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Franc 2214 has leaves up to 16 cm. long and 
8.5 cm. broad, but has also on the same branch 
much smaller leaves (7 cm. long and 3 cm. 
broad ) . 
There is no precise demarcation between 
this species and the following two varieties. 
35a. Alstonia Lenormandi var. coriacea 
(Panch. ex S. Moore) Monachino, stat. 
nov. 
Alstonia coriacea Panch. ex Guillaumin, in 
Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, Ser. 2, 9: 195. 
1911. — nom. nud. 
Alstonia coriacea Panch. ex S. Moore, in Jour. 
Linn. Soc., Bot., 45: 362. 1921. 
Leaf blades coriaceous, lanceolate to elliptic, 
7-14 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. broad, obtuse to 
faintly acuminate at apex, reticulation of veins 
not showing. 
Type. — "Vieillard 2956,” New Caledonia. 
Guillaumin, in Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, cites 
"Nouvelle-Caledonie ( Vieillard 2943, 2956), 
Boulari ( Pancher 271)5 
Distribution. — New Caledonia; reported 
as common in scrubby woods, altitude 660 m. 
New Caledonia. — Compton 314 (Plaine des 
lacs; BM), 69 3 (Mt. Dote; BM); Franc (fr.; 
UC), 1690, 1809 (Prony; G), 1999 (Dumbea; 
approaches A. Legouixiae ; G), 2473 (A); 
Vieillard 914 (Unia; K), 2946 (Gatope; K). 
The binomial Alstonia coriacea was proposed 
in manuscript but not published by Pancher, 
and was subsequently validly published and 
ascribed to him by S. Moore who supplied the 
description. In Moore’s article (1921: 362) 
the citation of authority appears as "Panch. 
MS. ex Guillaum.” 
35b. Alstonia Lenormandi var. lanceolifera 
(S. Moore) Monachino, stat. nov. 
Alstonia lanceolifera S. Moore, in Jour. Linn. 
Soc., Bot, 45: 362. 1921. 
Corolla lobes broadly ovate, 2.2— 2.4 mm. 
long, 2.2-2.S mm. broad, obtuse at apex. Leaves 
in Franc 224 are similar to those of A. Lenor- 
mandi var. coriacea ; in type (ex descrip, and 
photo) : mostly opposite, rarely ternately ver- 
ticillate; petioles about 5-10 mm. long; leaf 
blades, pergameneous, oblong-lanceolate, 8.5- 
10.5 cm. long, 1.7-2. 5 cm. broad, the lateral 
nerves 20-24 pairs. 
Type. — "Mt. Koghi; margin of valley forest; 
1000 ft.; serpentine. 766” R. H. Compton, New 
Caledonia. 
New Caledonia. — Compton 766 (type; 
photo); Franc 224 (Dumbea; A, G, L, NY, 
UC, US). 
Moore notes, "This has much the foliage of 
A. lanceolata v. Heurck & Miill. Arg, but 
different flowers.” 
36. Alstonia Legouixiae van Heurck & Muell. 
Arg, in Flora 53: 171. 1870. 
Leaves very similar to those of A. Lenor- 
mandi var. coriacea but generally ternately ver- 
ticillate as well as opposite; petioles somewhat 
shorter, 0.5-1 cm. long; leaf blade 5-7 cm. 
long, 1-2 cm. broad, the lateral nerves obscure. 
Inflorescence with ascending branches stouter 
than those of A. Lenormandi, flowers numerous 
and in rather crowded cymes; calyx 1-1.6 mm. 
diam. below lobes; calyx lobes 0.9-1. 3 mm. long; 
anthers 0.8-1. 2 mm. long; corolla and seeds 
like those of A. Lenormandi ; follicles 3-10 cm. 
long. 
Type. — "ad laterd arida montium in Sinu 
Tupiti insulae Novae Caledoniae: Vieillard 
920 (in herb, van Heurck).” 
Distribution. — New Caledonia; reported 
as frequent, altitude 100-1,000 m. 
New Caledonia. — Compton 738 (Mt. Koghi; 
BM), 1324 (Bogota; BM), 2030 (Nekando; 
BM); Franc 63 (Prony; G), 522 bis (Mt. 
Dzumae; L), 2317 (Mt. Koghi; A); Pancher 
272 (K); Schlechter 15182 (Ngoye; G, L, 
IC); Vieillard 2942 (Kanala; BM, F). 
”Alyxia Legouixiae” in Guillaumin (1911^: 
196) is a typographical error for Alstonia 
Legouixiae. 
37. Alstonia saligna S. Moore, in Jour. Linn. 
Soc, Bot, 45: 364. 1921. 
Shrub or small tree, the branchlets slender; 
petioles short, 0.5-1 cm. long; leaf blades thinly 
