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MIU SrENCEU MOOUE : A CONTRlIUlTlOK 



P0KTULACACEJ3. 



Calaxdrixia Maryonii, sp. nov. rJaiita M;]al)ra ; r/dzomate Lrcvi ligr.oso 

 caiilos multos gi'acllos repenios eniitionto ; follls panels Laud rusciculatis 

 Ihiearlbus vel linoai*i"ol)]oiio-is ni-si obloiigis oLtusIs crassiiiRCulis ; raceuns 

 laxe [)lur;flori;5 ; hracteis sat perspicuis ovatis ineinbi'anaceis ; ff.oribus 

 pedicollis brovibns ascendeiitibus post floritionem voro clono-;itis pcndon- 

 tibiisquj iiiiidentibus ; sepulis hde ovatis obtusis obscure ncrvosis ; petalis 

 G oblanccobito-obloiigis obtusis scpala paullulnm excedentiljus ; stain inihus 

 5-6 filauieiitis coui[)rcssIs inui basi dilaiatis ; ovano oblongo-ovoideo stylis 

 4 sat elon^atis coroiiato ; capsala so[)ala brevitoi' ^uperante subcyliudrica 



Mulline; Maryon. 

 Caul 



cri 



longit. 20 cm. attingentes sod sajpissiuio breviorcoj siuiplices vel 

 rauiosi ramis patentibus* Folia 1 cm. long,, infcriora viridia (in sicco 

 fuscescentia), superiora lationij iu sicco brunneo-rubra. Bracterc circa 

 2 aim. long., deo»*3iini caulem l)a^i ampjectcntes. Pedicelli pleriquc 2-3 mm, 

 long., sul» fruc'tu 5-7 mm. Sepala sub flore 4 mm.j sub friictu 5 mm. !o!ig\ 

 Petala 5'^ mm, lonir*, [taull(> post fioritiouein caly{)lram cap;5ulam obtegontem 



OM 



eftbrtnantia. Capyula 5-G mm. long. ; hujus valvic late oblongfCj obtusiisjjima^. 



75 mm* lontx* Seuiina circa 25, "5 mm. iliani. 



A[>parcutly nearest C. calyptrata^ ITook. f., ^vbich is a plant of slenderer 

 habit with much suuillcr bracts, and small flowers willi three short sti£;inas 

 and a thrce-valved capsule, tlie valves longer and differently shaj^eil. 



STERCUTilACEiE, 



CoiiMERSONiA Stow^vudii, sp, nov, A^erisimiliter frutex nisi sufFrutex 

 scabro-tomontosus ; rcuwdis ultiinis bi'evibus crebro foliosis ; folils parvis 

 petiolatis late ovatis apice rotundatis basi leviter cordatis interdum obliqiiis 

 margine intogris vel ut]dulatis pag. sup. cito scabridis : rynns subsessilibus 

 paucifloris quam folia !)revioribus flores pnrvos foventibus ; sepalh oblongo- 

 ovatis obLusis quam petala panduriforinia apice late rotuiulata longiorilnis ; 

 staiuhiodiU lateralibus anguste filiformibus ultra medium stauiinodii inter- 

 medli oblongo-spathulati attingentibus filamentis stamlnuni basi adhscrcu- 

 tibus; ovarii loculis ovulis 3 pra?ditis ; st}jlis inter se liberis. 



Nun gar in ; Stoward^ 287. 



Folia +10x8 mm,; petioli 3-6 mm. long. Cymre circa 7 mm. diam. 

 Flores verisirailiter albi, 5 nun. diauu Sepala 2'5 mm. long. Petala 2 mm. 

 lon^i. 



Filameuta crassiuscula, '75 mm. long. ; antliorse oblongoe, *8 mm. 



lon^^ Staminodium intermedium 1'5 



o 



m. 1 



mm. long. ; 



lateralia circa 1 mm. 



Ovariuui globosum, 5-sulcatum, molliter tomentosum, 1 mm. diam. 



Styli 



fere *5 mm. long. 



