204 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Meisn. (Hernandia ovigera, Vieill.), from New Caledonia (Vieillard! n. 1089), Hernandia Moérenhoutiana, 
Guill., from Tahiti (Moerenhout!), and the Tongan Tslands (Sir HE, Home! in Herb. Mus. Brit., Mathews !), 
and H. peltata, Meisn., from Tahiti, Wallis Island, and Viti. 
I. Hernandia, Plum. Gen. p. 6, t. 40; Linn. Gen, ed. i. p. 374, n. 925; Meisn. in DC, Prodr, 
vol, xv. p. 262. Flores monoici, in involucro foliaceo 4-phyllo terni, intermedio femineo sessili in- 
volucello urceolari repando-truncato persistente calyculato 4-mero, lateralibus masculis pedicellatis 
3- rarissime 4-meris haud involucellatis. Calyx herbaceus, tubo brevi angusto, in  articulo, parte 
superiore decidua; limbo (in alabastro subgloboso) in mase. 6-8- in fem. 8-partito regulari; lobis bi- 
seriatis l-nerviis utringue puberulis estivatione valvatis, interioribus paullo angustioribus et tenui- 
oribus. Fl, @: Stamina 3 v. 4, calycis fauci inserta, lobis exterioribus anteposita lisque breviora 
erecto-connivettia; filamenta brevia, ima basi l-adelpha, singula basi glandulis 2 collateralibus sub- 
sessilibus carnosis subglobosis glabris vy. 1 2-loba v. indiyisa filamenti basi v. margini adnatis v. 
liberis stipata ; antherze ovales, didymee (magne), muticee, connectivo latiusculo adnate, erecta, antice 
turgide, 2-loculares, pariete demum tota rima longitudinali a connectivo soluta et valvule instar ex- 
trorsum revoluta decidua et connectivum nudum relinguente. Pistilli rudimentum 0. FI, 2: 
Glandulz faucis 4, indivisee v. 2-lobze, lobis exterioribus anteposite. Ovarium calycis tubo inclusum, 
liberum, sessile, 1-loculare, ovulo 1 ex apice loculi pendulo anatropo. Stylus terminalis, filifurmis, 
calycem eequans, deciduus; stigmate carnoso, dilatato, irregulariter 2-4-crenato v. lobato. Drupa 
sicca (magna) oyata, 8-sulcata v, levis, calycis tubo vesiceformi apice truncato pervio inclusa, libera, 
spongiosa, ]-sperma. Semen inversum, subglobosum, raphe annulari, testa crustacea. Albumen 0, 
Embryo orthotropus; cotyledones magnze, carnose, lobate, torulose; radicula brevis, supera— 
Arbores, trunco ramisque torulosis ; foliis exstipulatis sparsis petiolatis ovatis v. peltatis integerrimis 
coriaceis, nervis palmatis v. pinnatis; pedunculis axillaribus v, terminalibus cymam compositam 
corymbiformem ad ramificationes bracteatam: gerentibus. 
Tn the female flowers of H. peltata the calyx becomes thick and fleshy when the fruit approaches ma- 
turity, not membranaceous, as Meisner describes it. 
1. Hi. peltata, Meisn. in DC. 1. ¢. (Tab. nostr., LIT.) ; foliis peltatis late ovatis breve acuminatis 
palminerviis coriaceis glabris, summis passim in petiolum subattenuatis; corymbis longe pedunculatis 
cano-tomentellis ; inyolucri foliolis obovato-oblongis, glandulis filamenti basi adnatis ; drupa subses- 
sili ovoidea 8-costata.—H. Sonora, Forst. Prodr. n. 340, non Linn, 4H. ovigera, Soland. Prim. FI, 
Ins, Pacif. et in Parkins, Drawings of Tahit. Plants, t. 98 (ined.)\—Nomen vernac, Tahit., teste 
Solander, “Tunina,” Vitiense, “ Yevuyevu” yv. “ Uviuvi.’”—Abundant near the seacoast of Viti 
Levu, Vanna Levu, and Tayiuni (Barclay! Seemann! n. 372). Also collected in the Society 
Islands (Banks and Solander!), Frankland Isles (M‘Gillivray !), and Wallis Island (Sir E. Home!), 
Common in the Indian Archipelago. 
Expnanarion oF Prats LIL, representing Hernandia peltata, Meisn—Fig, 1, bud of male flower; 
2; male flower ; 5, stamen; 4, bud of female flower; 5, female flower; 6, ripe fruit; 7, drupe :—all, with 
exception of Figs. 6 and 7 (copied from Parkinson’s drawings at the British Museum), maguified, 

Orvo LXXX. MYRISTICACEA, 
I. Myvristica, Linn. Gen, ed, 1742, p, 524; Alph. De Cand. in DC. Prod. vol. xiv. p- 189. Flores 
dioici. Perigonium 3-lobum, nuuc in eadem planta 2-4-lobum, lobis sstivatione valyari. Stamina 
3-15, sepius 6-12, l-adelpha ; filamentis nempe in stipitem glabrum connatis; antheris (ubi 3) cum 
