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PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



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2 mm Joiii!;. ; 5/a?n/»/i^?/5 valdo numerosis ; rac^m?^^ ? 5-7 cmJong. gracilibus 



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paucifloris florcs masculos revera itaque foventibiis ; imllcelUs circa 12 iniiu 



long, sub flore incrassatis; sepalis (1 mm. long.) 3 



trianii'ularibus acutis 



ovario gnseo-pnbcscenii circitor Erqnilongis microscopice lopidotis; stj/lis 3 

 basl connatis alte bipartitis papilloso-pubescentibus 1 cm. long. 



Riv. Ngoye; Casi/ar//m forest by river-si Je ; 500 ft.; serpentine. 2113. 

 Small tree. Tliis can be distinguished from C. claoxyhides MiilL Arg. by the 

 acute leaves, the longer inflorescences, and the smaller fcn.ale flo\Yer3 with 



their hairy ovary 



and much shorter styles. From the same locality and 

 conspecific apparently with the above, but distinguished from it by the leaves 

 wilh shorter (5 mm. long.) and stouter petioles, longer ? racemes (10-17 cm. 

 long.), and shorter pedicels to the ? flowers (5 mm. long, at time of 

 pollination), is 2100, a small tree reaching If) ft., flowering when about 

 5 ft. high. The bisexual racemes of C. Comptonii are a curious feature of 

 seemingly hitherto unrecorded occnrrence in the genus. 



Cleidion obovatum S. Moore, pp. nov. Arlniscula\ ramh ramulisqne in- 

 fornc nudis supcrne foliosis cicatricibusque foliorum mortuorum scutiformibus 



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15 X 3-7 cm. suLsessilibus approxinjatis spatliulato-obovatis 



apicc rotimdatis ipso ScTpe mucronatis Lasi longe petlolifornu-cxteuuatis 

 'mar<nno a3gre usque aJ partem petioliformen prominonter crcnato-serratis 

 papyraccis in nervis pagina) utriusquo appres.^o pubescentibus cotoroqnin 

 fero glaLris ; stipidis lunceolatis acuminatis dorso pubcscentibus fere 5 mm. 

 long. ; racemJs axillaribus ^ u.squo 15 cm. long, pubcscentibus quam $ 

 sparsim puberuli 5-9 cm. long, longioribus; glomerulis ^ satis approximatis 

 plui'ifloris ; flovihus brevipedicellaiis; sepalis 3 ovatis acutis apicc brevitcr 

 sotosis vix 2 mm. long. ; staminibus ultra 40 iilamentis complanatis qnam 

 anthcrto ovata^ longioribus ; pedicellis ? 3-5 mm* sub fructu ±1 cm. long, 

 sat validis sursum Jilatatis appresse pubcscentibus ; sepalis 3 triangularibu 



acutis dorso carinatis microscopiceque puberulis 1'5 mm. long. ; ovario 

 brevitcr cjlindiico pubcscente 2x2'5 mm. ; stylis 3 ima basi connatis alto 



bipartitis rubro-papillosis circa 1 cm. long. 



Taompai ; forest; 100-1000 ft. ; shales. 1864. Small (ree, 20 ft. Tlio 

 foliage, among other features, at once serves to identify this species. 



C). rAUOlDENTATUM S. Mooro, sp. nov. Arhuscula ^whr^ ; ra?m5 pafentibus 



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18x3'5cm. potiolatis (pe 



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cm. 



sat validis supcrno foliosis ; 

 long.) oblongo-oblanccolatis obtusis vel obtusiusculis interdum brevitcr cuspi- 

 dato-acuminatis basi sensim cxtenuatis margine leviter revolutispaucidentatis 

 coriaceis ; racemis S compositis foliis circa sequilongis paniculatis sat 



pauci- (sa?pe 2-4-) tloris satis approximatis 

 onustis ; sepalis 3 suborbicularibus 1'75 mm. long. ; staminibus ultra 30 

 filamentis inferne compress 



gracilibus florum glomerulis 



anfheras subreniformes circa adoequantibus 



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