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1500 ft- ; serpentine. 1028. Ignambi; frequent in forest margin ; lOOO^ 

 2000 ft. Liinie ascending to about 15 ft. 1813. Hiengliene; forest sea- 

 lovel ; fcihales. 1923. 



Rapanea ASYMMETiiiCA Mez. Nekaudo ; Conifer forest ; 3500 ft. ; ser- 

 pentine. 1084. Shrub 5 ft. 



Pt, GRANDIFOLIA S. Mooro, sp. nov, Arhuscula fere 6-niotralis ; caule 

 erecto siniplicl comparate gracili cortico cinerco aliqnantum polite obJucto ; 

 foliis 30-33x9*5^10 cm. pctiolatis ovato-oblongis basi siciit npice obtusis 

 maxinie coriaceis pallidissime nitidis glabris ; iuflorescentus pluriniis ex caule 

 toto erumpentibus pluri- necnon densifloris ; jlorihus 5-meris pedicellatis 

 pedunculo 2-5 muL long, validissimo bracteis parvulis onusto insidentibus ; 

 pedicellis calyccm paullulum excedcntibus crassissimis 2*5 mm, long,; calycis 

 paullo ultra medium partiti incrassati segmentis ovatis obtusis margine 

 niicroscopice papillosis pauci- (sa^pius 4-G-) punctatis ; covoUte alboc brunneo- 

 tinct?e tubo 1 mm. long, incluso lobis 3'5 mm. long, per antliesin mox 



patentibus anguste ovatp-oblongis obtusis crassiusculis intus copiose papil- 

 losis ; antherls lobis versus basin insertis oblongis aplce obtusis n<'cnon 

 paullulum incurvis fero 1*5 mm. long, ; ocario oblongo-ovoid(H) glabro 

 l'75xl'25 mm.; sihjmale niagno pileato-capitato sulcato copiose papilloso 

 1'5 mm. diam. 



]\Iountuins north of Ngoye; on serpentine. 2065. Yiu-y distinct from 

 all its New Caledonian congeners l)y reason of the large loaves and flowers. 



TArEiNOSPEUMA NECTAXDROiDEs Mez (ox descript.). Mt. Canala ; forest; 

 800 ft.; schists. IIGG. Tree. Panicle with whitish branches. Flowers 

 purple. Ihe panicle is about 25x25 cm.; its branches aiid brancblets arc 

 stout and very patent. 



T. ScHLECHTERi Mez. Ignambi ; forest; 2000 ft.; gneiss. 1487. Small 

 treOj branching, with crowns of leaves. Stone fruit very dark purplish black 



when ripe. No flowering specimen being to hand^ some doubt must attach 

 to this identification. 



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OflRYsoPiiirLLUM GOUDONi/Et'OLiCM S, Mooro, sp, nov* Avhov circiter 

 9-metralis; ramis patulis cortice griseo longitrorsum rimoso lentic(dlifero 

 cinctis; foliis 14-17 X 4-G cm. petiolatis (pet. +- *^'^^- long.) anguste ellij> 

 ticis obtusis busi cuneatis margine undulatis vel xindulato-dcntatis coriaceis 

 glabris costis lateralibiis utrinquc 11-13 intervallis +lem. interjcctis pag. 

 sup. planis pag. inf. prominentibus ; jiorthus pediccllatis in fasciculos sessiles 

 paucifloros inter folia sitis vel ex caulo jam foliis orbo oriundos dig(\stis; 

 'pedicellis 5-G mm. long, albo-furfuraceis; calycis 3 mm. long, ultra medium 



