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corollae 2.2-3 mm. longo, et seminibus 22 mm. 
longis, caudis usque ad 10 mm. longis recedit. 
Petioles 2 cm. long; leaf blades lanceolate, 
6-16 cm. long, 4—7 cm. broad, bluntly short- 
acuminate to greatly narrowed and sharp- 
pointed at apex, tapering at base, glabrous or 
faintly barbate on midrib beneath, the lateral 
nerves about 11 or 10 pairs, 1-2 cm. apart. 
Inflorescence profusely flowered; corolla tube 
2.2-3 mm. long; corolla lobes about 6 mm. 
long; style about 0.8 mm. long. Seeds 22 mm. 
long, tails up to 10 mm. long. 
Type. — S. F. Kajewski 292, Eromanga Island, 
Dillon Bay, altitude 300 m., rain forest and red 
soil bracken country; May 23, 1928. Small tree 
8 m. tall; fl. white; fr. 25 cm. long. "Nev-yev- 
vi-are.” (New York Bot. Gd.) 
Distribution. — New Hebrides, sometimes 
common; reported from rain forest, poor vol- 
canic soil, red soil, and bracken country; altitude 
50-300 m. 
New Hebrides. — Eromanga: Aubert de La 
Rue (2nd voyage, 1935-6; fl.; A); Kajewski 
292 (type coll.; fl. and fr.; A, K, NY). An- 
eityum Island: Anelgauhat Bay: Kajewski 740 
(fl.; A, K, NY, US). Santa Cruz: Vanikoro: 
Kajewski 652 (fl. and fr.; A, Mo). 
This is a weak and transitional variety. In 
general appearance it is markedly like the Solo- 
mon Island race of A. vitiensis, which, in turn, 
is similar to the glabrous-leaved series from 
Fiji. 
Kajewski 292 and 740 are cited as (( Alstonia 
villosa Seem. form, calvescens Markgraf” in 
Jour. Arn. Arb. 13: 19. 1932. The forma pro- 
posed by Markgraf is of A. villosa Blume, non 
Seem. 
31. Alstonia Reineckeana Lauterb., in Engl. 
Jahrb. 41: 233. 1908. 
PA. Setchelliana Christoph., in Bui. Bernice P. 
Bishop Mus., Honolulu, 128: 178, fig. 27. 
1935. 
Branchlets not stout; petioles 1.5-3 cm. long; 
leaf blades 7-20 (-25) cm. long, 3-9 (-12) cm. 
broad, short-acuminate or acute to rounded at 
apex, glabrous or rarely villose beneath, the 
lateral nerves mostly 1 0— 1 3 ( — 1 7 ) pairs, about 
1 cm. apart. Inflorescence few- to many-flow- 
ered; calyx mostly 1. 4-2.5 mm. in diameter be- 
low lobes; corolla tube 5-6 mm. long; corolla 
lobes narrowly lanceolate, 9-14 mm. long, pilose 
toward the base within. Seeds 12-18 mm. long, 
the tails long and slender, 4—8 mm. long. 
Type. — "Vaupel 353. Savaii: am Maugamu.” 
Samoa. 
Illustrations. — Carnegie Inst. Washing- 
ton, Publ. No. 341 (1924) t. 12, A (photo of 
leafy br., infl., leafy br., fr.). Type of A. Set- 
chelliana (leafy br., infl., fr., seed). 
Distribution. — Frequent in Fiji and Samoa; 
reported from sea level to 1300 m. altitude; 
rain forest, scrub, or dense forest. 
Fiji. — Horne 281 (GH). Viti Levu: Gilles- 
pie 2285 (det.? UC), 3506 (det.? US); Green- 
wood 1019 (det.?). Vanua Levu: A. C. Smith 
1603, 1683, 1795. Koro: A. C. Smith 1026. 
Moala: Bryan Jr. 343 (A). Taviuni: Gillespie 
4836. 
Samoa. — Powell 350 (K); Vaupel 382; 
Wilkes. Savaii: Christophersen 646, 3071 
(US), 3540; Christophersen and Hume 1903; 
Vaupel 353 (type coll.; fl.; K, NY, US). Tutu- 
ila: Christophersen 1139 (cf. A. Setchelliana ) , 
1257 (cf. A. Setchelliana; US), 1265 (type coll. 
A. Setchelliana; Bish); Collarino 381 and 387 
(UC); Wilkes (US). 
Vernacular names. — Ma’u’u Toga vao, 
Ndranga nggurunggura, 0 le juai La’au Timei, 
Wa boli. 
Type of A. Setchelliana. — "Tutuila: forest, 
Alava Ridge, alt. 400 m. Nov. 7, 1929, Chris- 
tophersen 1139; forest, ridge west of Pago Pago, 
alt. 300 m., Nov. 14, 1929, Christophersen 
1257; forest ridge west of Pago Pago alt. 
300 m., young fl., fr., Nov. 14, 1929, Chris- 
tophersen 1265, type in B. P. Bishop Museum.” 
A. Reineckeana is a transitional species be- 
tween A. vitiensis and A. montana, somewhat 
nearer to the former, which A. Setchelliana also 
more closely approaches. A. Setchelliana is pos- 
sibly a distinct entity. A. Reineckeana may 
eventually prove to be a synonym of A. Godef- 
froyi (see under Doubtful Species). 
