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SPENCER MOOKE: MOXOCHLAMYDE^. 385 



It is easily Jistingui.^lied by the character of its flo^vcr.s and leaves from 

 the previously kno^vn members of the genus: 



A. Folia ovato-lauceolata, serrata 7\ iveinmanni(t'foUa Soom. (Fiji), 



B, Folia elliptico-obovata^ papyracea, marjjine 



Integra , < T, neocaledonica 13ak. fil, (N. Caledonia). 



■C. Folia lanceolata, coriacea, margine obscuro 



serrata . , • T, papiiana Ridley (N. Guinea), 



D. Folia oblongflj serrata T. arfaJcensis Gibbs (N. Guinea). 



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LAURACE^. 



AdenodaphnEj Lauraceariim e tribu Litseccarum genus novum. 



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Flares unisexuales, verisiniiliter dioici, in vel extra axillis glomerulati vel 

 racemum brevem terminalom constitucntes, Periantltii tubus brevissimus, 

 intus planus; segmenta 11^ triseriata, extima 2 minora ])racteolasquo aliquanto 

 montientiaj intermedia 4 quam intima 5 paullo majora. Florum masculoram 

 stamina in toto 11-12 biseriata, addito uno (vel duo) seriei tertia3j omnia 

 antlicris 4-locellatis introrsum dehisccntibus nccnon glandulis 2 pcrspicuis 

 donata. Staminodia 0. Ovarii rudimcntum nullum. Flores feminei ignoti, 

 Arhuscida glabra. Folia alterna nonnunquam subopposita, pcnninervia, 

 coriacea. Glomeruli axillarcs, subsessiles, summoperc pauciflori^ bractcis 

 parvulis stipati, 



A. CORIFOLIA S. MoorCj sp. unica. Arhuscida^ ramidis sat validis sub- 

 teretibus longitrorsum rimosis ; foliis 5-6*5 x 2-3 cm. brevitcr petiolatis 

 ovato-oblongis vel obtusissimis basi obtiisis margine anguste cartilagineis ; 

 glomerulis quam folia multo brevioribus sf)epius 2-4-floris ; bracteis pnrvulis 

 vix l'5mm. long, imbricatis pcdunculum plus minus obtogcntibus ovatis 



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oribus 



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late ovatis obtusis filamento 1mm. long, crassiusculo glandulis subglobularibus 

 onusto circa tequilongo insidentibus, 

 . River Comboui ; Spermolepis-Casuarina forest ; 1000 ft. ; serpentine. 



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LiTSEA NEOCALEDONICA S. Moorc, sp. uov. Frtttex suborgyalis ; ramidis 

 erecto-ascendentibus subteretlbus striatis primo minute griseo-pubescentibus 

 dein glabrescentibus ; foliis 5-9 X 2'5-5 cm. sparsis raro suboppositis peti- 



olatis (pet. 1 cm. long.) 



( 



aliquantalum obliquis) brcviter cuneatis penninervibus coriaceis supra 



minutissime pubescentibus 



teis stipantibus 4-5 



) 



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cito reflexis 



