158 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Ramuli plerumque terminales, cicatricibus concavis petiolorum variolati, alias glabri, teretes. Folia in 
ultimis ramis undique sparsa, 9, lanceolata, saepe paulo ante medium latiora, acuta, integerrima, elabra, 
nitida, plana, pedalia, venosa; venis parallelis, remotis, fere ad rectangulum exeuntibus venulisque nume- 
rosis reticulata, basi attenuata in petiolos longos, 2- v. 8-unciales, glabros, supra planos. lores candidis- 
simi, paniculati, Panicula pedunculata, co-flora. Pedunculi terminales (e centro ramulorum) longitudine 
foliorum, teretes, glabri. Pedicelli unciales, Calyw 5-phyllus. -Foliola oblonga, acutiuscula, erecta, cras- 
siuscula, ex albido viridia, 2-uncie longa; caduca; 2 exteriora Jatiora. Oorolla 1-petala, hypocrateriformis. 
Tubus calyce longior, obtuse pentagonus, cylindraceus, supra calycem ampliatus, uncia paulo longior. 
Faux elausa nectariis. Limbus patens, maximus, diametro 8-unciali, 5-partitus. Laciniis obliquis, extus 
latioribus, obtusissimis. WVectaria 5,im fauce corolle ad sinus limbi sita, flava, compressa, intus protube- 
rantia ibique terminata villis longiusculis niveis. 2%lamenta 5, breyissima, tubo corolle supra medium in- 
serta, Anthere ovato-cordate, didyme, erect, cuspide brevi terminatie.—Ods. ipsa anthera sub nec- 
tario occulta cuspide tantum modo supra faucem emicante. Germina 2 supera, subrotunda, obtusa, intus 
plana. S¢yli 2, filiformes, tubo corolle breyiores. Stigma crassissinum, 10-angulare, conicum, acumina- 
tum; ipso apice obsolete 2-fido, Drupe geminate (uti folliculi in reliquis contortis), sessiles, maxim@, 
ovo anserino paulo majores, ovales, parum compress, introrsum lacuna lata subobsoleta notate, ad angu- 
jum obtusum divergentes, basi ubi conjunguntur intus plane, tote glabra, leves, virides, punctis rubris 
inequalibus 09 irrorate, bene mature fere purpurascentes punctis tantum modo viridibus adsperse. Sub- 
stantia drupe crassa, stuposa-spongiosa, fibris multis crassis validis imtertexta, lactescens. Mua ob- 
longa, compressa, lateribus acutis, tenuis sed tenax et duriuscula, tres uncias longa, unilocularis, Nuclews 
ovatus seu potius figura amygdali, duas uncias longus, niveus,”’ 
1, C. lactaria, Hamilt. ex DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 353; foliis alternis sparsis patentibus y. re- 
flexis oblongis glabris utrinque subacutis nervis lateralibus obliquis ; cymis terminalibus et axillaribus 
folio subbrevioribus, pedicellis longitudine calycis, lobis calycinis ovato-acutis erectis; drupa ellip- 
soidea v. globosa.—Arbor lactaria, Manga Brava, Rumph. Amb. vol. ii. p. 243. t. 81,—Nomina 
vernac. Vitiensia, “ Rewa” et “ Vasa.’”’—-Common on the seaside of Lakeba, Ovalau and Viti Levu 
(Seemann! n. 309; Barclay!). Also collected in the Tongan Islands (Forster!), New Hebrides 
(Barclay !), Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray !), and Java (Horsfield !), 
A middle-sized tree. Wood soft. Root a powerful purgative. Flowers used for necklaces. 
V. Ochrosia, Juss. Gen. p. 145; DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 856. Calyx 5-partitus, lobis obtusis 
imbricatis, eglandulosis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, tubo cylindrico, intus pilosiusculo, fauce nud, 
lobis «stivatione sinistrorsum contortis. Stamina 5, medio tubi corolle inserta, inclusa; antheris 
lanceolatis, filamento gracili longioribus. Nectarium nullum. Ovaria 2 (in O. parvifloré initio 
coalita, demum libera, ex cl. Hensl.), in aliis semper distincta, glabra. Stylus filiformis, ovario param 
longior, Stigma conicum, 2-fidum. Ovula 3-6 in utroque ovario. Drupze exsuccze, ellipsoideo- 
trigonee, facie intern’ planiuscule, utrinque acute, divergentes, nunc dehiscentes?, mesocarpio 
coriaceo, endocarpio lignoso. Semina 2, obovata, compressa, pendentia?, intra endocarpium trans- 
versa. Cotyledones planz, albumine carnoso cinctee.—Frutices v. arbuscule ; foliis verticillatis aut 
subsparsis, crebris, integerrimis, nervis lateralibus, centrali fere perpendicularibus; cymis termi- 
nalibus, 3-chotomis, folio subsequalibus ; pedunculis apice co-floris; pedicellis brevissimis. 
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__ There is, in tropical Polynesia, only one more Ochrosia, O. Sandwichensis, DO., from the Hawaiian 
islands (Macrae! Barclay! Hillebrand!), besides the following species. 
1, O. parviflora, Hensl. Ann. of Bot. vol. i, p. 845; A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. v. ; 
arbuscula ; foliis ternis quaternisve ellipticis, oblongis v. obovato-oblongis, apice rotundatis v. subacumi- 
natis, basi parum attenuatis, glabris ; lobis calycinis ellipticis obtusis ; drupis ellipsoideis.—O, elliptica, 
Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. t. 30. Cerbera parviflora, Forst. Prodr. n. 121. et Icon. (ined.) t. 70. 
Alywia, sp. Soland. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (imed.) p. 241.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Vaoko,” teste 
Williams.—Viti Levu (Barclay !), Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 316), Also collected in Savage Island 
(Forster !), Society Islands (Banks and Solander ! Nelson !), Tongan Islands (Nelson! Harvey !) 
and New Caledonia (Labillardiére), : 
