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Bs the seaside all ever the group (Seemann! n. 38). Also collected in Society (Forster !) and 
amoan Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.), Uvea or Wallis Island (Sir E. Home! Greeffe! n, 36), Anei- 
tum (M‘Gillivray !), and Queensland (R. Brown!). 
Ill. Greeffea, Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1864, p. 71 (gen. nov. Tiliacearum). Bracteole 3, integre. 
Sepala 5, valvata. Petala 5, imbricata, basi nuda. Stamina oo, libera, toro conico pluriseriatim 
inserta; anthera oblong, 2-loculares, versatiles, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium 2-loculare, 
loculis cc-ovulatis; stylus brevis, stigmate obscure 5-lobo. Fructus 2-locularis, nudus—Arbor 
glabra; foliis alternis petiolatis ovato-oblongis acuminatis serratis basi cordatis 8-5-neryiis; stipulis 
obovatis obtusis amplis connatis persistentibus; pedunculis axillaribus dichotomis, ramis 2-floris; 
pedicellis basi 2- apice 3-bracteolatis; floribus albidis. 
Phis new genus, which must rank near Trichospermum, I have great pleasure in dedicating to Dr. 
Grieffe, a Swiss naturalist, who, in visiting the Viti Islands, was the fortunate discoverer of it. 
1. G. calyculata, (sp. noy.) Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1864, p, 71 (Tab. VI.) —Viti Levu (Dr. 
Greffe! in Herb. Melbourn.). 
The single specimen has very young flowers and no ripe fruit. Petioles 1-13 inch long. Blade of 
leaf 5-8 inches long, and 3-5 inches broad. Stipules neariy an inch long, connate, and imparting a charaec- 
teristic look to the plant. Bracts surrounding the calyx oval, free, glabrous. Calyx, outside pubescent, 
inside glabrous. Sepals obovate-acute. Petals obovate-acute, incurved at the apex, glabrous. Stamens 
numerous, in several rows inserted on the torus, glabrous. Ovary covered with short stiff hairs, and rising 
from the centre of an almost conical torus. Ovary compressed, as in Trichospermum. Fruit unknown, 
but, judging from the very young ovary, not covered with spines. 
Expnanation oF Piare VI.—Tig, 1, entire flower, with the three bracts; 2, the same, without the 
bracts; 8, the same, opening; 4, the same, quite open; 5, petal; 6 and 7, stamens; 8, torus and ovary :— 
all magnified. 
IV. Trichospermum, Blum. Bijdr. 56; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 236. Bracteole 3. 
Sepala 5, crassa. Petala 5, basi nuda, Stamina ©, libera, disco crenato inserta; anthers oblonge, 
versatiles. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis co-ovulatis; stylus subnullus, stigmate sessili retuso. Cap- 
sula 2-loculavis, dissepimento contrarie compressa, dura, apice in alam brevem crasso-coriaceam 
expansa, loculicide semi-2-valvis, co-sperma. Semina lenticulari-globosa, testa crustacea, membrana 
externa ad margines seminis longe crinita; albumen carnosum; cotyledones orbiculate, plana.— 
Arbores; foliis integerrimis ; eymulis axillaribus; floribus parvis.—Diclidocarpus, A. Gray, Bot. 
Wilkes, p. 200, t. 14. 
1. T. Richii, Seem. in Bonplandia, vol. 1x. (1861) p. 254; arbor humilis { foliis ovalibus integer- 
rimis, basi rotundatis v. subcordatis, utrinque minute stellato-pubescentibus; stipulis oblangis acutis 
200. Nomen vernac. “ Maku.”’—Common 
aducis.—Diclidocarpus Richii, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. * a 
ee (Seemann! n. ‘i; Storck! n, 870; Sir E. Home! U. 8. Expl. Exped.). 
f, p. 239. Sepala 4-9, valyata v, rarius 
circa basin tori incrassati extus 
Stamina ©, rarius 
rimis brevibus 
V. Eleocarpus, Linn. Gen. n, 663; Benth. et Hook. 
subimbricata. Petala totidem, laciniata lobata vy. rarius integra, 
elandulosi inserta, induplicato-valvata, singula stamina exterlora involventia. 
* . y 5 . : . 7 rsa 
8-19 supra torum intra glandulas inserta ; autherse lineares, apice valva transve ( 
oe . 4 9_'f ] loculis 2—-c0-ovulatis ; stylus subulatus, 
loculorum confluentibus) dehiscentes. Ovarium 2-5-loculare, locuns ~ aa art 
i 85 i -loculari 
integer. Drupa l-pyrena, pyrena sepius ossea tuberculata 3-5-locnlari vy. abortu ari, 
cit ; : all rnosum ; coty- 
Semina pendula (v. rarius erecta ?), testa crustacea Vv. Ossea ; albumen ca ; coty 
«* * * . * . * , ; § rratis 
foliis alternis y. rarius oppositis, integerrimis Vv. SC : 
ibus, racemosis, interdum poly- 
1-spermis. 
ledones latee, planz v. undulate.—Arbores ; 
se nigro-puuctatis ; floribus axilla 
in paucis speciebus subtus spar ' 
upis oblongis v. globosis. 
. 7 . e ° is dr 
gamis; petalis glabris v. sericel = 
