FLORA VITIENSIS. o2] 
2. B. Seemanni, (un. sp.) Mill. Arg. in DC, l.c, p. 462; costis secundariis utroque latere 6-7 
angulo cire. semirecto insidentibus subrectis, spicis ¢ fasciculatis folio brevioribus micranthis, brac- 
teis ¢ latxe ovatis acutis exizuis; calyce ¢ depresso-globoso 3—4-partito extus intusque pulveraceo- 
puberulo.— Pierardia Seemanni, Mill. Arg. in Flora Ratish. 1864, p. 469.—Ovalan (Seemann! n. 390). 
Middls-sized tree. Temale flowers and fruit unknown. 
3, B. stylaris, Miill, Arg. in DC, ].c. p. 465; racemis ramulicolis, calycibus utriusque sexus 
exiguis, disci extrastaminalis glandulis connatis crassis pubernlis; staminibus 6-8, filamentis hir- 
tellis ; ovario fusiformi-ellipsoideo basi breviter stipitato apice sensim longe in columnam stylarem 
ei wquilongam subgracilem angustato parece pubescente,—Viti, locality not specified (U, 8. Expl. 
Exped,). 
V. Bischoffia, Blume, Bijdr, p. 1168; Miill. Arg. in DC. le. p. 478, Calyeis ¢lacinie quin- 
cuncialiter imbricatives, margine induplicatiyo cucullato-concave. Petala utriusque sexus0, Discus 
(e situ staminum) suppressus, Stamina circa rudimentum ovarii inserta, laciniis calycinis opposita ; 
anthers 2-rimosee; loculi longitrorsum comati. Rudimentum oyarii evolutum, Ovarii loculi 2- 
ovulati. Fructus subbaccatus ; mesocarpium carnosum ; endocarpium 5-coccum, pergamaceum. Se- 
mina ecarunculata, subparce albuminosa. Radicula cotyledonibus amplis cordato-ovatis complanatis 
subtriplo brevior.—Arbores magne. Lignum durum, Folia alterna, trifoliolata, longe petiolata , 
foliola petiolulata; petiolulus terminalis reliquis longior. Limbus folioloram ovatus, penninervius, 
margine crenato-dentatus, majusculus, rigide membranaceus. Inflorescentize axillares, ample, plus 
minusve paniculate. Fleres dioici, numerosissimi, paryulii—Microélus, Wight et Arn. in Hdinb. 
New Phil. Journ, vol. xiv. p. 298, Stylodiscus, Bennett in Horsf. Plant, Jav. Rar. p. 133, t. 29. 
This genus is now reduced to two species, the one found in Viti, and B, leptopoda, Mull, Arg., as yet 
only met with in the Samoan group. 
1. B. Javanica, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1168; Miill. Arg, in DC. ].¢, p. 478; foliis subellipticis basi 
obtusis vy, subobtusis apice brevius v. longius cuspidato-acuminatis 5 pedicellis fructigeris inerassatis 
froctum longiuscule superantibus ; fructibus pachydermeis rugulosis basi brevissime contracto-angu- 
latis —Mig. Flor. Ind. Bat. vol. i, pars li. p. 363, et Suppl. p. 444, B. Cumingiana, Dene. an 
Jacquem, Voyage aux Indes, p. 153. B. Reperiana, Dene. im Jacq. 1. c.; Baill. Htud. Gén. 
Euphorb, t. 26, f. 25-82. Stylodiscus trifoliatus, Benn, in Horsf. Plant. Jav. Rar. p. 133, t. 29, 
Microelus Reperianus, Wight et Arn, in Edinb. New Phil, Journ. vol. xiv. p. 298; Wight, Icon. 
Plant. Ind. Or. t. 1880. Andrachne trifoliata, Roxb. Flor. Ind, vol. iii, p. 728. A, apetala, Wall. 
Oat, n. 7956 (nomen). Phyllanthus gymnanthus, Baill. Rec. d’Obs, Bot. vol, ii. Pp. 240 (fide specim. 
orig.). Nomen vernac. Vitiense et Tonguense, % Koka,”—Banks of the Navua river, Viti Levu (See- 
mann! n. 417), Also collected in New Caledonia (Forster !), Tahiti (Capt. Cook !), Tonga (Harvey I), 
and the Samoan Islands (U. S, Exp]. Exped.). Distributed over the Hast Indies and Indian Archi- 
pelago. 
This tree yields a har 
Kew) that the Tonguese § 
VI. Croton, Linn. ew parle ; Mill. Arg. in DC. l.c. p.512. Calyx J 5-(4-6-)partitus ; lacinig 
ngustissime et apice tantum distincte imbricativa:, secunda spire (impar) pos- 
latius angustiusve 1mo al ay Ce . dj 
tica. axin inflorescentiz spectans. Petala laciniis calycis isomera, evoluta vy. plus minusve rudimen- 
taria a obsoleta. Glandule disci cum petalis alternantes. Stamina centralia (5-400, seapius 10— 
20) ; filamenta apice cum antheris inflexa; antherze plus minusve basifixee, demum oscillando- 
tae 2_rimosie, Ovaril loeuli (2-4, svepissime 3) l-ovulati, Styli dichotome divisi. Fructus 
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d and durable timber, used for posts of houses. Harvey remarks (Sched. in Herb. 
tain their cloth with the bark. 
