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PLANTS FilOM NKW CALKDONIA. 



OCIINAGE^. 



Strasburgeria callianxiia BailL Nckando ; conifer forest; 3500 ft,; 

 serpentine. 2021. Small tree 25 ft. Branches brittle. Perianth spiral, 

 about 8 segments sepaloid, about 5 petaloid, transparent, veined, and 

 mottled with dark crimson. Scentless. Kimlike disc surrounding ovary. 



MELIAOEA^:. 



Dysoxylum COiMPTONH Bak. fiL, sp. nov. Arhor circ. 40-pedaHs ; folih 

 phinatis 20-25 cm. longis 4-5-jugIs foliolis 0-10'5 cm. x 3^5-4 cm. oblongis 

 vel subobovato-oblongis supra glabrls opacis subtus pallidioribus petiolulatis 

 basi iniJequali apice acutis nervis lateralibus tenuibus 8-10 ; Jloribus albis 

 carnosulis splcatis tetrameris ; .^picls e ramis vetustioribus vel e trunco 

 oriundis ; calycis lohis 4 rotundatis tube brevlssimo calyee in toto 1'5 mm. 



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tuho 



stamineo glabro pctalis inferne connato antheris 1'25 mm. longis ; disco 

 cupuliformi. 



Mont Canala ; by stream in Xiaouli region ; 1000 ft. 1244. Leaves 

 pinnate, alternate, medium green. Flowers in spikes sometimes clustered on 

 old wood and main stem, AvhitOj flesliy. A tree ^vitll pinnate glabrous leaves, 

 and spikes of white tetramerous flowers from the old wood and main si enu 

 Allied to 7>. VieniardiiC. DO. 



longo ; petalls 5-G mm. longis extus pubcrulis vel fere glabris ; 



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U. GAMOSErALUM Bak. fib, sp. nov. Arhuscula eirc, 25-pcdalis ; folns 

 abrupte pinnatis circ. lO-jugls +30 cm. longis foliolis ovatis vol ellipticis 

 vel subobovato-ellipticis 6-8 cm. x 3*5-4'5 cm. utrinqiic glabris petiolulatis 

 basi levitcr inaM|uali nervis lateralibus tenuibus ^)-^ arcuatis; Jloribus 4-5 

 meris aggregatis e trunco oriundis ; calf/ce recurvato +1 mm. longo ganio- 

 sepalo ; -petalis 4 vel 5 inforno coalitis ; tuho stamineo glabro antheris 



8-10 sumino tubo stamineo inclusis ; disco campanulato ; shjlo erecto stricfo 

 stigmato capitato ; fructu rotundato sec. cb detectorem seminibus 3-4, in 

 quoquc loculo solitariis. 



Ignambi ; fairly frequent in moist forest ; 2000-3500 ft. Gneiss. 1711. 

 Flowers on main trunk in small dense clusters. Perianth fleshy. Calyx 

 pink, recurved. Corolla tubular, white, tip of stigma crimson. Fruit round, 

 with 4 ridges and 3-4 brown seeds, one in each loculus, fruit- wall brown, 



corky. 



Calyx ±1 mm. long. Petals 11 mm. long. A tree 25 ft. with 



short gamosepalous calyx and flowers arising from the trunk. 



D. NITIDUM A. 130. ill 



Bogota. Occasional in 



DO. Monoo". Phaneros- 



1. 



522. 



Presqu^ile 

 serpentine scrub. 1000 ft. 1327. Slirub 6 ft* 

 Flowers white. Petals yellowish on outside, caducous. H. Ngoye. In 

 Spcrmoleins forest near stream, 500 ft. Small tree. Leaves pinnate, 

 medium green. Inflorescence axillary. Flowers wdiite. 



