244 SUCiËTÉ BOTANIQUE DE FRANCE. 
Habitat in silvis locorum eruptorum prope Kanala, ad rivos eorumdem 
prope Messioncoue (Balansa, n? 2277). 
2. BEAUPREA SPATHULÆFOLIA. 
. Frutex 2- metralis, ramosus, rotundatus, densus; ramis teretibus, laevibus, 
albescentibus. 
Folia alterna, simplicia, subcoriacea, glaberrima, nitida, infra punctulis 
minutissimis creberrime conspersa, angustato- vel obovato-spathulata, 12 -15 
cent. longa, basi in petiolum elongatum, gracilem, infra convexum, supra 
planum sensim attenuata, apice rotundato-emarginata, ceterum integra vel 
superne rotundato-lobata crenatave, lobis integris vel emarginatis, nervo 
primario nervis secundariis pinnatis aliisque reticulatis utrinque conspicuis 
prominulis. 
Inflorescentia terminalis, paniculata, 15-16 cent. longa, erecta ; racemis 
compositis bractea brevi, ovata vel spathulata stipatis racemoque terminali ; 
ramis parte nuda compressis sulcatis glabratis vel ferrugineo-velutinis, parte 
florifera angulosis sulcatis, eodem modo puberulis; rachi communi bracteas 
racemos foventes ovato-lanceolatas vel lineari-spathulatas, apice incrassatas 
obtusiusculas, 3 millim.-1 cent. longas gerente, bracteolis superioribus pedun- 
culos foventibus ovatis acutis brevissimis ; ramis secundariis adscendentibus, 
superioribus simplicibus id est racemosis, inferioribus secundario ordine 
ramosis ; florum pedunculis brevissimis, approximatis. 
Fructus obovoideus, 6-7 mill. longus, nitidus. 
Habitat in locis aridis ferrugineis montis Cougui dicti (Vieillard, 
n* 3097) (1). 
3. BEAUPREA DIVERSIFOLIA. 
Frutex 3-4 metr. altus, ramis teretibus, albescentibus. 
Folia alterna, imparipinnata, coriacea, glaberrima, nitida, 10-20 cent. 
longa, plerumque 2-3- juga, vel aliquoties 1- juga, vel rarius segmento termi- 
nali tantum instructa et ita simplicia spathulataque. Rachis gracilis, usque ad 
medium nuda, supra plana vel paulo concava nervoque medio notata, infra 
convexa. Segmenta lateralia opposita, adscendentia, spathulato-cuneata, 2-6 
cent. longa, apice obtusa, lobata crenata vel crenulata vel etiam integra, ali- 
quoties inæquilateralia paulumque arcuata; segmento terminali 5-10 cent. 
longo, spathulato, cuneato vel elliptico-lanceolato, sæpissime 3-lobato, lobo 
medio longiore crenato vel inzequaliter obtuse inciso vel integro. 
Inflorescentia terminalis, paniculata, 15-20 cent. longa, erecta; racemis 
compositis vel simplicibus, in axilla foliorum superiorum nascentibus seu 
bractea brevi ovata stipatis racemoque terminali ; ramis parte nuda compressis, 
sulcatis, glabratis, parte florifera angulosis, sulcatis, hinc illinc ferrugineo-velu- 
(4) Specimina floribus fructibusque prædita dedit cl. Pancher, anno 1870. 
