B20 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
breviter pedicellatis puberulis ; calycis ¢ lacimis oblongo-ovatis exterioribus majoribus ; antheris 8, 
connective exserto obtuse apiculatis.—Bua or Sandal-wood Bay, Vanua Levu (U. 8S. Expl. Exped.). 
10. P. heterodoxus, Mill. Arg. in DC. |.c. p. 321; ramulis compresso-angulosis ; floribus 
monoicis in axillis foliorum subsolitariis ¢ graciliter ¢ longe pedicellatis ; calycis 3 lacintis exterio- 
ribus oyato-lanceolatis parvulis interioribus cbovatis hand emarginatis, 9 orbiculari-ovatis ; glandulis 
disci 3 8 subbilobis; columna staminali integra; antheris muticis; stylis basi breviter counatis 
patulis acuminatis.—Viti, locality not specified (U, S. Expl, Exped.). 
11. P. simplex, Retz. Obs. vol. v. p. 29; Mill. Arg. in DC, lc. p, 391; pedicellis J 2-3 
9 subsolitariis masculos superantibus ; laciniis calycis 9 ovatis subacutis demum reflexis ; glan- 
dulis florum ¢ liberis; ovario papilloso; stylis profunde 2-partitis gracilibus; seminibus secus 
tineas iongitrorsas aspero-puncticulatis.—P. anceps, Vahl, Symb, vol. ii, p. 95; Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins, 
Pacif, (ined.) p. 318; Parkins, Drawings of Tahit. Plants (imed.) t. 94. P. virgalus, Forst, Pradr. 
n. 341. P. fruticosus, Seem. Boupl. 1861, p. 259. P. simplec, var. virgatus, Mill, Arg. in DC. 1. ce, 
—Nomen vernac. Tahitense, teste Solander, “ Moe-moe.’’—In swamps, common in most parts of 
Viti (Seemann! n, 418), Also collected in the Tongan (Capt. Cook! Barclay!), Samoan (U, §. 
Expl. Exped.), and Society Islands (Banks and Solander! Barelay !). 
The numerous varieties into which Dr. Miller divides this species, are met with in the Bast Indies, 
the Indian Archipelago, China, Ceylon, in Amoor, and New Caledonia. 
12, P. Wilkesianus, Mill. Arg. in DC, |. c. p. 396; ramulis filiformibus, racemulis 3 minimis 
dense imbricato-bracteatis; calycis d laciniis anguste lanceolatis; disci extrastaminalis glandulis 
liberis; columna staminali integra; antheris horizontaliter inclinatis.—Viti, at 2000 feet elevation, 
locality not specified (U. 8. Expl, Exped.). 
IV, Baceaurea, Lour. Fl. Cochinch, ed. Willd. vol. ii, p. 813; Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
vol. xy. p.456, Calycis J laciniz vstivatione imbricative. PetalaO. Discus suppressus y. evolutus, 
Stamina circa basin rudimenti oyarii inserta. Autherze 2-rimose; loculi longitrorsum comnati. 
Oyariiloculi2-ovulati. Fructus haud capsulari-aperiens ; columnacentralis, tamen evoluta. Semina 
avillata, albuminosa. Cotyledones ovate, 3-nervie:; radieula brevis—Arbores, Folia alterna, petio- 
lata, 2-stipulata, simplicia, penninervia, sepissime elliptica v. elliptico- y. obovato-lanceolata basi 
vulgo acuta apiceque obtuse cuspidatu-acuminata, integra y. subdentata; margine subtns distan- 
ter glanduligera; cost et primaris et secundarize subtus valide prominentes, cum parenchymate 
glabres v. pilis simplicibus raro stellatis vestites, Inflorescentiz axillares, racemiformes v. subspici- 
formi-paniculares, uniscxuales. Flores dioici v. in aliis ramis masculi, in aliis ejusdem arboris 
feminei, bracteati, in axilla cujusvis bractese seepius ternatim v. quinatim siti, pedicellati. Bractes 
spe longiusculo tractu cum pedunculo partiali connates.—Hedycarpus, Mig. Pierardia, Roxb, 
Microsepala, Mig. Adenocrepis, Blume, Calypiroon, Mig. Pierardia, Baill, 
_B, Tahitensis, Mill. Arg. from Tahiti (U, §, Expl. Exped.), is the only other species of this genus, 
besides these enumerated below, hitherto discovered in tropical Polynesia. 
i, B. Wilkesiana, Miill. Arg. in DC. l.¢, p.461; costis secundariis utroque latere 6-7 angulo 
semirecto insidentibus marginem versus arcuato-adscendentibus, spicis d fasciculatis folia subzequan- 
tibus ; bracteis oyatis parvis cum peduneulo 1-3-floro 2-bracteolato fere omnino counatis ; calyce ¢ 
parvo subirregulariter 4-partito laciniis ovatis v. lanceolatis extus intusque breviter et crassiuscule 
papilloso-pubentibus ; filamentis glabris; ovarii rudimento elongato subclavato integro dense papil- 
loso-pubescente ; fructibus demum paulo latioribus quam longis utrinque subdistincte subacutatis 
ambitu teretibus.—Viti, locality not specified (U. 8. Expl. Exped,). 

