A434, FLORA VITIENSIS. 
1, G. Gnemon, Linn. Mant. p. 125; arbor monoica; ramis articulato-nodosis; foliis oppo- 
sitis breviter petiolatis elliptico-oblongis vel ellipticis apice subacuminatis basi attenuatis ; amentis 
solitariis vel paucis subumbellatis aut raro vix racemosis, rachide inferne nuda; floribus crebre 
verticillato-capitatis, verticillis subglobosis ; drupis subsessilibus (rubris) ovali oblongis, obtusis cum 
mucronulo.—Parlatore, l.c.; Blume! Nov. Pl. Fm. p. 30 et im Ann. des Sc. Nat. 2 série, t. 2. p, 
105, et Rumph. vol. iv. p. 3. t. 176; Brongn. ad Duperr. p. 6. t. 1; Endl. Conif. p. 250; Carr. Conif. 
p. 536. Gnemon domestica, Rumph. Amb. vol. i. p. 181. t. 71, 72. 
Var. 8. sylvestris ; foliis minoribus, drupis obtusioribus.—Gnemon sylvestris, Rumph. Amb. vol. 
i. p. 183. t. 73. Gnetum ovalifolium, Poir. Suppl. vol. ii. p. 810. G. sylvestre, Brongn. ad Duperr. 
p. 12. G. Gnemon, var. 8. ovalifolium, Blume, l.e.; Endl. l.c.; Carr. 1.c.—Nadi, Island of Vanua 
Levu (Harvey! in Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
This appears to be the most southerly station of the genus as yet recorded. 
LEMNACES. 
Lemna minor, Linn. Supra, p. 288. 
Hegelmaier (Lemnacee, 1868), p. 189, points out that this species is not L. minor of Linneus, but 
L. paucicostata, Hegelm. t. 8. As yet it has not been found in Polynesia beyond Viti, nor in any part of 
Australia, though in many parts of the other continents. 
Lemna melanorrhiza, Kunze. Supra, p. 288. 
It is regarded by Hegelmaier, l.¢., as a species of Spirodela, viz. S. oligorrhiza, Hegelm. var. 8. mela- 
norrhiza Hegelm. |. c¢., p. 148. 
GRAMINES. 
Schizostachyum glaucifolium, Munro. Supra, p. 323, line 19 from below, add after Nomen 
vernac. Vitiense, the word “ Bitu” and a full-stop. 
