A14 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
§ 2. Omphalanthus.—Omphalanthus, Lindenb. et Nees; iidem et Gottsche Syn. Hepat. p. 303. 
To this section belongs—3. L. pedunculata (sp. nov.), Mitt.: caulis elongatus, flaccidus, ramulis 
paucis brevissimis incouspicuis ; folia divergentia, oblongo-ovalia, obtusa, apice inflexa ; lobulo parvo invo- 
luto, apice dentato ; amphigastria magna, orbiculata, basi cordata ; folia involueralia eonformia ; am phi- 
gastrium apice sinu parvo excisum ; perianthium pyriforme, obtusum, quinqueplicatum, inferne sensim in 
peduneulum teretem attenuatum.—Samoa (Powell).—Caulis 2—1 uncias longus, ramulis 1—-6-liearibus, 
eum foliis 4 lineam latus. F olia castanea, fusca, subnigra.—Z. /iliformi statura similis, perianthio autem 
longe diversa. 
§ 3. Typice, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 325. 
The following non-Vitian species belong to this section :—4. LZ. polyploca, Tayl. Lond. Journ. Bot. 
1846, p. 396.—Pacific Islands (Herb. Hooker), Tahiti (Sibbald), Samoa (Powell). 5. L. anisophylia, 
Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat, 1843, p. 263; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat, 8377.—Sandwich Islands 
(Gaudichaud). 
2, L. Hawaiiensis, Gottsche; idem Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 301; caulis elongatus, 
ramosns; folia divaricata, subdecurva, ovalia, acuta, interdum obtusa, apice inflexa, lobnlo parvo 
ovato involuto ; amphigastria cordata, sinu aperto ad medium fissa; folia involucralia parva, acuta, 
lobulo lanceolato ; amphigastrium ovatum, laciniis utrinque extus unidentatis; perianthium clavatum, 
teres, apice obtusum, subinflatum.—JL. microloba, Tayl. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1846, p. 899.—Viti 
(Seemann !), Hawaii (Menzies), South Sea Islands (Nightingale), Samoa (Powell). 
Caulis 1-2 uncias longus, cum foliis vix semilineam latus. Folia pallide fusea. 
3. L, uvifera, Mont. Cent. vol. vi. n. 4, t. 6. f. 1; Syll. p. 77; caulis gracilis, elongatus, 
parum ramosus ; folia divergentia, ovalia, obtusa, apice incurva, integerrima, dorso convexa, lobulo 
ovato brevi saccato in caulem descendente, apice unidentato; amphigastria contigua, suborbiculata, 
ad medium usque bifida, laciniis acutis; folia involucralia minora, subovata; perianthium clavatum, 
inferne teres, apice obtusum, acute quinqueplicatum, mucrone demum in laciniis angustis fisso ter- 
minatum,—L. gracilipes, Tayl—vViti (Seemann), Samoa (Powell), Aneitum (ex Herb. Knight), 
Pacific Islands (Herb. Hooker). 
Caulis subuncialis, cum foliis vix semilineam latus, Folia pallidissime luteo-fusea, lobulo satis magno 
tumido vel interdum fere obsoleto,. 
4, L. crassiretis, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; caulis gracilis, elongatus; folia divergentia, ovali-rotunda, 
obtusa, lobulo parvo ovato involuto, cellulis grossiusculis interstitiis crassis areolata; amphigastria 
parva, rotunda, sinu subrectangulo ad medium fissa; folia involucralia obovata, lobulo lanceolato ; 
perianthium obovatum, obtusum, compressum, dorso uni- veutre bicarinatum.—Viti (Seemann !). 
Caulis subuncialis, cum foliis semilineam latus. Folia pallide fusco-olivacea. 
§ 4. Ceratanthe, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 395, 
To this section belongs the following non-Vitian species :—6. Z. oceanica (sp. noy.), Mitt.; caulis 
procumbens, inordinatim subpinnatim ramosus; folia divaricata, ovato-rotunda, apice incurva, integerrima, 
lobulo parvo involuto; amphigastria magna, rotunda, basi cordata, apice sinu angusto breviter bidentata, 
lateribus incurvis; folia involucralia amphigastriumque apice dentata; perianthium obconicum, quinque- 
cornutum.—Samoa, on Garovaglia Powellit (Powell !), Raiatea (Collie !).—Caulis 2-uncialis debilis latitudine, 
cum foliis vix semilineam metiens. Folia castanea. 
§ 5. Aerogonie, Mitt, Linn. Trans. 1860, p. 58.—Perianthium pentagonum, turbinatum, angulis 
subcornutis. 
The following non-Vitian species belong to thi ion :— ; ; ; 
eee tek pe one 8 section: —7. L. radiata (sp, nov.), Mitt.; caulis pro- 
st , sus; foha patentia, alterna, oblonga, obtusa, oblique acutave subdenticulata, lobulo parvo ovato 
inflexo, cellulis majoribus circiter tribus xquidistantibus sape vix conspicuis ; amphigastria parva, ad basin 
usque fissa, laciniis angustis; folia involueralia parva, lobulo obsoleto; amphigastrinm oblongum, apice 
