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p:\niculain cjniosam laxam plaries trlcliotoniani crcbro bracteatam pube- 

 rulam 10 x 10 cm. ordinatis ranuilis ultiinis nri.sco-pubcsccntibus cymulam 

 2-3-floi-am ferentibus; hractels 1-5-5 mm. long, oblongo-lauceolatis obtusis 

 acutisve pcdicellis loiigioribus ; omrlo oblongo-ovoidoo griseo-pubosconte 

 qnam calyx broviore ; caJijce 2-5 mm. long, canspanulato fere glabro vix 

 usque medium 5-lobo lobis ovatis ob(u-is ; coroJhv 5-mora3 tubo 7-5 mm, 

 long, infnndibulariextus griseo-pubescente intiis ore faucibusque villoso quain 

 lobi oblongi obtusissimi ter longiorc ; 



antheris faucibus affixis oldongis 



obtusis inclusis 2 mm. long. ; stj/lo incluso glabro 8 mm. long. 



Cap Bocage ; frequent in serpentine sci'ub; 100-1.300 ft. ];573. 



This is near P. rupkola Schlecbter, but the Tatter's foliage, pedicelled 

 flowers, calyx and corolla diverge in several respects. 



PsYCHOTRiA FROXDOSA S. Moore, sp. uov. Arloi' Sl-metralis ; ramuVis 

 alidis comprcssis sursum foliosis uti inflorescentia et innovationes tomento 



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ferrucriiieo vcstitis deinde 



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10 cm. aniplis 



petiolatis ovatis apiee s^epe cuspidato-attenuatis ipso obtusis b:isi cuiieatis 

 pergamacois png. sup. mox glabris pag. inf. in costis ferrugineo-pubescentibns ; 

 stipnUs circa 3 mm. long, qnam potioli mnlto brevioribiis coiinatis cupularibus 



bis trichotomam i 



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anlculatam satis longe pedunculat;im 7-9x5-5-7 cm. 

 e cymulis pluribus plerumque 5-7-florIs constantem dispositis ; hradeU circa 

 2 mm. long, latissime rotundatis margine undulatis uti flores extus ferru- 

 o-ineis ; ocario 1 mm. long, obovoideo quam calyx campnnulatus ore breviter 

 dentatus duplo breviore ; corollw albre tubo infundibular! intus (basi exempta) 

 pubescente quani lobi ovato-oblongi obtusi duplo longiore 12 mm. long. ; 



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antheris inclusis paullo infra fauces affixis oblongis obtusis 3 mm. Ion 

 'stylo incluso minute pubescente 7-5 mm. long. ; sthjmatis ramis lineari- 



oblono-is obtusis. 



MontCanala; forest; 1000 ft. ; frequent; mica schists. 117(5. 



Recognised among 



New Caledonian species 



the peduncled open 



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sctnces composed of flowers packed closely together in stalked few- 

 flowered cymules— this together with the foliage and the indumeutum. 



P. PUDITUBA S. Moore, sp. nov. Frutex vel arbuscula ; ramuUs validis 

 prinio uti inflorescentia sparsim fulvo-velutinis cito glabris siccitate nigres- 



centibus ; /( 



(pet. 6 cm. long.) 



oblongo-obovatis obtusis basi gradatim extcnuatis papyraceis pag. sup. costa 

 media prope basin ferruginea exclusa glabris pag. inf. in costis pubescentibus 

 alibi sparsissime puberulis necnon microscopice lepidotis costis lateralibus 

 utrinque 11 maxima pro parte oppositis vel suboppositis ; stijfiilis late ovatis 



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