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PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



MoNTRGUZlEliA CATTLIFLORA Plaiicli. & Ttiiina. Rivcr ('oml)oui; scrubby 

 and SpermolejAs wooJs, especially on serpentine alluvium ; 0-500 ft. 

 2200. Small formal pyramidal tree 15 ft. Yellow latex. Pelals thick, 

 yellowish, with scarlet and rose flushes. Mont Taom ; serpentine scrub ; 

 500-2500 ft., abundant. 2341. Shrub 4 ft., spreading habit. Latex ytdlow, 

 sticky. Corolla fleshy, rose and yellow. Stamens greenish. Scentless. 



M. VEUTiciLLATA Planch. & Triaua. Mont Koghi; open serpentine scrub 



> 2000 ft. 730. Shrnb 3 ft. Flowers proterandrous. Corolla spherical, 

 pink, fleshy. 



TERNSTRCEMIAOE^. 



MiCROSEMMA SALiciFOLiA Labill. Hieghene roadside. 



tree 20 ft. Leaves medium green. Fls. male onl\% perianth green, anthers 

 yellow. 



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M. CojU'ToNii B^k. fib, sp. nov. (Pi. 16. fig^. 1-7.) As this species 

 differs markedly from the species on which the genus was founded, I have 

 ventured to propose the Colloning sections : 



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Sect. Eumicrosemma. Sepala 5-G imbricata. Squama petaloideaj breves, 

 5-0, bifidfc. Ovarinm mutiloculure. Stylus brevis, stigmato 5-G-fi(lo. 

 Capsula gl djosa, 10-12 locularis. Frutex erectns, ramosns. Folia oblonga. 



M. salicifolia Labill. M. ohlongum Schlechter. 



Sect. Sapotophyllum. Sepala 4-5-6 imbricata. Squamrc petaloidotc 

 nulla2. Squamarum minutarum annuhis, setacens, inter ovarium et andro*- 



cium interpositus. Ovarium ±8 loculare. Capsula ignotn. Arbu,«cul; 

 circ. 25-podalis. Folia ovata vel elliptica. 



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(§ Sapotophvllum) 



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Arhor circ. 25-pedalis 

 vel ellipticis G-]0 x 4'5-C cm. 



margino integris snbtus cinerois nervis lateralibus tenuissimi: 



s numerosis, 



costa subtus consi)icua, apice rotundatis vel leviter emarginatis has! rotun- 

 datis vel hiie cuneatis petiolis 13-24 mm. longis cras.^iusculis pntnlilis ; 

 floribus ex axillis foliorum fasciculatis fasciculis Sffipissime 2-3-floris, j)edun- 

 culis 5-8 mm. longis 1-floris petiolis brevioribus ; perianthio crasso 6-7 mm. 

 longo coriaceo persistente laciuiis 5 rarius 4 vel 6 extus cinereis ; squamis 

 setaceis minutis filamentis numerosis a fundo calycis ortis ; ovario hirsuto 

 circ. 8-loculari, ovulis solitariis, stylo erecto, stigmafe tennlnali ; 

 ignoto. 



Ignambi; forest; 3500 ft., nncommon. Gneiss. 1579. Small tree 25 ft 



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