pH.T.xooAMTC TEaET.vTIO^' OF RonuiarKz. 19 



Verbenaceje. 



Nesogenes decumbens, Balf.fil.y sp. nov, 



rierba perennis diffusa; ramis laxis oppositis v. suboppositis, teretibus, 

 tenuibus, divaricatis hurnifusis, glabris sed versus extremitatem bise- 

 riatim pilosis ; foliis oppositis lanceolatis v. rhomboideis, acutis, iute- 

 gris, margine ciliatis, inferne in petiolum brevem atfcenuatis, siccitate 

 non nigrescentibus ; floribus in 1-2-floras cymas axillares dispositis ; 

 pedicellis brevissimis pubescentibus ; calyce amplo \ poll, lougo, alte 

 5-dentato, dentibus acutissimis, crenatis, extus intusque glandulosis ; 

 corollse lobis subaequalibus rotundatis, tubo quintuplo v. sextuplo 

 brevioribus; antheris oblongis ; fructu laevi corapresso, apice hispido, 

 basi glabro, stylo mucronato, calyce cincto. 



Hab. In solo calcareo secus extremitatem occidentalem insuLe loco 

 singulo reperta. 



An interesting species of a hitherto raonotypic Polynesian 

 genus. 



Clerodendron LAcrxiATUM, Balf.Jil.t sp. nov. 



Frutex v. arbor parva ; foliis oppositis petiolatis, coriaceo-membrana- 

 ceis poroso-punctatis, adultis ovatis v. ovato -oblongis, acutis basi sub- 

 deltoideis, integris, glabris, subtus pallidis, juvenilibus filiformiter tri- 

 pinnatipartitis, segmentis distantibus puberulis ligulatis obtusis per 

 formas interraedias in adultam transeuntibus j cymis axillaribus bre- 

 viter pedunculatisj paucifloris; bis trifidis, patentibus, bracteolis mi- 

 nutissimis ; calyce cupuliformi truncato, ore integro v. obscure lobato 

 glabro, demum patulo ; corolla infundibuliforrai, calycem sextuplo 

 excedente, tubo intus resinoso-papillato, laciniis obtusis tubo breviori- 

 bus, genitalibus breviter exsertis. 



Hub, In insula late diffusum, Nom. vulg. Bois Cabri. 



C. 7ieferop7it/llum, R. Br. (DC. Prod. xi. 660), of Mauritius, is a 

 near ally, but differs in the character of its heterophylly and in 

 the flowers. 



Ntctaginace^. 



Pisonia xiscosA, Bcdf, JiL, sp. nov. 



Arbor non armata, foliis petiolatis ovatis v. obovatis, obtusis v. acutis, 

 v. breviter cuspidatis, basi deltoideis, subrepandis, membranaceis, 

 prime subpuberulis demum scabrulis, siccitate nigrescentibus; pe- 

 tiole tenui. cj panicula corymbosa in axillis foliorum termiualium 

 oriente, brunneo-pubescente, densa; pedunculo compresso, bracteolis 

 minutis deciduis ; perianthio infundibuliformi extus piloso, breviter 

 5-dentato, dentibus reflexis ; staminibus 13 exsertis. $ panicula 

 laxe lateque patente, pedicellis erecto-patentibus ; perigonio elongato, 

 5-angulato, angulo singulo brevibus uncinatis glandulosis tuberculis 



seriatim instrncto. 



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