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PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA, 



cuneati?!- nervis latenilibus teniiibus margiuem versus arcuatis et inter se 



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conjungentibiis, petiolo mediocri 8-10 mm. lono-o pra?(.Iitis ; spicis 3-5 cm, 

 longift axilhiribus petiole 2-3-plo longioribus hxe floriferis ; fiorihis nlbis 

 siiavooleiitibus; calyce tnrbinato ±1'5 mm. longo segmentis breviter 

 triangularibns parvulisj i^elalis angustis 4 mm, longis lineari-oblongis ; stylo 

 subulate 2*5 mm, lengo teniil dense piloso stigmato parvnlo subcapitato* 



(>emboni Mts. j scrubby conit'orons forest; 3500 ft.; serpentine. Shrub 

 or small tree. 2178, Leaves medinm green, midrib reddish below. Calyx 

 and corolla creamy-white, petals spreading. Sweet-scented. 



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EUGRYrHIACE^. 



Paracryphja Bak. fil., gen. nov. 



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'lantlin seymenia 2 inibricatii, extus hirta, concuva, suLcalyptratim 

 catlucissima. Stamina 8-10, subperlgyiiaj anlherls longitudinalitcr dchis- 

 centil)us basifixis, flavis, filamentis post aiithesin accrescentibus. Ovarium 

 libcniin, extiis liirtum, 12-15 loculare, miiltiovulatum^ ovulis in loculis 

 paucis, aiignlo central! 1-seriatim affixis. Capsula e valvuHs 12-15 septicide 

 dehiscontibus sistens, valvulis ab axi placentifero praiter apicem solutis 

 oUgosperrais. 



Frutex vel arhusada usque ad 20-pcdalis. Folia simplicia fere (dabrn 

 coriacea, margine serrata, basi in pctiolum attenuata, apice subacuminata, 

 verticillata vel subvortlcilhita. Flares superioros liGrmapbroditi, inferiores 

 masculi, parviusculi, in paniculas dispositi, ramis ferrugineo-hirtis (PI. 18). 



Allied to EucTT/phia, hut differing in tlie perianth, the character ef the 

 inflorescence, and the sessile stigmas. It agrees^ however, as was kindly 

 pointed out to me by Miss Gibbs, in the manner ef dehiscence of the capsule, 

 the valves of which dehisce septicidally and separate from the central axis 

 being only attached at length by two strands at the very apex. The ovary 

 is 12-1 n-locular, tlie ovules being uniseriato and axile. 



Pakacryptha suaveolens, sp, nov. F'. 



vol . arhuscula 6-7-metralis 



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cm. X 12-30 mm. margine scrratis coriaceis apice subacuminatis 

 siipenie demum glabris, costa subtus conspicua, nervis lateralibus tonuibus 

 petiolis crassliisculis 10-20 mm. longis ; floribus parviusculis in paniculam 

 dispcsitis ramis ferrnginoo-birtis 3-4 cm. longis ; perianthii segmentis concavis 

 extus ferrugineo-hirtis caducissimis ; staminihus 8-10 antberis 3-4 mm. 

 longis longitudinaliter dobiscentibus filamentis post antbesiii accrescentibus • 

 ovarii locnlis 12-15 ; capsuHs septicide dehiscentilms 7-8 mm. longis valvulis 

 oligospermis, 1-1*5 mm. latis. 



Tgnambr ; forest; 3000-3500 ft. ; gneiss. 1515. Leaves yellowish orcen. 



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