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Taom ; creelvsido forest ; 300 fi. ; serpentine. 2338. Small Iroe reacLlno- 

 25 ft. ; flowenng wlien only 2 ft. liigli. Aiiiono- the differences between tlii" 

 and C. Vleillardi Eaill. may bo cited tlie base of the leaves, the broad stipnles 

 not nearly so long as the petioles, and the male racemes borne on the old 

 stems and not axillary. 



To be referred here, bnt with narrower leaves only 4 cm. or rather less at 

 their widest part, is the following :—Mt. Humboldt; streamside forest; 

 1500 ft. ; serpentine. 1040. Tree 2t) ft.^ monacions. Male inflorescence 

 sometimes 3 ft. long, on old wood ; perianth green. Temale inflorescence 

 shorter, on new \Yood up to 10 inches long. Fruits white. 



Cleidion raxduratum S. Moore, sp. nov^ Frutex orgyalis ; foliis majns- 

 culis 25 X 7 cm. panduriformibus apice rotundatis basi truncatis petiole 5 mnt. 



long, validissinio insidentibus 



coriaceis supra levitor scabriusculis subtus 

 microscopice puberulis ; racemls % solummodo lectis axillaribus foliis circiter 



fequilongis paucifloris compressiusculis ; Iracteis exiguis circa 1 mm. long, 

 subulatis acutis ; pedicelUs validis angulatis pro rata brevibus primo 4~G mm. 

 postea 1 cm. long. ; sepalis riibris late triangularibus acutis I'D mm. lono-. 

 uti ovarium subglobosum 2 mm. diam. microscopice 'puberulis ; sfylis 3 ima 

 basi connatis alte bipartitis papilloso-pubescentibus 8 mm, tandem 18 

 long, saturate roseis. 



Knakue, streamside forest, sea-level ; serpentine. 033. Shrub G ft. 

 probably becoming a tree. The fiddle-shaped leaves serve to distinguish thi 

 species at sight. 



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C- CLAOXYLOIDES MiilL Arg. lliw Comboui ; abundant in CalUtris 

 forest ; 200 ft. ; serpentine. 2161. Small wood}^ plant reaching 8 ft As 

 the female inflorescence of this plant ^vould seem to be still undescribed the 



followino- short diao*nosis is given : 



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liacemi $ axillares, foliis breviores^ pauci- (circa 4-) florcs, usque 7 cm. 



vcri- 



long. Pedicelli superne incrassati, sub fructu 1'5 cm. long., sub ilore 

 similiter immature 3 mm. so]umn:odo adequantcs. Styli 3j alte bipartiti 

 saturate rubro-papillosi, tandem 17 mm, long* Capsula subgloboso-trisulcata 

 leviter puberula, 7 mm. diam, 



C. CoMrxOKll S. Moore, sp, nov. Arbuscula ; ramis aliquanto com- 



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oblnnceolatis vel 



obLmceolato-oblongis acutis nonnunquam brevissime acuminatis basi in 



petiolum +15 mm., long, gradatim attenuatis margine dentalo-serrulatis 

 glabris 12-18x2-5-4 cm, ; racemls utrinsvis sexus axillaribus masculis foliis 

 circa requilongis ex axillis summis oriundis gracilibns glomerulos plures 



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long.) viridibus ; 5^jt9a?i6^ 3 ovatis apiculatis extus microscopice lepidotis 



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