3 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
1-14 inch long. Blade 84 inches long, 13-2 inches broad, with from 5-6 veins on each side of the midrib. 
Flowers white. Most of my specimens are in bud only, — 
In F. amicorum the peees are more or less clad with hair, but they never retain 1t on the under side, 
as is the case in /”. Harveyi, nor are they ever as giabrous and almost pruinose as those of V, Vitiensts ; 
the calyx is villose, and the petals obtuse. I have no doubt that when we get more complete muterials, 
these three species will be found to be quite sound. 
II. Melia, Linn. Gen. u. 576; Benth. et Hook, f Gen, p. 332. Calyx 5—6-partitus, im- 
bricatus. Petala 5-6, libera, lineari-spathulata, patentia, contorta. Tubus stamineus subcylin- 
dricus, ore dilatato 10—12-fido, lobis 9-3-fidis; anther 10-12, imcluse, erecte, vix apiculatee, 
Discus annularis. Ovarium subglobosum, 3-6-loculare; stylus gracilis, stigmate capitato 3-6-lobo, 
deciduo; ovula in loculis 2, superposita. Drupa subearnosa, putamine osseo 1—5-loculari, loculis 
l-spermis. Semina pendula, testa crustacea, albumine carnoso parco y. 0; cotyledones foliacee ; 
radicula teres. —Arbores, ramulis cicatricosis; folis alternis, pinnatis v. 2-3-pinnatis, novellis et 
inflorescentia seepe stellato-tomentosis, foliolis petiolulatis dentatis v. serratis; paniculis axillaribus 
amplis ramosissimis, o0-floris; floribus mediocribus, albis y, purpureis.—Azadirachia, A. Juss, 
Mel. 68. 
1. M. (?) elegans, (sp. noy.) Seem.; arborea; ramulis angulatis verrucosis; foliis alternis 2- 
pinnatis villosis demum (petiolis petiolulis yenisque foliolorum exceptis) glabratis, foliolis petiolulatis 
ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis duplicato-serratis coriaceis, supra luciclis viridibus, subtus opacis palli- 
dioribus; czt.ign.—Macuata coast of Vanua Levu (Seemann! n, 64). 
A tree 24 feet high, having somewhat the habit of M. Azedarach, and not referable to any other genus 
with which I am acquainted.. 1t is a much more elegant and robust species than that just mentioned, 
Leaves, when young, villous, afterwards more or less glabrous, from 1-13 foot long, the pinne with 10-12 
leaflets ; leaflets 12 inch long, 4-5 lines broad. The general petiole and rachis with 3 deep furrows, one 
above, and two below. When collecting my specimens, the tree was just beginning to make new leaf, and 
had no flowers. : 
Ill. Dysoxylum, Blum. Bijdr. 172; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 332. Flores hermaphroditt. 
Calyx brevis, 4—5-fidus -dentatus v. -partitus, imbricatus. Petala 4-5, lincari-oblonga, patentia, 
basi interdum cum tubo stamineo agglutinata, valvata. Tubus stamineus cylindricus, ore 8-10-den- 
tato; anther 8-10, incluse. Discus tubulosus, ore crenulato v. integerrimo glabro vy, ciliato, ova- 
rium spissime vaginans et superans. Ovarium ovoideum y. oblongum, 3-5-loculare ; stylus gracilis, 
stigmate eapitato discoideo; oyula in loculis 2, superposita v. collateralia, rarius solitaria. Capsula 
erasse coriacea, globosa v. pyriformis, 1-5-locularis, loculicide 2—5-valvis, valvis medio septiferis 
loculis 1-2-spermis. Semina arillata v. exarillata, oblonga, hilo lato ventrali, testa castanea coriacea ; 
cotyledonies maxime, superposite y. collaterales, plumula centrali v. laterali—Arbores glabre, seepe 
foetidee, odore nune alliaceo; foliis amplis, abrupte v. imparipinnatis, foliolis petiolulatis basi obli- 
quis; paniculis axillaribus, laxis; floribus mediocribus, bracteatis v. cbracteatis, alabastris seepe 
clongatis—Hartighsea, A. Juss. Mem. Mel. 75, t. 4. Didymochiton, Blum. Bijdy, 177. 
1. D. (Hartighsea) alliaceum, Seem.; glabratum; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis 7-19 petio- 
latis seepe alternis oblongis y. lanceolato-oblongis subacuminatis basi rotundato-inequilateris ; pani- 
culis compositis thyrsoideis racemifloris; floribus seepe 4-meris; columna staminea et disco glabro 
tubulari minutissime crenulatis; ovario 8—4-loculari, yilloso.—Didymochiton Richii, A, Gray, Bot. 
Wilkes, p. 240, t. 20, Trichilia alliacea, Worst. Prodr, n, 189, et Icon, ined. t. 133. Hurlighsea 
Forsteri, A. Juss. Mem. Mel. 265.— Bua Bay, (Vanua Levu), Tayiuni and Nukulau (U. 8. Expl. 
Kxped.). Previously collected in the Tongan Islands (Forster ! Barelay !). 
Judging from the materials existing af the British Museum, Forster’s Tyichilia alliacea does not differ 
from A. Gray’s Didymochiton Richi. 

