206 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
as Doryphora (2) Austro-Caledonicus, Seem. mss, in Herb. Mus. Brit,; glaber; foliis oppositis lanceolatis 
obtusis (24 poll. long.), grosse et irregulariter serratis, serraturis mucronatis, 
I, Hedycarya, Forst. Char. Gen. t. 64; Endl. Gen, n. 2018. Flores dioici. Fl. ¢; Perigo- 
nium plano-rotatum, 8-10-fidum, Stamina oo} filamenta 0; antherse in fundo perigonii sessiles, 
cordati, 2-loculares, apice pilosz, loculis appositis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. FI. 9: Peri- 
goninm miaris. Ovaria oo, breyiter stipitata, perigonii basi Janatz inserta, 1-locularia. Ovu- 
lum 1, pendulum. Stigma sessile, obtusum. Drupee abortu pauce, stipitatee v. sessiles, subverticillate, 
perigonio immutato stipate, 1-sperme. Semen inversum. Embryo in axi albuminis dense car- 
nosi rectus ; cotyledonibus planis, ellipticis, radicula brevi supera. . 
1, H. dorstenioides, A, Gray in Seemann, Journ, of Botany, 1866, p. 83; foliis fere membra- 
naceis ovatis oblongisve plerumque integerrimis longius petiolatis; racemis terminalibus 5-7-floris ; 
receptaculo cum perigonio peltato disciformi margine subintegerrimo, masculo glabro supra antheris 
innumeris dense vestito, counectivi apice dilatato truncato quam loculi angnsti latiore ; fructifero 
supra pubescente; drupis haud stipitatis—Bua or Sandal-wood Bay, Vanna Levu (U, S, Expl, 
Exped.!). (Greeffe !) 
© The peculiarity of the species, mostly with larger and thinner, ovate-oblong leaves, sometimes toothed, 
a variety of which is found in Samoa, is in the flat, disk-shaped Dorstenia-like male (and I suppose also 
female) receptacle, the lobed or ealyeine part of which is reduced to obscure crenatures, and in the trun. 
cated, dilated tip of the connective of the anther, resembling that of most duonacee.”—A. Gray, 
Oxvo LXXXU, THYMELAACEHZ. 
I. Wikstroeemia, Endl. Fl. Norf. p. 47; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiv, p. 543. Flores her- 
maphroditi, 4-meri. Calyx coloratus, demum totus deciduns, tubo cylindrica v, infandibuliformi 
coutinuo, limbo 4-fido sequali, demum sepius a tubo deciduo, fauce nuda, Squame perigyne 0, 
hypogynze 4 parvule, lineares, libere y. inferne connate. Antherz 8, in summo tubo 2-seriate, 
subsessiles et inclusre. Ovarium 1-loculare, ovulo pendulo anatropo. Stylus terminalis breyis v. 
subnullus, stigmate capitato, Bacca drupacea, interdum sieca, a calyce demum line fisso tarde 
recedente, denudata. Semen inversum. Albumen 0? vy, parcum. Embryo axilis.—<Arbores v. 
frutices, foliis oppositis v. rarins sparsis herbaceis v, yix coriaceis yenosis deciduis ; pedunculis termi- 
nalibus axillaribusque simplicibus v, rarius corymboso-ramosis apice co-floris; floribus sessilibus v. 
brevissime pedicellatis subcapitatis v, axi excrescente demum breviter spicatis y. racemosis.— Diplo- 
morpha, Meisn. in Regensb. Denkschr. vol. iii, p. 289. Daphnes sp. auct. 
_ Though we know at present only one species of this genus from Viti, the widely-diffused litoral TW” 
Jietida, A, Gray, no less than nine are already recorded from various parts of Polynesia, the limits of several 
of which haye recently been better defined by A. Gray (Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1865 p. 302), These are— 
1, LW. rotundifolia, Deene. (Daphne rotumifolia, Linn.), trom the Tongan Telands (D. Nelson!): 2, 
W. elongata, A. Gray, from the Hawaiian Islands (U. 8. Expl. Exped.) ; 3. W. Sandwicensis, Meisn., fram 
the Hawatian Islands (Nelson ! Macrae !); 4, W. Uva ursi, A, Gray, from the Hawaiian Islands (Reniy, 
. 225, etc.) ; 5, W. buaifolia, A, Gray, trom the Hawaiian Islands (D. Nelson! U. 8. Expl. Exped.) : 6 
W, phyllireefolia, A, Gray, from the Hawaiian Islands (Nelson! Macrae! Barclay!), where it is found in 
two varieties, and, aceording to Barclay, is vernacularly termed “ Kaule,” four feet high, and has greenish 
flowers; 7, W. dustralis, Endl., from Norfolk Island; 8, W. Cuaninghami, Meisn., from Norfolk Island : 
and 9, IV. coriacea (sp. nov.), Seem. in Herb. Mus. Brit. (Daphne coriacea, Soland. Fl. Ins. Paeif. (ined.), 
p. 251; et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined,), t. £5, from the Society Islands (Banks and 
Solander!). “* Brutex humane altitudine, ramosus. Rami adacendentes, stricti, glabri, leves purpuras- 
centes, Folia opposita, petiolata, lanceolato-oblonza, elliptiea, acuta, integerrima, glabra lsvia anturate 
viridia, compacta, subcoriacea, plana, raro triuncialia. Petioli breves, yix 3 lineas longi. Flores subum- 
