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genera will be found sufficiently distinct, the one haying 8 stamens and a fleshy fruit, the other 4 stamens 
and a 4-eelled capsule. ; 
1. A. (@) ovalifoliam, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 597; fere glaberrimum ; foliis late ovalibus 
seu ovato-rotundatis breviter acuminatis petiolatis sabmembranaceis 3—5-plinerviis ; eymis pulveru- 
lento-puberulis folio brevioribus; calycis dentibus breyissimis callosis, denticulis externis nullis ; 
petalis ovatis acutis; antheris 8 homomorphis.— Aplectrum (2) ovalifolium, Naud, in Sched.— Bua 
or Sandalwood Bay, Vanu Levu (U.S. Expl, Exped,). 
Until the fruit of this shrub is known the genus must remain doubtful, especially as the 8 stamens 
are probably all homomorphous and perfect. 
V. Medinilla, Gand. Voy. Freye. p, 484, t. 106; Naud. Melast. p. 304. Flores 4—5, rarius 
6-meri, nudi. Calycis tubus ovoideus aut turbinatus, carnosus; limbus integer v. in lobos obsoletos 
divisus, rarissime irregulariter lacerus, denticulis externis vy. punctis denticulorum vestigia exhiben- 
tibus, seepissime ornatus. Petala ovata obovatave, acuta, interdumque acuminata, Stamina 8 v, 10, 
varius 12, dolichanthera, subiequalia v. manifeste inaequalia, non tamen omnino disparia; antheris 
basi affixis, seepius incurvis, lineari-subulatis, antice basi 2-lobis v. 2-calcaratis, postice 1-2-lobis y. 
l-calcaratis. Ovarium toto ambitu aut septis antheras in prefloratione inflexas separantibus tubo 
calycino usque ad apicem aut saltem maxima parte adherens, 4—-5- rarius 6-loculare ; placentis lamel- 
lifurmibus, margine libero incrassato carnosulis aut ex utroque latere im membranam ovuligeram 
expansis, o0-ovulatis. Stylus filiformis, stigmate punctiformi. Bacea calycis limbo coronata, 4-5— 
6-locularis. Semina irregulariter ovoidea v. ovoideo-dimidiata, raphe laterali nigra hime notata,— 
Frutices erecti aut radicantes et epiphytici, glaberrimi, rarius furfure stellato detergimh obducti ; 
ramis teretibus y. angulosis; foliis yerticillatis v. oppositis, rarissime abortu solitariis et alternis, 
ut plurimum ovato-ellipticis acutis integerrimis carnosis succulentisque, nervis primariis solito more 
convergentibus, nonnunquam autem divergentibus, seepe purpurascentibus; floribus paniculatis aut 
ad axillas foliorum nodosve ramorum fasciculato-cymosis, ut plurimum roseis, interdum albis; caly- 
cibus pedunculisque seepissime rubicundis, nonnunquam subdiaphanis, 
1. M, heterophylla, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 598. t. 75; alte scandens; ramis teretibus ad 
nodos sepius radiciferis; foliis cujusque jugi valde disparibus 5-plinerviis, majore ovato seu ovato- 
oblongo subcordato subacumimato, petiolo ejus folium alternum cordato-rotandum adquante v, 
superante; racemis paniculatis elongatis; bracteis verticillatis bracteolisque obovatis magnis peta- 
loideis (albis) ; floribus 4-meris; calycis limbo fere integerrimo; antheris basi breviter 3-calcaratis. 
—Ovalau (U.S, Expl. Exped.), Viti Levu, about Navua (Seemann! n. 176). Also collected more 
recently by Storck, probably on the Rewa river. 
Bracts and calyx white, corolla pink, berry biack, 
2. M. rhodochlena, A, Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 600; subscandens; ramulis teretibus hine inde 
radicantibus junioribus racemis calycibusque ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis cujusque jugi inequa- 
libus homomorphis ovato-oblongis acuminatis 5-plineryiis basi sepe obliquis acutis v. obtusis petio- 
latis puberulis; racemis axillaribus; bracteis bracteolisque dilatatis rubris; floribus 4.meris; calycis 
limbo integerrimo, Nomen vernac. Vitiense, teste Storck,  Cavacava resiga.”’—Mountains of Ovalau 
(U.S. Expl. Exped. ; Seemann! n, 177; Storck! n. 891), Viti Levu, between the head waters of 
the Nayna river and Namosi (Seemann! n. 75) 
Bracts, peduncles, and calyx, red; corolla white, 
: 3. a ameena, (sp. nov.) Seem,; erecta; ramulis teretibus, junioribus foliisque puberulis 
ee abris ; foliis cujusque jugi inequalibus homomorphis ovatis v, ellipticis in petiolum atte- 
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nualis breyiter acuminatis 8—7-plinerviis, supra atro-viridibus, subtus pallidioribus; pedunculis axil- 
