314 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
-—C. Virginica, Forst. Prodr. n. 26, non Linn, C. agraria, Kunth, Enum, vol, lv, p. 38. C. poly. 
gama, Schlecht. nm Ehrenb. Pl. Ins. St. Thom. n, 187. C. Cajennensis, Rtich, in Act. Soc. Hist, 
Nat. Paris, vol. i. p. 106.—A common weed throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 642). Also collected 
in the Tongan (D. Nelson ! Forster! Barclay !) and Sandwich Islands (Mann and Brigham !), New 
Caledonia (Capt. Cook ! M‘Gillivray !). Common in tropical America. 
Horace Mann regards it as an introduced plant in the Hawaiian Islands, but it is probably indigenous 
there, as it was found by the early explorers of Polynesia in many of the South Sea Islands. 
II. Aneilema, R. Br. Prodr. p. 270. Flores subregulares. Sepala 6, libera, 3 exteriora 
nayicularia, immutata, persistentia, 3 interiora majora, petaloidea, subzequalia, decidua. Stamina 6, 
quorum nunc 3, nune 2-4 effeta, antheris erassis difformibus instructa, interdum 4, guorum 2 sterilia, 
Anthere fertiles 2-loculares, conformes; loculis parallelis, connectivo angusto junctis. Ovyarium 
sessile, 3-loculare; oyulis in quolibet loculo 2-5, superpositis. Stylus elongatus; stigma simplex, 
Capsula 3-locularis, 3-yalvis; valvis medio septiferis; loculis 2-oligospermis. Semina superposita, 
sessilia, angulata, hilo brevi affixa.—Herbe ramos, erect y. diffusee et repeutes, foliis vaginatis ; 
pedunculis terminalibus, corymboso- dichotomo- y. paniculato-ramosis, bracteatis; floribus solitariis, 
pedicellatis ; pedicellis basi bracteolatis ; filamentis plerumque imberbibus, rarius aliquis y. omnibus 
barbatis.—Anilema, Kunth, Enum. vol. iv. p. 64. Aphilax, Salish, in Trans. Hort. Soc. vol. i, 
p- 261. 
1. A. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem. (Tab. XCVI.) ; caule adscendente glabro ; foliis brevi-petio- 
latis, ovatis v. ovato-oblongis, attenuatis, utrinque levibus et glaberrimis ; vaginum ore ciliatis; floribus 
dichotomo-paniculatis ; sepalis exter. ovatis obtusis, interioribus obovatis; ovario pubescente.—Viti 
Leyu (Seemann! n. 643), 
In look nearest 4. lava, R. Br., and A. acuminata, R. Br., but at once distinguished by the shape 
of the leaves and their entire smoothness, as well as the character of the inflorescence. Entire plant about 
13-2 feet high; petiole proper shorter than the sheath. Blade of leaf 3-4 inches long, 9-18 lines broad. 
Petaloid sepals pale blue. 
Expranation or Prats XCVL, representing Anetlema Vitiensis, Seem.—Fig. 1, flower-bud; 2, 
flower; 3, pistil ; 4, sepals and pistil; 5, ovary, cut across:—all magnified. The stamens of fig, 2 not quite 
reliable, as the specimen was imperfect. 
Orvo CII]. JUNCACEA, 
. Luzula campestris, DC. (Juncus campestris, Linn, Forst. Prodr, n. 154), may be expected to exist in 
Viti, as it has been found in the Society (Forster!) and Hawaiian Islands (Macrae!), and New Zealand 
and Tasmania. 
I, Plagellaria, Linn. Gen. n. 450; Endl. Gen, n. 1054; J. D, Hook. in Kew Mise. vol. vii. 
p. 198. t. 6. Perigonium coloratum, 6-partitum, persistens ; laciniis 2-seriatis. Stamina 6, hypo- 
gyna; filamenta filiformia, libera; antherze oblong, medio dorso affixes, 2-loculares, longitudinaliter 
dehiscentes. Ovarium sessile, liberum, 3-loculare, 
Ovula in loculis 1, basilaria, sessilia, ana- 
tropa, Stigmata 38, sessilia, filiformia, patula. 
Drupa pisiformis, stigmatibus coronata, 1-3- 
sperma; epicarpio carnoso ab endocarpio osseo solubili. Semina subglobosa v, oblonga; testa 
membranacea, tenui; umbilico basilari; chalaza tcrminali late orbiculari. Embryo lenticularis, 
minimus, albuminis farinacei foveolz basilari semi-immersus, extremitate radiculari punctiformi 

