ARALIACEAE. 



BOTJfYOPANAX MQ. mv.ffm. 



Flares Lerinapliroditi, cum pedicoUi apice calyculato articulati. Cahjcis tubus cum ovario coiiimtus 

 brevi-turbiuatus subcostatus, limbus dilatatus coriaceus marginc rcpando-tnniratus vix irrcgiilaritor dcn- 

 ticulatus. Fetala 10 (13 — 16) crassiuscula, aestivatione valvata, basi lata inter calycem et discum in- 

 serta, sub antliesi libera? Stamina petalorum numero iisque altenia, antheris dorsifixis loculis discretis 

 anticis. Stylus crassus apice 10—8 pnpiUis stiguiaticis. Ovarium 8 — 10-locularc. — Frmtm bacca- 

 tus? — Folia iiiipari-piniiata. — Flores secus rhachin elongatam subspiraliter dispositi, cum pedicello 

 brevissimo articulati, articulo caljculato. — Genus Reynoldsiac a. gray conterminnm, a Gastonia 

 praesertim inflorescentia diflfert. 



BoTRTOPAWAX BORBONICUM MiQ. Gilihertia panicalata DC. Prodr. IV,"/;. 256 et Gilibertia miirii- 

 roides? roper Hall. hot. Zeit. 1848, jy. 257, talj. 1, fy. A. Frutex? Folia magna impari-piniiata (com- 

 pletum baud suppetit), rhachi calamo scriptorio crassiore, ad foliolorum insertionem arlicnlRta,/(?//f)//.? 

 rhaclii antice iuscrtis, oppositis, brovi-petiolulatis, e basi brevi-cuncata lato-subovato-ellipticis apice ro- 

 tundatis, integerrimis, coriaceis, glabris, costulis pntulis utrinque 7 — 8, in sicco fusco-discoloribns, 

 10 — llpoll. longis. Panicula 10 — 11 poll, longa, simplex, nxi crasso rigido, inter ranmlos suboppo- 

 sitos, per paria approximates, subcompresso. Flores spiralitcr dispositi, plerumciuc temi magis approxi- 

 mati, singuli pedicello brevissimo obconico apice in margincm calvciformcm dilatnto nrticulatini in- 

 sessi. Alalasira grano piperis pauUo maiora brcvi-conica lO-angulata. 



Hab. Imula Borbonia: Herb. Mus. Paris. 



GASTONIA COMMERS. 



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1. Gastowia cutispongia lam. JDict.W. 2),^\^. dc. Frodr. IV. p. 2oG. — Styli sub autbesi con- 

 niventes, in jfructu radiato-patentissimi, antica facie in sicco sulco exarati. Albumen homogeneum. 



Hab. Imula Borbonia: herb. Mus. Paris.; ins, Maitritii: sieber /lerb. maurit. XL n. 197. 



2. Gastoi^ia papuawa miq. n. sp. Arborescens; folia impari-pinnata, foliolis 5 — 7-iugis brevi- 

 petiolulatis vel sessilibus e basi acuta vel attenuata anguste vel lato-elliptico-oblongis subobtuse apicula- 

 tis vfl obtusis integerrimis subcoriaceis, costulis subtus etiam subobtectis; inflorescentia terminnlis e 

 racemis laxis, per intervalla umbelluliferis, umbellulis subsparsis verticillatisquc, terminalibus umbel- 

 latis, paucifloris; flores breviter pedicellati; calycis tubus ovoideus limbo producto intcgerrimo, disco pla- 

 niusculo; styli 7 — 13 basi ima subuniti subtcretes radiato-divergentes (deflorati) apice acutiusculo stig- 

 matosi. Aralia gibbosa zippel. herb, et mss. — • Corolla staminibusque ineognitis genus dubium. Ha- 

 bitu autem superior! similis. Folia pedalia, foliola 2 — 4 poll, louga, suporiora vulgo maiora; racemi 

 fere pedales. JJmbelhdae 5 — 8-florae. Calyx urceolato- ovoideus infra limbum constrictus. Ovarium 7 — 

 12-loculare. 



Sequitur diagnosis quern b. zippelius ad vivum descripsit. 



n A. gihhosa, caulc arborescente parasitico, foliis impari-pinnatis 5 — 7-iugis articulis gibbosis fragilibus, foliolis oppo- 

 sitis ellipticis apice curvato obtuse acutis basi iu petiolum decurrentibus margine cartilagiiieis veuosis subundu- 

 latis perganiaceis glabris nitidis, paniculis terminalibus divaricatis, ramis horizontali -paten tibu?, pedunculis vcrti- 

 cillatis sparsis vel umbellulatis strictis bracteatis, umbellulis 8 — 12-flori?, florib^l:^ plerisque eiincagvni.^ (styli 

 radiati divaricati), baccis coriandrifonnibus albido-punctato-maculosis." 



Hab. Nova Guinea, in sylvis propc Lobo: zippelius. 



OSJIOXYLOX MIQ. mv. gen. 



Flores capitulati. Calycis tubus cum ovario counatus subcylindricus, margo dilatatus integerrimus. 

 Petala... Stamina... Discus epigynus centro clevatus, sti(jmate scmigloboso omnino indlviso papilloso- 



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