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dentatus. Corolla (iiobis non visa, at, secimdum' Collie) infundibuliformis, -Hoba, cum anthens 4 m faucem
sessiUbus. Fmctus junior bilocnlaris, polyspermus : maturus (sec. Collie) baccatus.
This appears to us to belouj decidedly to Petesia, as described by De CandoUe, (Prodr. v. 4. p. 395.) It
cannot be the P. carnea, Forst. (Eumachia, DC.), since that has only one seed in each ceU of the frmt ; and
it differs from most liubiaeex in its carnose leaves.
1. Morinda n trifo lia . L i,m .— De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. ]>. 446.
1. Timonius Forsteri; foliis obovatis, floribus axülaribus, masculis cymosis, liermaphro-
ditis solitariis, bacca subrotunda. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p . 461. Eritlialis polygama, ».
“ F o rst Prodr. 1. n. 101.”— Bumeya Forsteri. Clmm. et Schlecht.
In the Linmea, the parts of the flower are described as quinary or quaternary. In our specimens, their
arrangement is sometimes senary.
1. Guettarda speciosa. L in n .— B e Cand. Prodr. ». 4. p . 453. L am. I l l t. 154. f . 2.
Han. Whitsunday Island. (Mr. L a y )
1. Canthlum Incidmn; ramis inermibus, foliis breviter petiolatis ellipticis obtusis, basi
paululum attenuatis coriaceis supra lucidis subtus pallidis, cymis pedunculatis axillaribus,
bacca subglobosa.
This plant has the calyx 4-5-toothed, the coroUa 4-5-lobed, and . either 4 or 5 stamens. The character
accords with that of the gemm in De Candohe’s Prodr. v. 4. p. 473, and onr species appears closely alhcd
both to C. glahrum and C. nitens.
1. Chiococca harhata; erecta, foliis ovalibus basi acutis in petiolum brevissimum attenuatis
apice acuminatis obtusis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis uni-triflons, corolla fauce
barbata. (T a o . X I V . ) - “ Forst. Prodr. 1. p . 96.” De Cand. Prodr. ». 4. p . 483.
Cmdis s u b a rb o r e i is ; r am is e re c ti s , e lo n g a tis , g la b ris , t e r e tih n s . Folia ilig ita h a , oviUia, m em b r a n a c e o -
c o ria e c a , s n b n itid a , in te g e r r im a , s u b tu s p aUida, b a s i iu p e tio lum p e rb r e v em a t te n u a ta , a p ic e a c um in a to , o b tu s a .
Z I la te c o r d l t o - o v V , m ^ c r o n a t Z u m i u a h e , r ig id ie . PeMneuli ax iUm -.s , t e f l o n , s v y r em . um f lo r i :
P e L f f i b r a c te i s b r e v is s im is n f lf u lti. Calyx q u in q u e d e u ta tu s , d e n tib u s b r e v ib u s a e u tis . C o r o lla , ^ a n , b -
b d i f o n n i s . 5 -lid a , o r e b iu -bato, b a ciuiis o v a tis , d em tu u reflc.xis. S l a u a u a p a tfliilum e x s e r ta .
Stigma capitatimi, obscure bilobmu. Fmctus: Drupa magmti.dme JVac.s A r f t am . obeordata. iiueibus
duabus monospemis.
This appeiu-s to us to bo the C. barbata of Forster. Yet it is described as haring the leavM acute at both
extrcmitiL, and the peduncles single-flowered. De CandoUe says that in habit this differs from the geniis,
but he was oidy acquainted with the phint in an indifferent state.
T in . XIV. Fig. 1, Flower; fig . 2, Part of the coroha, style, and stigma; fig . 3, Germen ; fig . 4, Section
of do. ; fig . 5, Drupe ; fig . 6, Section of the th-tipc, to show the two nuts.
2. Chiococca odorata; foliis Into-ovalibus subcoriaceis obtusissimis basi acuüs m petioium
brevem decurrentibus, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis 3-4-floris, corolla fauce barbata.
— Coffiea odorata. “ F o rst Prodr. 1. n. 94.” ?
1-IiB Elizahctu Island.—Of tliis wc have seen no fruit; hut the flowers and the geiici-al habit of the
plant are so very similar to those ot the preceding, that wc cannot separate it from the genus Clnococca.
Tho flowers are described as fiagraut, aud smelhiig like cowslips; aud it maybe the Cofima odorata oi
Foratcr, but the description given ot that plant is too brief to enable us to judge with certainty respecting it.