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transition fram one to the other, collected in the Marquesas (Barclay !), Tongan (Capt. Cook! Mann!), 
Society (Forster! Banks and Solander!), and New Hebrides Islands (Forster! Barelay !). 
2. PB. concolor, (n. sp.) Miill. Arg. in DC. 1.e. p. 290; pedicellis ¢ feemineos superantibus 
gracilibus, laciniis calycis ¢ late ellipticis interioribus duplo minoribus; ovario valde depresso 6-7- 
loculari glabro; columna stylari valde depresso-hemisphzerica ovarium latitudine equante eoque bre- 
viore vertice conniventer acute et depresso-6-7-loba ; capsula valde depressa, 
Var. a, ellipticus ; foliis ellipticis, costis secundariis inferioribus patulis areuatis quam inter- 
medize brevioribus.—Viti (Harvey !). 
Var, 8. obovatus; foliis paulo minoribus oboyatis v. oblongo-ohovatis basi angustatis apice 
acutis v, acutiusculis haud cuspidatis minus firmis vulgoqne magis nitidis, costis secundariis inferiori- 
bus angulo semirecto insertis subrectis quam intermedi sublongioribus.—G/ochidion concolor, P. 
obovatum, Mill. Arg. in Linnzea, vol. v, t, 32, p, 63.—Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 412) ; Narai (Milne !). 
3. P. Vitiensis, Miill. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 290; floribus ¢ breviter pedicellatis; calycis 2 
laciniis late ovatis obtusis ovario G-loculari glabro; columna stylari nano-conica breviter lobulato- 
dentata ; capsula truncato-obovoidea ambitu leviuseule suleata in calyce sessili,—Viti, locality not 
specified (U.S. Expl. Exped,). 
4, P, Seemannianus, (n. sp.) Miill, Arg. im DC. |. c. p. 290; arborea; floribus breviter pedi- 
cellatis; calycis glabri laciniis oblongo-ovatis acutiusculis interioribus brevioribus ; ovario globoso 
5-loculari glabro ; colunma stylari valde depressa conniyenter 5-loba quam ovarium multo breviore ; 
capsula depressa 5-suleata.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Molau.’”—Kadavu (Seemann! n, 418). 
5. P. venulosus, Miill. Arg.in DC. 1.c. p. 291; floribus ? subfasciculatis breviter pedicellatis ; 
ealycis ? laciniis late ovyatis rotundato-obtusis ; ovario 6-7-loculari pubescente ; columna stylari de- 
presso-conica basi valde dilatata; capsula valde depressa vertice profunde excavata ambitu profunde 
12-14-suleata.— Viti, locality not specified (U. 8. Expl. Exped.). 
6. P. cordatus, (n. sp.) Mull. Arg. in DC, 1, ¢. p. 294; floribus 2 breviter pedicellatis; calyce 
incano-villoso, laciniis ovatis subobtusis; ovario G-loculari sericeo-villoso demum indumento albi- 
eante brevyi obducto; columna stylari crassa ovarium longitudine vix superante et latitadine sub- 
equante villosula demum albido-subsericea ; capsulis depressis,—Glochidion cordatum, Seem.in Bou- 
plandia, 1861, p. 959.—Viti Levu and Ovalan (Seemann! n, 416; Harvey !). 
7. P. Manono, Miill. Arg. in DC. lc. p. 296; flonbus ¢ fasciculatis, ? glomeratis; laciniis 
calycis ¢ ellipticis ? ovatis subacntis ; ovario elohoso sulcato 7-6-loculari glabro ; columna stylari 
anguste eylindrico-conica quam ovarium duplo et ultra longiore et multo tenujore apice leviter 7-6- 
deutata, dentibus emarginatis ; capsula depressa globosa 7-6-loculari profunde sulcata. —Glochidian 
Manono, Baill. Htud. Gen. Euph. p. 637. Bradleia nitida, Sol, Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p, 330. 
—wNomen vernac. Tahitense, ‘‘ Manono.”—Viti, locality not specified (U.S, Expl Exped.). Also 
collected in Tahiti (Banks and Solander'!). 
8, P. podocarpus, Miill. Arg. in DC. lc. p. 310; floribus ? solitariis breviter pedicellatis ; 
sepalis ? liberis v. subliberis ovato-lanceolatis subobtusis altitudine subineequalt inserts 3 oyario EF. 
loeulari stipitato glabro, columna stylari obovoideo-cylindrica superne Jeviter latiore 6—7-dentata fere 
triplo longiore quam lato glabra; capsula parvula depressa in calyce distincte stipitata ambitu obtuse 
suleata.—Viti, locality not specified (U.S, Expl. Exped.), 
9 P. amentuliger, Miill. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 313; costis secundariis basi foliorum snbapprosi- 
matis + inflorescentiis amentiformibus brevibus aggregatis densissime imbricato-bracteatis; floribus ¢ 
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