156 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
radicula infera, cotyledonibus oblongis obtusis.—Frutex scandens, glaber; folus oppositis petiolatis 
© hy ' 
ovato-oblonueis brevi-acuminatis basi subcordatis coriaceis; cymis axillaribus terminalibusque compo- 
> so 
sitis, floribus speciosis. 
T have named this new genus in honour of my esteemed friend William Carruthers, Hsq., E.LS., of the 
Botanical Department, British Museum, to whom I am indebted for much kind assistance in working up the 
South Sea Flora. It is related to Alywia in the ruminate albumen. 
1, C. scandens, (sp. nov.) Seem. (Tab. XXX.).—Rejowa scandens, Seem. in Bonplandia, vol. 
x. p. 296. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Wa rerega,” fide Storck.—At Port Kinnaird, Island of Ovalau 
(Storck! n. 901). 
A climbing plant, which would prove a desirable acquisition to our gardens, and flowers in Viti from 
December to March. The leaves are used medicinally by the natives. Mr, Storck, on transmitting the dried 
specimens, enclosed a coloured drawing by the late lamented Miss Mary Pritchard, and from. these 
materialg our plate has been made. The plant is glabrous in all parts except the calyx loves, which are 
ciliate, the interior of the corolla tube, and the filaments. Leaves 5 inches long, 24-8 inches broad, 
Tube of corolla erimson, lobes of corolla more or less white. Drupe nearly 3 inches in diameter. 
BXrnaNation oF Prats XXX., representing Carruthersia scandens. Fig. 1, an entire flower; 2, the 
same with corolla removed; 3, the same with calyx and portion of corolla removed; 4, a stamen; 5, calyx 
glands, pistil and nectary; 6, ripe fruit; 7, seeds; 8 and 9, sections of seed; 10, embryo :—all, with ex- 
ception of Tig. 7, magnified, 
Ill. Alyxia, R. Brown, Prodr. p. 469; DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 345. Calyx 5-partitus, eglan- 
dulosus. Corolla hypocraterimorpha; tubo siepius a medio inflato, apice constricto, interne piloso ; 
fauce esquamati, nunc subgibba; lobis estivatione dextrorsum superpositis. Stamina 5, medio y, 
supra mediam partem tubi inserta, filamentis brevibus, autheris lanceolatis. Annulus pilosus (an 
semper?) e basi ovariorum. Ovaria 2, facie adpressa, ovoideo-fusiformia, Stylus 1. Stigma 
eapitatum v. oblongum, glabrum v. barbatum. Ovula ad suturam ventralem imtroflexam inserta, 
pauca, utrinque superposita, adscendentia (ex A. scandenti et A. brevifolid). Drupee 2 (altera 
sepius abortiente), stipitate,, seepius l-sperms et ellipsoides, nunc 2-sperme et medio constricte, 
carne parva, endocarpio chartaceo swpius transversim costato suturaque ventrali prominente. Semen 
1 y. rarius semina superposita, ellipsoidea, obtusa, facie interna compress’, suturam ventralem 
ambientia ideoque longitudinaliter sulcata. Testa brunnea, albumen corneum penetrans, Embryo 
in axi solido albuminis, rectus v. (ex Endl.) curvatus, radiculé infera, cotyledonibus oblongis obtusis. 
—Arbuscule vy. frutices, sempervirentes ; ramis nunc scandentibus; foliis seepius ternatis v. 4-natis, 
nunc oppositis, integris, glabris, breviter petiolatis; floribus axillaribus v. terminalibus, solitariis v. 
in cymas spiciformes aut umbelliformes dispositis, sepe fragantibus, albis v, luteis.—Gynopogon, 
Forst. Gen. n. 18. 
Besides the species found in Viti, there are, in tropical Polynesia, the following species of this genus :—L, 
A, Gynopogon, Rem, et Schult. (Gynopoyon Alywia, Forst. Prodr. n. 118; A. daphnoides, A. Cunn, Bot. Mag, 
t. 8813), from Norfolk Island (Forster! W. Anderson! A. Cunningham! Milne!); 2, A. oliveformis, Gaud. 
in Freye. Voy. p. 451 (A. suleata, Mook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 90), from the Hawaiian Islands (Macrae! 
4 . ‘ > 
Barclay! Seemann!) ; and 3, 4. obovata (sp. nov.) Seem. mss. in Herb. Mus. Brit. (erecta, glabra, ramulis 
angulatis; foliis oppositis v. ternis obovato-oblongis obtusis basi attenuatis; pedunculis axillaribus com- 
pressis medio 3-floris; pedicellis angulatis; calycis lobis ovatis acuminatis v. acutis; drupis ignotis), from 
the Isle of Pines off New Caledonia (W. Anderson !). 
1. A. bracteolosa, Rich, mss. ex A, Gray in Proceed. Amer, Acad. vol. v.; scandens, glaber- 
rima; foliis plerumque ternis oblongis y, sublanceolatis nunc obtusis nune acumine obtuso apiculatis 
caudatisve basi acutis v. rolundatis supra nitidis transversim lineatis sublonge petiolatis ; cymis axil- 
laribus co-floris brevissime pedunculatis petiolum vix superantibus; pedicellis brevibus arcte imbri- 
eato-bracteolatis ; bracteolis ovato-triangularibus dorso carinatis intus concavis ciliolatis sepalis con- 
similibus; corolla (pallide lutea) longius tubulosa; stigmate imberbi; ovariis glaberrimis; drupis 
