D4 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
on festive occasions, or to call 7 Cee specs " SE enntig wa e . ean as ae 
i incidence, that the ancient Keyptian term jolcing ws ali,” as 
tae yale See drums are beaten fieh two short and thick pieces of wood, oe as Sie 
duced can be heard within a radius of several miles. From Forster's account, it appears sey _ Pa at 
also made drums of this wood (‘ Materies pro extruendis cymbis, tympanis, pais i Be ps : 7 
seed is edible, and the white colonists haye given it the name of * Fijian almonds ‘ tt Be 1 eae nie 
shape and whiteness, but not the flavour of the almond, that name must be received cwin os Boer aess @ 
natives are extremely fond of the Tayola as an ornamental tree, and frequently plant tints Ah aoa 
and around their public buildings. The horizontal tendeney of the branches, upon Waris they ape y 
applying weights, the clean look of the tree and its freedom from epiphytic plants, an a acne 8 on : 
ing in them, as well as the change of colour which the leaves undergo before falling off—brown, red, yellow, 
und scarlet,—seem to please them very much. 
2. T. litoralis, (sp. nov.) Seem.; arborea; ramis sparsis suberecto-patentibus, rammulis jumioribus 
petiolisque albido-tomentosis, demum glabris; foliis sparsis breviter petiolatis oboyatis obtusis v. 
emarginatis basi subcordatis, integerrimis, utrinque glaberrimis, subtus in axillis nervortin glandu- 
losis, nervis primariis utriusque lateris 7-8; racemis filiformibus, pedunculis pedicellisyue gla- 
berrimis; calyce 4—5-fido extus glabro intus albido-villoso; drupa compressa obovato-rotundata multo 
minore quam in 7, Catappa—T, Moluccana, auct., non Lam.? Catappa litorea, Rumph. Herb. 
Amb. p. 175.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “'Tiwi.”—Common on the sandy sea-beaches; never found 
inland (Seemann! n. 188), 
A tree often sixty feet high, branches crooked, and irregularly scattered around the stem. Wood 
used for building purposes; the seeds sometimes eaten by children, and inferior in quality to those of 
T. Catappa, 
Il. Lumnitzera, Willd, in Berl, Nat. Fr, vol. iv. p, 186; Endl. Gen, n, 6084. Calyx tubo 
oblongo compresso adnuato 2-bracteolate, linbi superi persistentis tubuloso-campanulati 5-lobi lobis 
obtusis, seepe inzequalibus. Petala 5, summo ealycis limbo inter ejusdem Lobos inserta, oblonga, patentia. 
Stamina 10, 3 v. 5 interdum abortiva; filamenta filiformi-subulata, anthers 2-loculares, longitudi- 
naliter dehiscentes. Ovarium inferum, 1-loculare. Ovyula 3-5, pendula, anatropa, Stylus subu- 
latus; stigma acutum. Drupa coriacea, calycis limbo coronata, ovato-oblonga, compressa, angulata, 
I-sperma, Semen inversum. Embryonis exalbuminosi orthotropi cotyledones foliaceze, circa radi- 
culam superam convolutee.—Frutices y. arbores, inter Rhizophoras littorales ; fohis alternis ewneato- 
oblongis retusis y. emarginatis integerrimis vy. obsolete crenatis glabris crassiusculis subaveniis, spicis 
brevibus plerumque simplicibus, axillaribus solitariis vy. terminalibus corymbosis, floribus albis v. 
coccineis, bractea parva stipatis—Phyrranthus, Jack in Malay. Mise. Petaloma, Roxb, Fl. Ind. vol, 
i, p. 372. 
1, L. coccinea, Wight et Arn. Prodr, p. 316; arborea vy. fruticosa, glabra; foliis obovatis v. 
oblongo-cuneatis obtusissimis erassis; floribus (coccineis) racemosis terminalibus, sepius subcorym- 
bosis ; calycis laciniis obtusis; stamiuibus petalis duplo longioribus.—Benth, Fl. Austr. vol. ii, p: 
503.—Nomen vernac, Vitiense, “Sagali."—Common in the Mangrove swamps of all the islands 
(Seemann ! n. 189). Also found on the east coast of Australia (Banks and Solander !) and in the 
Indian Archipelago. 
The wood is blackish, hard, and durable, and used for various purposes, 
| III. Gyrocarpus, Jacq. Amer. p. 282, t. 178, fig. 80; Endl. Gen. n. 2068. Flores polygami. 
Hermaphr,: Calycis tubus cum ovario connatus ; limbus superus, 4—6-8-lobus, lobis 2 eatin ov 
sistentibus, demum increscentibus. Petala 0. Stamina 4; filamenta elandulis (staminodiis) stipi- 
tatis distinetis v. utrinque adnatis interposita; anther valvulis dehiscentes. Ovarium adherens 
l-loculare ; oyulum 1, pendulum, anatropum. Stigma sessile, subobliquum, Drupa apice bialata, 
BEE SII Seer te at cartilaginea. Embryo orthotropus, exalbuminosus, Cotyledones 
