere lsevi, 
testa castanea, prope marginem zona angusta pallidiore, ad marginem 
saturatiore, nitida, margine producto acuto supra medium obscure 
lobato ; embryo ovalis, compressus, 2 poll, longus, medio circiter 
\ poll, crassus, utrinque rotundatus, radicula minima. 
Fiji Island, near the sea, Mr. J, Horne, 1878. 
(4) Chelonespermum unguiculatum, Hemsl. 
Semen orbiculatum, 2 -|-2f poll, diametro, hilo supra medium tuber- 
culato-spinoso spino centrali valido circiter 9 lineas longo instructo, 
testa nitida saturato-castanea, prope marginem zona lata palli- 
diore, margine supra medium in lobos irregulares unguiformes 
producto. 
Presented to the Kew Museum by the Rev. G. Henslow in 1882, 
without any indication of locality. 
