

\. U. BxVKEU: POLYrKTALA^r 'ISi 



obovafcis 20-33 nun. x 11-14 mm. basi cuncatis apice acutis velobtusis 

 subtus costa prominonte pubesccnte lateralibus intequilateralibus paullo 



minoribus, petiolis niediocribns 5 



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axillaves paiicifloras in axillis foliorum supremorinii dispositis;. caJi/ce 4- 

 4*5 mm. longo brunneo cxtus pubescenfe ; petalis 4 albis oblongis vel 

 oblongo-oblunccolatis ±5 mm. longis extus pubescentibus ; stamiuihus 8 fila- 



f' 



to 



Tonine ; mountain-top scrub ; 3500 ft. 1937. Shrub 6 ft. Leaves 

 thickened, soft. Calyx brown. Corolhi white, scentless. A shrub witli 

 trifoliolate heaves and white, scentless^ tetranierous flowers In tlie axib of the 

 leaves. There are 8 stamens with hairy filaments. 



C^OMPTONELLA Bak. fib, gcn. nov, 



Flores hermaphroditic parvi. Cahjcis lohi 4 petalis brevlores, Petala 4, 

 valvata, subrecta^ Discus brevis, sinuatus. SUimina 4 basi disci inserta, 

 antheris oblongis. Omrium 4-lobum, pubescens, 4-loculare^ loculis petalis 

 oppositis. Stf/Ius eroctus, centralis, sm'snm attenuatus, stigmate capitate 

 globose' vix lobato. Com -1-3, ovoidei vel obovoldei, iudehiscentes, ulgres- 



centes, sessiles, ssepissime 1-spernii. Semina ovata, nigrescentia, testa opaca, 

 Arhascida 25-pedaliSj ramis erectis rigidis. Folia opposita, 1-foliolata iis 

 Bauerellw auslmliancc Borzi subsimilia, foliolis integerrimis petiolatisj nervis 

 lateralibus tenuibus niarginem versus furcatis et inter se conjungentibus, 

 costa subtns prominentc. Ctjmce axillares, floriferre petiolis subnequilonga^^ 

 frnctiferse petiolis longiorcs, foliis breviores. Flores inter minores ordinis, 



albi. (PL 15. figs. 1-GO ' 



This genus is allied to Evodia^ but Is distinguished at once by the marked 

 difference in the fruit, wliich does not separate into two valves. It differs 



Bau) 



•od sDecies of E 



sepals, and also in the fruit, 



have now been transferred to other genera. Evodui {§Pclcopsis) crotonifolia 



Baill. is Myrtopsis Novw-caledonkv Engler. 



C\ ALBIFLORA, sp. nov. Avhxiscula 25-pedalis sec. cl, detectorem ramis 

 erectis rIgidis;/oZ/i5unifoliolatis ellipticis vel ovalibus40-G0 mm. x 20-33 mm. 

 apice subobtusis basi late cuneatis nervis lateralibus tenuibus utrinque G-8 

 marglneni versus arcuatis, costa subtus prominente, sub lente punctatis, 



petiolo mediocri 15-18 mm. longo suffultis ; Jlorihus albis minutis in cymas 

 laterales dispositis ; cymis floriferis petiolis subsequilongis ; calyce 1-1\5 mm. 

 longo lobis 4 petalis brevioribus ; petalis 4 albis +1'0 mm. longis margino 

 incurvis; stamlnibus 4 basi disci insertis ; ovario 4-locularI ; coccis nigres- 

 centibus 1-spermis ±4'5 mm, longis indehiscentibus extus sub lente rugu- 

 losis ovoideis semlnibus oxalbumiuosis. 



IgaambI; forest; 3500 ft,, gneiss. 1542. Flowers scentless. Calyx 

 1-1*5 mm. long. 



