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toothed with teeth which are also themselves dentate 
rounded, and with many long teeth. Fragments 
P. opposita and P. Brauniana. ‘ 
: nes the perianth is broadly obovate; the lips 
of this species were mentioned in ‘ Bonplandia’ as 
secunda, integra vel d i i 
* ; : g entata, amphigastria parva vel nulla. Perianthium tubulosum, inferne leve 
perne plicatum, ore contractum, dentatum. . 
Ti} 2 ying i 
ae oe ee auf Sree not yet been discovered in Viti, viz.:—1. J. contracta, Nees ab E.; 
Le Maus Beet Planet Bt ty ae 2. ‘ paligere, Nees ab E, ; Gottsch, Lindenb. 
a Siac se . en Ls ,W . contract ‘ and ! 1), Si r 
3. J. Ksenbeckii, Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat, 1843, p. Hp. Sacdwioh Ieland (han bekoial ae ete 
1, J. flexi i i 
were icaulis, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 87; caulis procum- 
ens, sus, e ventre proliferus; folia densa, sursum secunda complicata Jato-orbi 
concava, apice obtusa vel angul i ii Pe ae 
Keen : nee sa vel angu ata, margine veatrali inflexo recto, dorsali flexuoso integerrima, 
a i is pe ata, involucralia integra vel obtuse bi-tridentata ; perianthium apice denticulatum. 
i (Seemann !), Sandwich Islands (Tolmie, Herb, Hooker; Hillebrand! un. 9). 
Ori i all a I ° ovr . . ‘ i 
Zealan ae y described from Java, where it is said to be frequent. It is found as far south as New 
, Il. Chiloseyphur; Corda; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 171. Caulis procum- 
ens. Hata explanata vel sursum secunda; amphigastria bi-quadri-pluridentata. Perianthium in 
ramulo brevi laterale, campanulatum, ore subtruncatum. 
The species comprised in this genus are in habit and general appearance intimately related to Lopho- 
ae aoe as in that genus, they are divisible into a green and a brown group, but in a less well-defined 
The following are non-Vitian Polynesian species:—1, C. decurrens (sp. noy.), Mitt.; caulis pro- 
cumbens, elongatua; folia sursum secunda, opposita, ovata, obtusa, integerrima, margine dorso cvalita, 
ventre cum amphigastrio orbiculari dentato confluentia, cellulis rotundis spatiis intercalaribus distinetis 
areolata ; folia ivolucralia parva, concava, dentata; perianthium tubulosum, superne plicatum, ore dentato 
ciliatum,—Sandwich Islands (Nightingale), Samoa (Powell! n. 76). Also in Java and Penang. 2. C. coa- 
hitus, Hook.—Aneitum (Milne! n. 874), Isle of Pines (Strange !). 

eaulis procumbens; folia sursum secunda, opposita, 
liato-dentata vel subintegra, margine dorsali sub- 
urva, basi cum amphigastrio magno reniformi- 
1, C. confiuens, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; 
subtriangularia, apice sinu parvo rotundato bici 
recta, undulata, basi connexa, yentrali rotundata, inc 
rotundato, apice quadridentata, dentibus interioribus longioribus confluente.—Fohis biciliatis, Viti 
(Seemann !) ; foliis apice umi- vel sub-bidentatis, Samoa (Powell !). 
Statura habituque OC. decurrenti simillima, sed foliis diversiformibus. 
Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 184; caulis pro- 
stratus, elongatus ; folia explanata, oblonga, obtusa, apice integerrima vel denticulis brevibus munita ; 
amphigastria parva, quadrispinosa, uno latere angustissime in folio proximo decurrente ; perianthium 
compressum, apice dentatum.—vViti (Seemann !), Norfolk Island (Herb. Hooker), Solomon Islands 
(Milne !), Samoa (Powell! n. 157). 
This species, which is found also in 
widely distributed in south-eastern Asia, 
very close. The Norfolk Island specimens 
trom Samoa. 
9, C. Endlicherianus, 
Australia and New Zealand, seems to differ from C. argutus, 80 
in its more oblong leaves; in other respects the resem lance is 
have a terebinthine odour, which is scarcely perceptible in those 
IV. Radula, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 253, Caulis procumbens, 
