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40-4 TLANTS FUOM NKW CALKDONIA. 



npiccm versus revcra crenatls Inferno in polloluin 5 cm. long, grn<]ailiu 



oxtcnuatis porganiaceis pag. sup. scubrlu>cnlis p:ig. uiL scahriiisculis nocnon 

 in costa media iici'visqiio fippresse puburulis ; racemis S foliis longlorlbus 

 (GO cm. long.) in glomerulis sparsis inter se ±1 cm, (li:3t:antLbus miiltifloris 

 consistontibus puboscentibus ; JlorUnis subscssilibiis lomentcUis ; sepalls 3 

 ovatis obtusis l'5mnK bing,; stanri n ibtis civcix 40fi]amentis compressis supcrno 

 angnstatis quam antlien\) snljquadrafiio 25 mm. long, paiillulum longioribus ; 

 racenns ? nsqiio 30 cm. long, gracilibus pubescentibiis ; sepalis 3, 5"5 mm. 

 long, ovaio^obloiigis aculis obhisisve jaibescentibus podicellum sat validum 

 puboscentem lonL;it. ?eqnantibus ; ovario subgloboso tonie)ito«o 3-locnlari 

 2'5 mm. diam. ; stub's basi connntis mm, long, alte bipartitls ramis den?e 

 papilloso-pubcscentibus roscis ; capsula subdlitcr pnbci-cento 7 mm. diam. 



Toninc ; forest; 1000 I'L ; locally abund;uit. 1931. Small tree; stem 

 simple or sligbtly brancbcd. Cro^vn of altoinatc dark green leaves. In 

 foliage very like C, macropliuUum 13aill., but Avitli tlie subsessile green (not 

 red) male flowers in denser glomcrules and, among other features, the entirely 

 iliversc calyx oE the female flowers, abundantly different from it. 



Balansa's 1910 from Mt. Canala and Yieillard's 2194 from Wanap fl)ono-li 



with some differences in the shape and size of the leaves, appear to belonn- 

 hero. 



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Cleidion ViEiLLARDi Baill. Nekando; SpermoJepis forest; 500 ft.; 

 serpentine, 211(5. Riy. rumboui ; creekside forest; serpentine alluvium ; 

 50 h. 2231. Small tree, 15 ft. 



C, SYLA'ESTnE S. Moore, sp. nov. Arhuscula ; folds usque 20x5'5-7 cm. 

 approximatis oblanceolato-obovatis npico obtusissimis rotundatisvo ipso 

 niucronatis basi In pctioliim 10-12 mm. long, sensim extenuatis teuuiter 

 corlaceis ulrobiquc leviter scabriusculis apiceni versus undulatis vel sparslm 

 nnduhito-denticulatis ; slipidis ovatis obtusis sursuni minute denticulaiis 

 alitpiantulum resiuosis 5 mm. long. ; racemis ^' 10-16 cm, lono-. cauli 

 insidontibus microscopice pul)erulis horuui glomerulis paucifloris ; floribus 

 brcviter petlicellutis pcdicellis hliforniibus ; sepaUs 3 reflexis ovatis obtusissi- 

 mis vel obtusis microscopice puberulis vix 2 mm. long,; aUunlnibus valde 

 numerosis antheris snbreniformibus quam filamonta '5 mm. lono-, tiliformia 

 paulbdum brevioribus; racemis $ ±25 cm. long, axillaribus compressis (lore 

 paucos distantes binatim gignentibus nisi solitatim ; pediceJUs cIon"atis 

 ( + 5 cm. long.) superne incrassatis uti recemi axis et sepala et ovarium 

 microscopice puberulis; sepaUs 3 ovatis acutts concavis 1'5 nnn. mox. 

 2 mm. long. ; ovario sul^globoso triguno lenjporo pollinationis calvci 

 circitor rcquilongo 2'25 cm. diam. ; sfjjVis !)asi comiatis alte bijjariitis dense 

 papilloso-pubescentibus tandem 13 mm. long, ; capsula 8 mm. diam. alto 

 3-sulcata. 



