10 FLORA VITIENSIS, 
petalis adhzerentia, Ovarium liberum, co-ovulatum; stylus apice 3-fidus v. 3-sulcus. Capsule glo- 
bosa v. ovoidea, chartacea, 3-valvis, Semina subglobosa y. a latere compressa, subreniformia, testa 
nitida, funiculo in strophiolum expanso ; embryo periphericus.—Herbee interdum suffrutescentes, car- 
nose, glaberrimz; foliis alternis y. oppositis, planis, stipulis nullis ; floribus in cymas PARAS v. 
paniculas terminales dispositis, rarius solitariis, axillaribus y, lateralibus; petalis ephemeris. 
1. 'T. patens, Willd. Spec. vol. ii. p. 863. excl. var.; DC, Prodr. vol. 111. p. 357 ; caule suffruti- 
eoso erecto; foliis planis ovalibus mucronatis, infimis obovatis ; panicula terminali, pedunculis alternis 
dichotomis ebracteatis—Portulaca paniculata, Jacq. Amer. 148. P. patens, Jacq. Hort, Vindob. 
vol. ii. t. 151. Rulingia patens, Ehr. Beitr, yol, iii, p. 185. Talinum paniculatum, Geertn. Fruct. 
vol, ii. p. 219. t, 128, non Moench.—Common on the seashore rocks of Levuka, Ovalau (Seemann ! 
n. 15), Also gathered in the Society Islands (Barclay! and other collectors). Diffused over the 
West Indies, Brazil, British Guiana, Central America, and Mexico. Not being found in the older 
collections, it is probably a recent introduction into the South Sea Islands. 
Orvo X. ELATINE. 
I. Blatine, Linn. Gen, n. 502; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 162, Flores 3—4-meri, rarius 2- 
meri, nec (tmquam?) 5-meri, Sepala membranacea, obtusa, ecostata. Ovarium globosum. Capsula 
membranacea, septis post dehiscentiam axi adnatis v. evanidis.—Herbe parvee, aquatics v. repentes, 
glaberrime ; foliis oppositis v. verticillatis; floribus in axillis szepe solitariis, minimis, . 
1. E, ambigua, Wight’in Hook. Bot. Misc. vol. ii. p. 103. t. 5; foliis oppositis ovato-sub- 
spathulatis ; floribus alternis oppositisque pedicellatis; sepalis petalis staminibusque 3.—In swamps, 
Somosomo, Island of Tavinni (Seemann! n. 183). 
At once distinguished from H, Americana, Arn. (which has been found in New Zealand, and to which 
I referred it in my preliminary list) by its long pedicellate flowers. 
Orvo XI. GUTTIFERA. 
I. Garcinia, Linn. Gen. n, 594; Benth. et Hook, f. Gen. p.174, Flores polygami. Sepala 
4, decussata. Petala 4, imbricata (v. rarius valvata?). Fl. ¢: Stamina oo, libera v. in massam inte- 
gram y. 4-lobam coalita y. circa styli rudimentum 4-adelpha; anther sessiles v. filamento fulte et 
erectz, 2-loculares, rimis porisve dehiscentes, rarius 4-loculares vy. peltate et rima circulari dehis- 
centes. Fl. g vy, 9: Staminodia 8-0, libera v. varie coalita. Ovarium 2-12-loculare; stigma late 
peltatum, integrum y. radiato-lobatum, leve vy. supra tuberculatum vy. torulosum; ovula in loculis 
solitaria, erecta v. lateraliter affixa, acca corticata, Semina pulpa arilliformi involuta.—Arbores, 
succo sepius luteo; foliis coriaceis y. rarius submembranaceis ; floribus nune terminalibus, solitariis 
é-nis v. rarius paniculatis, nunc axillaribus, 3-nis vy. fasciculatis.—Discostigma, Hassk. Cat. Hort. 
Bog. 212. 
1, G, Vitiensis, Seem, ; foliis oblongis y. oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis coriaceis 
subaveniis; floribus ¢ in axillis solitariis geminisve ; pedicellis 2-bracteolatis; ovario 2-loculari, 
stigmate discoideo coronato.—Discostigma Vitiense, A, Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 216. t, 16, fig, A.— 
Ovalau, about 1500 feet above the sea (U. S? Expl. Exped.) 
2. G. sessilis, Seem. Miss. to Viti, App. p. 433; foliis petiolatis obovatis v. ellipticis acuminatis 
¥. acutis integerrimis crebre venosis submembranaceis; floribus axillaribus solitariis Y. paniculatis ; 
sepalis petalisque 4 subrotundatis obtusissimis imbricatis ; staminibus oo 4-adelphis; ovario 5-locu- 
