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

(Figs 7; 8H)

Leaf blades flat, 9.5-18.0 × 3.0- 6.5 cm, narrowly elliptic. Inflorescence 5.0- 6.5 cm.

TYPUS. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Dôme de Tiébaghi (Pente ouest), 400 m, 25.IV.1976, MacKee 31129 (holo-, P [P00402733]; iso-, NOU [NOU030917]) .

PARATYPI. — New Caledonia. Grande Terre, North Prov., Pente sud-ouest du Dôme de Tiebaghi, 300-500 m, 9.V.1966, MacKee 14935 (BISH, CHR n.v., MO, P[P02089851], WELTU n.v.) ; Massif de Tiébaghi, c. 12 air-km NW of Koumac, 8.XI.1980, McPherson 3323 (BISH, BRI n.v., MO[MO-3225918], NOU [NOU029550]) .

REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P00402733.

ETYMOLOGY. — From the type locality.

DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Massif de Tiébaghi (Fig. 7); in creekside forests and degraded maquis over ultramafics, c. 300- 500 m. Flowering April; fruiting April through November.