Gossia clusioides subsp. maoyana N. Snow, subsp. nov.

(Figs 7; 8B)

Trees or shrubs 3- 4 m. Leaf blades slightly bullate, ovate to elliptic or broadly elliptic.

TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Nord Massif Ignambi, 600 m, 28.XI.1967, Veillon 1514 (holo-, P[P00758089]; iso-, NOU [NOU030918]) .

PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Mé Maoya, 780 m, 20.XI.1992, Jaffré 3196 (NOU [NOU029543]) ; Mé Maoya, 500 m, 30.XI.1992, Dawson WELTU 16603 (BISH [fragment], WELTU). — Ab loco., Balansa 1490 (P[P00402745]) .

REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P00758089.

ETYMOLOGY. — In reference to collections from Mé Maoya.

DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Mé Mayoa and Ignambi (Fig. 7); in dense but often low stature forests over ultramafics, 400- 780 m. Flowering confirmed February to April; fruiting January through November.

REMARKS

Additional sampling may reveal this to be the same as the nominal subspecies, although the latter occurs in the southeast. Some specimens, including the holotype, were annotated previously with a manuscript infraspecific epithet of “orientalis”.