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2. T. affinis, A. Gray in Proceed, Amer. Acad. vol. iv.; foliis ovalibus obscure penniveniis, 
venis subreticulatis, retibus venularum varie versis hine inde contrariis; pedunculis fructiferis petio- 
lum zquantibus; pyrenis linearibus, putamine tenui.—Viti Islands, exact locality not specified (U. 8, 
Expl. Exped.), 
XIII. Guettarda, Vent, Choix, n. 1; Endl. Gen. n, 3192. Calyx tubo ovato v. globoso, 
limbo tubuioso, persistente v. deciduo, truncato v. irregulariter subdentato, Corolla hypoerateri- 
morpha, tubo cylindrico fauce nuda, limbi 4—9-fidi lobis ovali-oblongis, Amnthera 4-9, inclusee. 
Ovarium 4—9-loculare. Ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Stylus simplex; stigma 
capitatum y. rarius 2-lobum. Drupa ovata v. subglobosa, limbo calycino coronata v. apice nuda, 
putamine osseo, obtuse 4-9-angulato, 4-9-loculari, loculis 1-spermis, Semina e basi loculorum 
erecta, teretiuscula, Radicula longa; cotyledones parye.—Frutices y. arbuscula; foliis oppositis 
ovatis vy. lanceolatis, rarius cordatis; stipulis lanceolatis deciduis, rarissime vaginantibus truncatis ; 
pedunculis axillaribus 2-fidis, rarius bis 2-fidis, floribus in dichotomiis solitariis, sessilibus, secus 
ramos unilateralibus, 
1, G, (Cadamba) speciosa, Linn. Spec, n. 1408; arbuscula; foliis ovatis obovatisve basi 
spius subcordatis apice obtusis subtus pubescentibus; stipulis lanceolatis acuminatis deciduis; cymis 
pedunculatis velutinis folio multo brevioribus; floribus (odoratis) 4-9-meris; frnctu depresso areola 
superne notato. Lam. Ill. t, 154, fig. 2—Cadamba jasminiflora, Soun, Voy. vol. ii, t. 128. Rava- 
Lou, Rheed, Mal. vol. iy. t, 47 et 48; Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants, t. 104 (ined.). Nomen 
vernac. Vitiense, ““ Buabua.’’-—Common on all the seabeaches of Viti (Seemann! n. 237), and widely 
diffused over Eastern Africa, the East Indies, and Indian Archipelago. Also collected in the So- 
ciety (Forster! Banks and Solander!) and Tongan Islands (Harvey! Captam Cook! Mathews!). 
Whitsunday Island (Lay and Collie! Kenne!), Radak and Romanzoff Islands (Chamisso), Queens- 
land, Eastern Australia (Hill!,) Bow Island, Dangerous Archipelago (Barclay !), and Pitcairn Island 
(Cuming !). 
The Vitians make necklaces (“taube” or “salusalu’’) of the corollas of this and other white odo- 
riferous Monopetale. The wood 1s used in certain games, 
2. G. (Guettardaria) inconspicua, (sp, noy.) Seem.; fruticosa; ramulis petiolis pedunculis- 
que fusco-hirsutis; foliis ovatis acuminatis, supra glabriusculis, sabtus adpresse pubescentibns ; pe- 
duneulis dichotomis, ramis 5—6-floris; calycibus dentatis pubescentibus; corolla (teste J. Storck 
rubescente-violacea) extus albo-sericea; drupa 4-loculari. Nomen yernac. Vitiense, teste Storck, 
“Wan lobo.”—Ovalau (Seemann! n, 257; Storck! n, 893), Gau (M‘Gillivray! in Mus. Brit.). 
A shrub, with reddish-violet flowers, according to Mr. Storck (Bonpl. vol. x, p, 296). Branches ulti- 
mately glabrous, and covered with white spots, somewhat like Rhamaus cathartica. Scars of leaves almost 
round, and white, Leaves rather menibranaceous, about 2 inches long, 1 inch broad, and on petioles 6 lines 
long. Flowers inconspicuous; corolla scarcely 3 lines long. 
3, G. Vitiensis, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer, Acad, vol. v,; species indescripta et mihi ignota. 
—Viti (U.S. Expl. Exped). 
Aceording to A. Gray, this resembles, but is not identical with the preceding species. 
Trizus V, PSYCHOTRIEZA.—Flores distincti, interdum aggregato-capitati, nunquam tamen con- 
nati. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. Bacca dipyrena. Albumen corneum. Stipule 
utrinque 2, liberz y. connatz, 
This tribe is represented in tropical Polynesia, besides the genera and species mentioned below, by 
Straussia Kaduana, A, Gray (Ooffea, Cham. et Schlecht.), 8. Mariniana, A. Gray, S. Hawaiensis, A. Gray, 
all from the Sandwich Islands, and Chasalia pyriformis, A. Gray, from the Samoan Islands. 
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