240 FLORA VITIENSIB. 
oblongis v, lanceolatis acutis basi 1-auriculatis obtuse serratis 1-nerviis, supra pubescentibus, de- 
mum glabratis, subtus ramulisque sparse pilosis ; infloresccutiis axillaribus longe pedunculatis.— 
Elatosiema filicoides, Seem. in Bonpl. vol. ix, p. 259. Pellionia Vitiensis, A. Gray, mss. in Herb, 
Hook.—Woods on the banks of the Navua river, Viti Levu (Seemann! nm. 421). Also collected by 
Williams! and Harvey ! in Viti. 
An erect shrub, 4-5 feet high, much resembling some kinds of Fern in appearance. Stem terete, 
whitish; branches and leaves distichous. Largest leayes 1-15 inch long, 3-4 lines broad. My specimens 
and those of Williams are sterile; those of Harvey, existing at Kew, have imperfect inflorescence, and are 
mere scraps. 
VI. Elatostema, J. R. et G. Forst. Char. Gen. 33; Weddell, Urticac. p. 290. Flores diclini, 
monoici vy. dicici, densissime cymoso-capitati, capitulis unisexualibus in singulis nodis solitariis gemi- 
nisye, bracteato-inyolucratis rariusve exinvolucratis; receptaculo angusto aut dilatato plano v. con- 
eayo (rarissime ficiformi), subcarnoso sepius regulari. Fl. g: Perigonium 4- v. 5-partitum ; laciniis 
infra apicem mucronatis, Stamina 4 v. 5; lobis antherarum oblongis; filamentis inferne perigonio 
plus minus adnatis. Pistilli radimentnm globosum clavatum conoideumvye, glaberrimum. Fl. ?: 
Perigonium spe minimum aut imperfectum, plerumque 3-, rarius 4-5-phyllum ; segmentis lineari- 
subulatis lanceolatisve, subzequalibus, glabris aut ciliatis, Ovarium ellipsoideum, perigonium vulgo 
superans. Ovulum imo loculo affixum, erectum, funiculo brevi. Stigma sessile, longiuscule peni- 
cillatum, penicillo e papillis seu pilis pancis pluribusye et mox evanescentibus constante. Sta- 
minum rudimenta ut plurimum squamiformia, inflexa, tot quot laciniz perigonn. Acheninm ova- 
tum v. ellipticum, compressiuscnium, leve rariasve sulcatum, sepissime punctulato-pictum, subuu- 
dum; pericarpio tenui fragilique. Embryo ellipsoideus; cotyledonibus ellipticis radicule crasse 
equilongis; albumine 0 v. parcissimo.—Herbe annuz y. perennes, rarius suffrutices, spe radi- 
cantes, glabrie pubescentesve; foliis distichis, fere oppositis vy. seepius (altero cujusque jugi abortiente) 
alternis (stipula folii deficientis nihilominus evoluta inflorescentiamque perszpe axillante), imeeqnilate- 
rahbus (margine lateris angusticris limbi sursum spectante), varie dentatis rariusve integris, 3- 
nerylis y. 3-plinerviis; limbo cystolithis linearibus ut pluriimum insperso; petiolo breyi aut fere 
nullo; stipulis axillaribus, integris ; capitulis subsessilibus pedunculatisve ; bracteis involucrantibus 
magis minusye coalitis rarissime liberis; floribus femineis plerumque pedicellatis ; bracteis numerosis 
lineari-spathulatis et longe ciliatis intermixtis; floribus masculis modo sessilibus, modo pedicellatis; 
bracteis lineari-oblongis obovatisve stipatis. 
B, sessile, Forst. (Dorstenia pubescens, Forst. Prodr. n. 59. D. serrata, Sol. Prim, Fl. Ins. Pacit’ 
(mned.) p. 320. Proeris sessilis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 70), will probably be also met with in Viti, 
as it has been detected in the Samoan (Powell!) and Society Islands (Forster! Banks and Solander!), ia 
Lord Howe’s Island (Milne! M‘Gillivray !), New Holland, Java, Philippine Islands, and Bootan. 
1, EB, nemorosum, (n. sp.) Seem. (Tab. LXI.); hirsutum; caule erecto crasso suffraticoso; 
foliis alternis amplis obovatis acuminatis in petiolum alatum basi 1-auriculatum attenuatis, ab ima 
basi usque ad acumen grosse et inequaliter serratis, penninerviis, subtus in nervis hirsutissimis; sti- 
pulis magnis lanceolatis persistentibus ; capitulis brevissime pedunculatis ; receptaculo inflorescentize 
¢ discoideo.—Island of Taviuni (Seemann! n. 422). j 
One of the largest species of the genns, which must be placed amongst Weddell’s first ten species. 
Stem erect. Largest leaves from 12-15 inches long, and from 4—5 inches broad. Primary veins of blade 
12-15 on each side of the midrib. Male flower-heads not seen. Female flower-heads with a disk-like 
receptacle, Bracts long, linear, acute. Female flowers pedicellate. Lobes of perigone linear. 
Expianxation oF Prate LXI., representing Elatost 3 ae . ssid 
fluwers and bracts; 3, female flower,—all magn ifte 1 ema nemorosum, Seem.—Fig. 1 and 2, fem: 
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