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Magnoliace^. 



Drimys Howeana. 



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Arborescens, ^o/ns coriaceis seeus petiolum longiusculum sensim 

 decurrentibus ovali-laTiceolatis obtusinsculis patentim nervosis, 

 siihtus glaucis^ Jloribus in pedunculo elongato fere cymosis^ flor- 

 ibus bisexualibus, calyce fere truncato perbrevi paulo bilobo, 

 petalis circiter octo ovalibus oblongisque obtusis stamina ter qua- 

 terve superantibus, Jilamentis cuneatis brevissimis, antherarum 

 locidis valde divergentibus, germinibus quatuor, stigmatibus bre- 

 viter intus decurrentibus. 



In insula Lord Howe^s Island. C. Moore. 



Arbor glabra, saltem 20' alta, acri-aromatica. Folia 3-5" longa, 

 -1" lata, prominule nervosa et venosa, punctulis copiosissimis 

 j)ellucentibus perforata, supra nitentia, petiolo quasi recurvo-alato 

 circiter |" longo pr^dita, Pedunculus nnius speciminis me visi 

 2J" longus. Pedicelli unciales et varie brcviores, ad insertionem 

 articulati. Calyx persistens, linea brevior, sesquillncaB diamctro. 

 Petala margine evidentius membranea, 3-4'" longa, interlora exte- 

 rioribus angustiora, omnia mox decidua. 

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pauca sterilia. 



Stamina plura, circiter 

 Filamenta cuneata, lineam longa vel breviora ; externa per- 



Antherte loculis globoso-ovatis sat divaricatis 

 paene renatfE, qnasi vertice dehiscentes. Germina clavato-obovata. 

 Gemmulse circiter 12. Fructus adhuc observandus. 



Clar, detector ex eadem insula attulit plantam D. Howeanae 

 fortasse couspecificam, cujus autem folia chartacea utrinque Isete 

 virentia et nitentia ad spithamam longa. Flores non vidi. Pe- 

 dunculus fructifer terminalis. Pedicelli circiter semipollicares. 

 Calyx D. Howeance. Carpidia quantum video geminatim mature- 

 scentia, fere semiuncialia, pyriformi-globosa, exsucca, pallide fusca, 

 lenissime squamulosa, in stipitem sesquilinearem abeuntia. Peri- 



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