754 Hems ley. — On the Genus Corynocarpus, Forst 
Folia distincte petiolata, crasse coriacea, oblongo-lanceolata vel 
elliptica, usque ad 15-20 centim. longa, maxima 8 centim. lata 
(4, plus minusve imperfecta, visa) apice subacute acuminata. Panicula 
(unica tantum visa) per anthesin folia aequans, laxa, ramulis patenti- 
bus. Flores circiter 10 millim. diametro, distincte pedicellati, pedi- 
cellis bractea bracteolisque duabus basi suffultis. Sepala fere 
orbicularia, quam petala paullo breviora. Petala obovato-spathulata, 
margine obscure irregulariterque denticulata. Staminodia ligulata, 
petala fere aequantia, apice saepissime acute 5-7-dentata. Fructus 
edulis (fide Cominsii). 
Northern New Hebrides : Torres Island, Banks’s Group, Arch- 
deacon Comins, 343, herb. Kew. 
The fruits belonging to this and some other specimens were by 
some means misplaced, and none have been found that could possibly 
belong to Cory nocar pus. 
Corynocarpus dissimilis, Hemsl., species nova, a C. laevigata 
et C. simili foliis minoribus multo tenuioribus graciliter petiolatis et 
floribus minoribus recedit. 
Arbor, vel frutex, minus robusta quam species supra citatae. Folia 
vix coriacea, elliptica vel oblongo-lanceolata, cum petiolo 6-12 centim. 
longa et 5-6^ centim. lata (specimen unicum visum ramulorum 
duorum cum foliis paucis et inflorescentiis duabus sistens), apice 
obtusissima, basi subrotundata, venis inconspicuis. Paniculae quam 
folia breviores. Flores 4-5 millim. diametro, distincte pedicellati, 
pedicellis basi bractea et bracteolis duabus minutis suffultis. Sepala 
elliptico-rotundata. Petala obovato-rotundata, margine irregulariter 
eroso-denticulata. Staminodia sursum dilatata, apice saepius acute 
tridentata, dente intermedio longiore. Fructus ignotus. 
New Caledonia : Valine de la Tihouaca, pres Wugap, Vieillard, 
2244, in herb. Kew. 
Since the foregoing description was written, I have found a reference 
to a New Caledonian species in Baillon’s Histoire des Plantes, v 
(1874), p. 327 : * Species forte duae, quarum altera Austro-Caledonica, 
altera autem C. laevigata , Forst/ In all probability it is the same as 
that described above, but there is no description and no indication of 
how it differs from the original species. 
