110 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
: ; O., ; oper Arie 
racemis folio longioribus; floribus 4-meris ; petalis obovatis; fruct. ignot-—Anciteum, (M/‘Gillivray ! 
Milne!), Leaflets smaller than those of W. Denhanu, aa 
Milne also gathered imperfect, specimens of another possibly new species of Weinmannia, with 3- 
foliolated, glabrous leaves, above Nady, Vanua Levu, which must remain undescribed till better materials 
shall have come to hand, 
1, W. affinis, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 674; glabra; foliis simplicibus oblongis v. ovalibus 
calloso-serratis basi in petiolum brevem contractis rarissime 2-foliolatis, foliolis in petiolo superne 
marginato sessilibus; racemis geminis ternisve corymboso-paniculatis; “floribus roseis;” calyce 
deciduo; stylis capsula ovoidea glabella dimidio brevioribus; seminibus ovalibus utrinque comosis. 
—Ovalau, 1200 feet above the sea (U. 8, Expl. Exped.), Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 197), Taviuni 
(Seemann ! 200), 
All my specimens have simple leaves, and are, unfortunately, in fruit only. The leaves are very 
variable in size, though not in texture and mode of venation. A. Gray’s var, 6 must probably be excluded, 
and may be identical with the following species. 
2. W. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem.; glabra; foliis 3-foliolatis, lateralibus sessilibus, intermedio 
petiolnlato, foliolis lanceolatis v. ovali-lanceolatis acutis v. acuminatis calloso-serratis supra nitidis, 
venis prominulis, subtus opacis nigro-punctatis; racemis ternis vy. subpluribus paniculatis, juniori- 
bus (sub lente) puberulis; stylis capsula 3-4-sperma ovoidea dimidio brevioribus ; seminibus oblongis 
utringue comosis.—Kadayu (Seemann! n, 199). Also collected by Harvey in Viti (fruiting speci- 
miens), but locality not specified. 
This may possibly be A. Gray’s W. affinis, var. B. foliis trifoliolatis, as it was pronounced by the 
American botanist a variety of that species; but it is very different in look, and I cannot make up my 
mind to put it with W. affinis, which is well known to me. Unfortunately, my specimens have very 
youug flowers only, and the diagnosis must for the present remain incomplete, There are no simple leaves 
on any of my specimens; the lateral leaflets are the smallest, 1-1} inch long and 2 of an inch broad. All 
are finely reticulated underneath. 
3, W. Richii, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 675.+.85 B; arborescens; ramulis junioribus petiolis 
costisque subtus pube brevi velutinis cinereisve ; foliis simplicibus v. pinnatim 1-< Jugis cum impari ; 
foliolis oblongis acuminatis subserratis glabris; stipulis orbiculatis integerrimis; racemis geminis y, 
ternis confertis ; floribus 4-meris parvis; petalis oboyatis calyce persistente duplo longioribus ; stylis 
gracilibus capsula 2-4-sperma paullo brevioribus; seminibus oblongis utrinque comosis.— Bua Bay, 
Vanua Levu, at the altitude of 2000 feet (U.S. Expl. Exped.). Recently collected by Mr. Storck, 
probably in Viti Levu. 
4. W. spirsoides, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 677; arborea; hirto-pubescens; foliolis 2-jugis 
cum impari oblongo-lanceolatis seu elliptico-oblongis grosse serratis utrinque acutis; stipulis orbicu- 
latis serratis; cet. ign.—Ovalau, at the altitude of 500 feet (U.S. Expl. Exped.). 
Ill. Spirzanthemum, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 666, t. 83; Brongn. et Gris in Ann, Se, Nat. 
Ser, vol. v. t. 1. p. 873. Flores hermaphroditi v, polygami. Calyx 4—5-fidus (in eodem specimine), 
persistens, lobis acutis, zestivatione valvyatis. Corolla Q. Stamina 8-10 v. 4-5, hypogyna, filamentis 
gracilibus, antheris subelobosis 2-lobis. Squamulz hypogynz, carnose truncate v, emarginate, cum 
staminibus alternantes. Ovaria 4-5 (vy. varius 2-3), libera, oyoideo-fusiformia, in stylum gracilem 
attenuata; stigmate parvo capitato; ovulis 1-5, angulo interior) latere aflixis, amphitropis, micropyle 
superiore, Folliculi 2-5 fertiles v. abortu solitarii, rima interiore dehiscentes. Semina pauca (1-2), 
Superne y, utriique in alam producta, Embryo (ex A. Gray) subcylindrious, albumine carnoso paulo 
brevior, radicula supera.—Frutices v. arbores, foliis oppositis y. ternis simplicibus ; stipulis interpetio- 
luribus deciduis; floribus parvis paniculatis, pedicellis articulatis. 
This singular genus is rapidly increasing, and now consists of seven species, A. Gray was acquainted 
with only two, 8. Samoense, from the Samoan, and S. Pitiense, from the Viti Islands. Sinee then, Brongniart 
and Gris have added two others from New Caledonia, (8. densiforum and Austro-Caledonieum), and 1 have 
