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small-leaved form of this species. But both mine and Iarvey’s materials are too imperfect to venture upon 
their identification, 
Ill. Astronidium, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 581. t. 72. £7. Flores 4-meri. Calycis tubus 
hemispheericus, nudus; limbus clausus, quasi in calyptram obtusam conflatus et sub anthesi irregula- 
riter lacerus. Petala 4. Stamina 8, wqualia; filamenta complanata, subulata, brevia; anthers 
oblongo-lineares, antice rima duplici longitudinali dehiscentes; connectivo dorsali carnoso angusto 
basi calcarato. Stylus filiformis; stigma minutum simplicissimum y. capitellatum, Ovarium 
omnino adnatum, 3-4-loculare; placentz e fundo loculorum ort, superné dilatate, compresse. 
Capsula globosa. Semina co.—Arbusculz glabre v, hispid, micranthee, microcarpe, facie Astronie ; 
foliis petiolatis oblongis v. ellipticis integerrimis 3-5-nerviis; cymis terminalibus paniculatis ; 
floribus brevissime pedicellatis, albis. 
1, A. parviflorum, A, Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 582. t. 72. f. 7; ramulis foliisque junioribus gla- 
bris v, minute ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis oblongis v, ellipticis utrinque obtusis vy. acutis aut 
apice acuminatis; cymis decomposito-paniculato-corymbosis, ramis compresso-angulatis; stigmate 
simplicissimo; ovario 3-4-loculari; capsula gibbosa.—Ovyalau and Bau, along the banks of streams 
(U.S. Expl. Exped.), Voma Peak, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 178, in fruit only). 
2. A. Storckii, (sp. nov.) Seem.; ramis petiolis costis ct venis foliorum paniculis bracteisque 
rufo-hispidis; foliis ovato-oblongis longe acuminatis, supra costis exceptis glabris, subtus hispidis ; 
cymis paniculato-corymbosis, ramis obscure tetragonis ; stigmate capillato; ovario 4-loculari; capsula 
ignota.— Astronia Storckii, Seem. in Bonpl. vol, x. p. 296. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, teste Storck, 
“ Cavacava.”’—Port Kinnaird, Ovalau (Storck! n. 890). 
“A small spreading tree.’’—Storck. Branches, petioles, ribs, and veins of the leaves covered with 
rusty hispid, almost hispid-tomentose hair. Petioles 14 inch long. Blade of leaf 4-6 inches, 13-2 inches 
broad. Flower-buds obovate-obtuse, the calyx splitting irregularly when the flowers open. Bracts lan- 
ceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Petals 4, white. Stamens 8, in shape exactly agreeing with those of A. purvi- 
jlorum. Stigma capitellate. The flowers of Storck’s specimens are in bud, the petals just pushing through. 
IV, Anplectrum, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 597. Flos 4-merus. Calycis campanulati limbus 
integer aut 4-dentatus, denticulis externis punctiformibus aut subulatis. Petala ovato-acuminata aut 
lanceolata, Stamina 8, alternatim ineequalia aut heteromorpha, fertilia et effeeta; 4 cum petalis 
alternantium anther lineares aut ovoidew, 1-porose, polliniferze, conncctivo basi postica nonnihil 
tuberculato aut in membranulam lateraliter 2-lobam postice acutam expanso; 4 petalis oppositorum 
antherz szepius steriles, filiformes, connectivo postice In membranulam producto. Ovarium toto 
ambitu adherens, apice breviter marginatum aut 4-alatum, 4-loculare. Stylus subulatus, stigmate 
obtuso punctiformi. Fructus (ex auctoritate Blume) baccatus, sphericus, calyce vestitus, 4-locularis. 
Semina oo, minuta, irregulariter dimidiato-ovoidea aut pyramidata, raphem lateralem nigram mon- 
strantia,— Frutices sarmentosi, habitu Dissochetas plures referentes, glabri aut glabriusculi, 
micranthi; ramis gracilibus teretibus; foliis equalibus aut vix disparibus breviter petiolatis ovato- 
ellipticis acuminatis integris 3-nerviis; cymis paucifloris axillaribus; floribus pedicellatis albis.— 
Aplectrum, Blume (non Nutt.) Fl. 1831, p. 502; Endl. Gen. n, 6247; Naud. Melast. p. 322, cum 
icon. 
Bentham (Fl. Hongkong, p. 116) has amplified the generic character of Anplectrum so as to include a 
Chinese species with only 4 stamens, capsular fruit, ete. If this view should be adopted, the generic name, 
slightly altered by Asa Gray, would haye to undergo a third change, as I have shown (Journ. of Bot. 1863, 
, 281) that the Hongkong species is the type of Loureiro’s Blastus, a good genus, overlooked by De Can- 
dolle, Endlicher, Lindley, and even Naudin, and placed, oddly enough, by its founder in Gynandria Tetran- 
dyia, probably on account of the way in which the anthers are buried in the ovary. But I think the two 
