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SPENCER MOORE : MOXOCHLAMYDE.?^: 



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Knightia DEriANCiiEr Vieill. 



Pi'csqu'ile Bogota ; frequent in dry 



serpentine scrub; 1500 ft. .1320. IMont Dore; frequent in serpentino 

 scrub ; 1000 ft. SU. Shrub 4 ft. Flowers yellow. 



K. STROBILINA 11. Br. Mont Ciinnla; forest; 2500 ft.; schists. 1120. 

 Tree 40 ft. Corolla salmon-coloured. 



THYMEL^ACE^. 



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WiCKSTROEMiA INDICA 0. A. Mey. Noumea; Bale dc rOrpliolinat; littoral 

 coral sand and sliLiiglo. 242. River Diunbea ; woods on serpentine slopes 

 just above stream ; 200 ft. S24:. E. Asia, Malaja. Au.straliu, Polynesuu 



LORANTHACE^. 



LoiUNTHUS rusTULATUS S, Moore, sp. nov. Eamis sat validis mox ligues- 

 centibns sursinu foliosis doorsum nudis louticellorum pustulis prominentibus 

 signatis ; foliis 5-8x3-5 cm. jderumque 3 vel 4-nis subsessilibus ovatis 

 apice rotundatis basi rotundatis leviterque cordatis crasse coriaceis glabris ; 

 ei/mis ex ramis dofoliatis oriundis plurifiorls glabris peduiieulls 2-2'5 cm." 

 long, insidentibus ; ^edicellis umbellatis 5-7 mm. long, ; florihus mediocribus 

 plerumqiie 2-3-nis sessilibus ; Lracteis abbrevialis dentatis ; ovario 5 mm. 

 long, oblongo glabro qnani calycis limbus brevis irrcgnlariter denticulatus 

 multo longiore ; petaJis G linearibu.'^ apice angnste spatbulatis cito omnimodo 

 solutis 3-3*5 cm. long. ; staminilnis pf'talo pauUo infra medium inscrt^s iila- 

 mentis conipressis glabris ]/5 cm. loDg. antlicris linearibus obtusis dorso 

 affixis 3 mm. long. ; stylo 3 cm. long. 



Ignambi ; forest ; 3000-4250 ft. 1577. A parasite on various trees. 

 Petals and filaments scarlet. A very distinct species near L, neocaledonicus 

 Scblechter, but besides certain floral divergences, easily known by the broad 

 subsessile leaves slightly cordate at the base. 



L. GLAUCESCE^^s S. Moore, sp. nov. Ramis validis mox lignesccntibus 

 glabris ; /o//7 A' 10-ll'5x2-3 cm. monente cl. detector! 2-3-5-nis 



obloniio- 



lanceolatis iipicc obtusia ipso mucronatis basi iu petiolnni fere 1 cm. long. 



angustatis crassiuscule coriaceis glabris siccitate gUiuccscenlibus ; cymis 

 ramis vetustioribus foliis jam orbis insidentibus ; peduncalis 1 cm. long, pedi- 

 cellos duplo excedentibus florlbus mediocribus plerumque 2-3-nis sessilibus ; 

 hradeis vix 1 mm. long, 3-Iobis lobis patentibus ; ovario turbinate glabro 

 4 mm. long, calycis limbum 8-plo excedente j petalis 5 linearibns b:isiu 

 usque cito solutis 3 cm. long. ; slaminilms infra medium petalo insertis ; fda- 

 mentls 13 nun. long, filiformibus glabris antheris linearibus dorso affixis ; 

 ^tylo 3"2 cm. long. 



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