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SILENCER MOORE; GAMOPETAL^, 329 



vel terininalibus i^aucifloris ])etliuiculis l'5-2'5 cm. long. ; hracteu ± 3 mm. 

 long, parvls late sul)ulalis pedicellis f^quilongis ; ovario ovoideo glabro 2'5 

 mm. long. ; calf/cis limbo cupuluri 2 mm. long, breviter dentato ; corolla in 

 sicco nigresconti j)ro gonere parva liexamera Iij[)0(jra(:erimorp]ia tidjo late 

 oblango quam lobi ovato-oblongi obtiisi recurvi 5 mm. long, dnplo brevioro ; 

 stamin'ihus ore corolko insertis antheris j^ubrios^ilibus oblono-Is obtusis 3 mm. 



long. ; ovario 2-Ioculari ; ovulis pluribus placent^G brovi a(Hxis ; d^lo exserto 

 5-5 mm. long. ; stir/mate anguste clavato 2 mm. long. ' 



Ca//i7m forest by River Comboui; 100 ft. ; serpentine. 2150. 

 In foliage most like E. niyricans Schlechtor among New Caledonian 

 species, but with several differences. It U more like the Australian 



R. deasiflora Bentb, 



Gardenia mollis Scldechter. Ignambi; forest; 1000 ft. ;' gneiss. 164:6. 



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so far unknown, tlie identification is somewhat doiibtfuk Moreover Schlcchtcr 

 defines the species as a shrub, whereas Mr. Compton notes his specimen ag 

 from a "medium-sized tree/' but perhaps Schlechter's material camo 

 froiu a precociously flowering source. The indumentum, a remarkable 



feature it may be noted in the genus, is identical in both ciises. The hirsute 

 fruit, apparently not yet ripe, is ovoid or ovoid-oblong, nearly or quite 2'5cm. 

 long by 12-13 mm. broad, and provided \Yith a straight beak, 1-1'5 cm. in 

 length, which is crowned by the persistent calyx. 



No. 1237 from Mont Canala, moist forest 3000 ft,, also in fruit, must be a 

 variety of this if not a distinct and allied species. With broader leaves 

 obtuse at base on petioles of 1-2 cm. and hairy all over the underside instead 

 of on the nerves only, the latter contingency would seem the more probable. 

 The sessile fruits are less hairy than those of the other specimen. 



G. 0E31IFERA S. Moore, s]). nov. Frute<v vel arbiiscula, maxime visciihi j 

 ramulis saltern superne bone foliosis aliquanto tetragonis ; foliis amplis 

 12-17 X 5"5-7'5 cm. petiolatis oblongo-ovatis apice cuspidato-attenuatis ipso 

 obtusis basi obtusis coriaccis pag. utraque nitentibus costis lateralibus utrin- 

 que circiter 10 optinie porspicuis perj^aucis proximalibus iuterdum oppositis 

 ([)et. +1 cm. long.) ; stijmlis 5 mm. long, cupulatis apice acutis ; Jiorilnis 

 in axillis superioribus solitariispedunculatis 5-moris pednnculis 10 mm. long. ; 

 ovario anguste oblongo-ovoideo quam pedunculus pauUo longiore ; calycis 

 lobis conspicuis foliosis 23 mm. long, obovato-spathulatis obtusissimis uti 

 partes juveniles succa resinosa co[)iose obductis; corollcc albse tubo superne 

 gradatim ampHuto calycis lobis roquilongo lobis ovato-oblongis obtusissimis 

 quam tubus paullo longioribus (27 mm. long,); aniheris inclusis ; stylo 

 breviter exserto 25 mm, long.; stigmate fusitormi apice bifido 5 mm. long, 



Itiver Comboui ; Callkris forest; 200 ft. ; serpentine. 2160. 



Conspecific with this is Schlcchtcr 1511, distributed and noticed (Engl, 

 Bot. Jahrb, xxxix* 256) as Gardenia lucens Panch. & Sebert^ a species 





