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“A decumbent rooting shrub, flowers bluish-white, fruit of a sulphur-yellow colour.’—Storck, Petioles 
2 of an inch long; blade of leaf 2-3 inches long, about 1 inch broad; drupe 2-pyrenous. 
2. P. Browerii, (sp. nov.) Seem,; glabra; stipulis caducis; foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis 
obovato y. ovali-oblongis acuminatis basi attenuatis, venis primariis 12-15-jugis; cymis axilla- 
ribus terminalibusque folio brevioribus ramulis compressis; calycibus cupuliformibus obscure den- 
tatis; drupis costatis.—Island of Moturiki (Seemann! n, 244 et 254), 
This species (which I have named in honour of Dr. Brower, United States Consul in Viti, to whose 
hospitality and kindness Twas much indebted during my explorations of the group, and who introduced into 
the islands sheep-farming, improved varieties of cotton and many useful plants) is allied to P. collina, 
Labill. Austr. Cal, t. 47; but 1 am not satisfied about their identity. Petiole 6-12 lines long. Blade of 
leaf 5-8 inches long, 2-32 inches broad. Flowers in my specimens very young. 
3. P. Pritchardii, (sp. nov.) Seem.; glabra; stipulis intrafoliaceis latis carnosis persistentibus 
basi subauriculatis; foliis longe petiolatis oblongis y. obovato-oblongis acuminatis in petiolum at- 
tenuatis, venis primariis 12-14; eymis terminalibus, pedunculo compresso folia multo superante, 
radiis 4; calyce cupuliformi truncata; corolla (alba) calyce 4-plo longiore—Woods of the island of 
Taviuni (Seemann! n, 259). 
A very singular species, named in honour of Mr, W. T. Pritchard, by whom my botanical explorations 
in Viti were so much facilitated. It is easily distinguished from the other Vitian Psychotrie by its very 
fleshy persistent and nearly auriculate stipules and long peduncles. Petioles 13-2 inches long. Blade of 
leaf 5-6 inches long, 2-24 inches broad. Peduncle 8-10 inches long. 
4, P. Brackenridgii, (Gray in Proceed. of Amer. Acad. vol. iv.) ; stipulis caducis; foliis ob- 
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longo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis vel acuminatis basi in petiolum longiusculum angustatis fere glabris 
chartaceis ; pedunculis 1-5 termmalibus elongatisscymam trichotomam multifloram gerentibus cum 
radiis pedicellis calycibusque ferrugineo-puberis; fructibus ovalibus 8-costatis truncatis calycis limbo 
parvo cupuliformi coronatis puberulis; pyrenis tenuiter cartilagineis intus planis dorso convexo cari- 
nato-tricostatis.— Viti islands, locality not mentioned (U.S, Expl. Exped.). 
The flowers of this species are still unknown. 
5, P. Forsteriana, (Gray, l.c.); glabra; stipulis tenuiter scariosis caducis; foliis membra- 
naceis oblongo-lanceolatis nunc obovato-oblongis utrinque acuminatis modice petiolatis, venis pri- 
martis 9-11-jugis; cyma multiflora terminali composita tripartita yel tripla pedunculis radiisve petio- 
lum squantibus; floribus confertis pedicellatis parvis; calycis limbo expanso integerrimo ovario 
sequilongo; corolla, brevi usque ad medium 5-fida fauce villosissima; fructibus obovatis retusis, 
junioribus fere obcordatis; pyrenis dorso obtuse costatis subrugosis intus concayiusculis,—P. Asia- 
tica, Forst, Prodr, n. 90? 
Var. Vitiensis, A. Gray, 1. e.; foliis longins petiolatis nunc undulatis; fructu vix retuso.— 
Islands of Matuku (Milne!), Moturiki, and Ovalau (Seemann! n, 236), 
This variety is widely different from P. Asiatica of Forster, and probably a distinct species, 
6. P. turbinata, (Gray, l.c.); fere glabra; stipulis caducis; foltis obovato-oblongis nune ob- 
longis nune oblougo-lanceolatis basi in petiolam longiusculum attenuatis subnrembranaceis, veuis 
primariis 9-10-jugis; cyma terminali multiflora petiolos vix superante; fructibus turbinatis yertice 
planis; pyrenis 2 vel 3 ventre inferue planis superne profunde exsculptis dorsoque tuberculato-incras- 
satis. —Mountains of Viti Levu (Milne!). 
Fruiting specimens only were collected. 
7. P. Storckii, (sp. nov.) Seem.; ramulis petiolis pedunculis bractcis calycibusque rufo-villoso- 
hirsutis; stipulis caducis; foliis obovato-oblongis acuminatis in petiolum longum angustatis, venis 
primariis 12-17-jugis supra glabris, subtus ad costas et venis rufo-villoso-hirsutis ; eymis termi- 
minalibus radiis ter trichotomis:divisionibusque divaricatis, primum bracteis squamaceis subrotundis 
