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positis alternisve chartaceo-coriaceis e basi rotundata vy. emarginata in petiolum longum planum bre- 
viter producta ovatis obtusis 3- v. 5-nerviis, subtus v. utrinque subtiliter reticulatis ramulisque glabris 
nitidis; fl, ign.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, ‘‘ Macou.”—Buke Levu, island of Kadavu and Yoma 
Peak, Viti Levu, about 1500 feet above the sea (Seemann! n. 3876); also on the island of Gau 
(Berwick !). 
The bark of the Macon, as it is termed in the Bau dialect, Mou” in that of Kadavu, and “ Maiu” 
in that of Namosi, is a kind of Cassia Bark, which may prove of commercial importance, and is used by the 
Fijians for scenting cocoa-nut oil. The tree yielding it is about thirty feet high, four to five inches in 
diameter, and is met with above an elevation of 1500 feet, in dense virgin forests. 1 found it on Buke 
Levu, island of Kadavu, and on Voma peak, Viti Levu; and Mr. Pritchard received fine specimens from 
the island of Gau, where they had been collected by W. Berwick, a coloured man, residing there. The 
bark has a fine aromatic smell and flavour, a light-brown colour, is thicker than that of the cinnamon of 
commerce, and resembles some of the laurineous barks, such as the Sintoe and Culilawang, brought from 
the Moluccas. In Namosi it is used as a sudorific. Unfortunately, I did not see the tree in flower, and 
hence am tunable to determine whether the “ buds” are equal to the best ‘‘ Cassia buds” of commerce. The 
resemblance of the Fijian names to that of ** Massoy,” given to a fine quality of Cassia bark, from New 
Guinea, deserves investigation. 
Expnanatron or Prare XLVIIL., representing Cinnamomum pedatinervium.—Fig. 1, a branch of a 
young plant; 2, section of the wood in the stage when the bark is taken off by the natives. 
Il. Tetranthera, Jacq. Hort. Schcenb. vol.i. p.59. t.113; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. pars 1, 
p-177. Flores dioici (rarissime hermaphroditi?), umbellati, involucrati. Calyx 6-fidus v. -partitus ; 
lobis petaloideis v. herbaceis eequalibus y. rarius ineequalibus deciduis, interdum obsoletis, numero 
variantibus y. penitus 0. FI. ¢: Stamina fertilia 9-12 y. rarius 15-30, fauci inserta; filamenta 
conspicua, interiora 3-6 basi glandulis 2-1 sessilibus y. stipitatis praedita; anthere omnes introrse, 
ovali- v. 4-angulo-oblongze, mutice, 4-locellatze, locellis superpositis rectis v. obliquis, imferioribus 
spe sublateralibus, Staminodia 0 y. raro obsoleta. Pistilli rudimentum in fl. ¢ plerumque 0. 
Fl. 2: Stamina liguleformia, glandulis predita. Stylus filiformis, stigmate dilatato sublobato. 
Bacea calycis basi patelleeformi integerrime vy. raro sublobate plane v. parum concaye vy. apice 
pedicelli plus minus incrassati imposita, nuda.—Arbores et frutices; foliis sparsis v. rarius oppositis, 
penninerviis, indivisis, perennibus v. rarius deciduis; gemmis incompletis y. raro foliaceo-squamatis ; 
umbellis 4-co-floris, involuero 4—6-phyllo (ante expansionem globoso) cinctis v. inclusis, pedunculatis, 
e gemma axillari plerumque obsoleta ortis, solitariis v. fasciculatis v. in pedunculo communi (sc. 
ramulo aphyllo) brevissimo v. elongato corymbosis vy. racemosis.—Litsea, Lam. Dict, vol. ili, p, 574, 
non Juss. Tomer, Thunb, Fl. Jap. p. 190. Sebifera et Hewanthus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. vol. 11. pp. 
241 et 783, Glabraria, Linn. Mant. p. 156. Fiwa, Gmel. Syst. p. 745. 
_ Prof. Asa Gray writes to me (Jan. 15, 1866) :—* The botanists of our United States Exploring Hx- 
pedition collected the following new species, viz. 1, 7. eleocarpa, A. Gray ; 2, T. enneadenia, A. Gray, and 
the foliage of an allied species, viz. 3, LZ. (Cylicodaphne 2) Pickeringii, A. Gray, your n, 378; 4, Z. Richi, 
A. Gray; and 5, 7. Seemanni, Meisn., var. chartacea ; also considerable undeterminable foliage, two species 
are coord wage the Oreodaphne tribe.” I regret that descriptions of these new species have as yet uot 
been published, I also collected the foliage of a Zaurinea, which may belong to this genus, and be de- 
seribed as follows :—Laurinea, n. 377; glaberrima; foliis alternis ovatis longe acuminatis basi in petiolum 
brevem attenuatis 3-plineryiis, utrinque subconcoloribus, chartaceo-coriaceis. 
1, T. palmatinervia, (sp. nov.) Meisn. in DC. Prodr., l.c. (Tab. LI.) ; foliis chartaceo-coria- 
ceis e basi rotundata orbiculari-ovatis obtusis pseudo-3-5-nerviis subtiliter v. obsolete laxe venosis, 
supra ramulisque glabris, subtus minute puberulis; umbellis subsolitariis parvulis glabriusculis.— 
Voma Peak, about 3000 feet above the sea; Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 375). 
Leayes 13-2 inches long, 1-1} inch broad, Calyx 6-partite. Stamens 9 or 12? Fem. fl. unknown. 
Exrnanation or Prare UL, representing Zetranthera palmatinervia, Meisn.—Fig. 1, flower-bud; 2, 
open male flower; 3, stamen; 4, one of the stamens :—all magnified. 
