FLORA VITIENSIS. 239 
Vitiense, * Salato,”—Somosomo, Island of Taviun} ; 
: ’ ayvlu 5 ! n. 426) ¢ 
(Harvey! Sir E. Home! in Mus. Brit.). PES REEAREC tn EPO NESE A Se 
A tree, 40 feet high. Stipules large. Petioles 3-4} 
inches broad. Panicles salle, ahauree than Te pe ge oe ds 
EXPLaNATI t P ; ‘ * echint 
on OF Prats LIX., representing Laportea Harveyi, Seem.—Fig. 1, perigonium of female 
flower and pistil; 2, nearly ripe fruit; 3, longitudinal i : itudi 
5 teen dl - Mineo albania gifudinal section of the same; 4, longitudinal section of seed; 
* L. D n i iti 5 = . os . 
3 ( e drocnide) Vitiensis, (n. sp.) Seem. (Tab. LX.) ; arborea, inermis; foliis ovalibus 
v. ovato-o dlongis acuminatis basi cordatis integerrimis penninerviis, supra viridibus, subtus sub- 
glaucescentibus, utrinque glaberrimis; cymis paniculieformibus paucifloris ; perigonio fl. 2 lobis 
ovatis acuminatis pubescentibus; stylo elongato filiformiiNomen vernac, Vitiense,  Salato.”— 
Macuata coast of Vanua Levu (Seemann! n, 427). 
Allied to L. photiniphylia, of Queensland, Australia, but differing by its entire pinnately-veined leaves 
and large perigonium lobes. The stem is arboreous; leaves on rather short (1-L} inch long) petioles. 
Blade of leaf 6-8 inches long, 8-4 inches broad, pinnately veined, green above, rather glaucous below, Pri- 
mary veins 8 or 9 on each side of midrib. 
Exrtayatron or Prare LX., representing Laportea Vitiensis, Seem.—Fig. 1 and 2, female flowers ; 
3, pistil; 4, cross section of ovary,—all magnified. 
V. Pellionia, Gaud, Uran, p. 494; Weddell, Urticac. p. 282. Flores diclini, dioici, vulgo glo- 
merati y. dense cymoso-paniculati; inflorescenitiis sessilbus pedunculatisve, in axillis singulis seepius 
solitariis. Fl. ¢: Perigonium 5-partitum ; segmentis obtusissimis, margine membranaceis, summo 
dorso mucronatis, in przfloratione valde imbricatis; alabastro subsphzrico, mucronibus distinctis. 
StaminaS; lobis antheraram oblongo-reniformibus. Pistilli rudimentum conicum, glaberrimum. 
Fl, 2: Perigonium profunde 5-partitum ; segmentis wqualibus inzequalibusve, infra apicem mucro- 
natis. Ovarium ellipticum, parum compressum, perigonio brevins, Ovulum imo loculo affixum, 
erectum, funiculo brevi aut longiusculo sustentum. Stigma sessile, penicillatum. Staminum rudi- 
menta squamiformia, tot quot perigonii segmenta lisque opposita, inflexa. Achzenium late ovatum, 
wiagis minusve compressum aut fere cylindricum, leeve et punctulato-pictum szpiusve tuberculatum, 
perigonio persistente vestitum, Embryo cotyledonibus ut plurimum rotundatis radiculaque crassa 
conica duplo longioribus; albumine parcissimo.—Herbe, raro suffrutescentes vy. frutices, glabree 
rariusve villosse ; foliis distiche suboppositis (cujusque jugi altero minimo aut fere inconspicuo) v. 
(hocee omnino abortiente) alternis, inzequilateralibus (margine lateris angustioris limbi sursum ¢con- 
ratisye, penninerviis y. 3-nerviis; cystolithis fusiformibus inspersis ; 
stanter spectante), integerrimis ser is fusif 
s stipatis; glomerulis s, fasciculis involucro vero de- 
floribus bracteis parvis triangulari-lanceolati 
stitutis. 
1. P. elatostemoides, Gand. Bonit. t. 119; Weddell, lec. p. 286 5 dioica, glaberrima ; foliis 
suboppositis, ad modum disparibus ; altero cujusque jug aE suboblique elliptico- ¥- a 
obovato, abrupte acuminato, basi acuto, ultra medium laxe serrato , altero contra Bere ae oa e- 
eroque; inf nvesepitlin +44 eh 2 parvis, sessilibus ; perigonil fructiferi segmentis pea ic us, 
summo dorso longe aristato-mucronatis ; achzenio compresso, leviuscnlo, SS aa eo id 
trata, Reinw. mss.; Blume, Bijdr. 510. Nomen rene N pe oe W ee i oh rs A 
Levu, Taviuni, and Ovalau (Seemann ! n. 429; Milne! Harvey! Williams). Aso 
Marquesas (Hombron), New Guinea, and the Moluccas. 
sp. nov.) Seem. ; fruticosa, erecta; foliis alternis sessilibus parvis lineari- 
9, P, filicoides, ( 912 
