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Petala t-U"' 



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longft, rliombeo- vel lanceolato-oblonga, brevissime 

 ungulculata, lobis bavbatis aliquoties brevioribus auriculata. Discua 

 iuteger, glaber, valdo compressus- Filaraenta glabra, in flore friic- 

 tificante brevissima. Antherte ovatge, iutcrdum puberulie, basi bre- 

 vi^sime bilobse. Stylus brevissimus» Stigraata coalita. 

 baud stipitata, sed perfecte in valvas soluta. Cotyledones super- 

 positfe. Radicula appressa, lateralis, descendens. Limites specificos 

 iuter C. xylocarpam, C. nervosam et C- Bidwilli e matcriis ampli- 

 oribus figere frustra tentavi. 



Capsula 



Admodum quoqiie affines simt : C. 

 apetala ex icoue Turpiui (LabilL Sert. Austro-CaL t. 73), C- 

 falcata (A, Gray, Bot. of Wilk. Expedit. p. 252 ; Eatonia Vitiensis, 

 Secm. FL Vit, p. 47) et qusedam species Novo-Caledonica foliolis 

 profunde crenatis eximia absque floribus et seminibus in collectiono 

 Fancheri sub 219 distributa. 



Cupania O^Shanesiana, 



Ratouia O^Shanesiana, F. M. colL 



Fruticosa, dcmum arborescens, foliis 2-5-foUolatis, rachi parum 

 angulata, ybZio^is obovatis intcgerrimis glabris brevissime petiolu- 

 latis basi acutatis subtus prominenter costatis, paniculia amplis 

 tomentellis, calycis minuti lobis deltoideo-semiovatis, J9e^a/i5 cilio- 

 latiSy capsulisfere lignescentibus obtuse trigonis breviter stipitatis, 

 valvis latitudine suam longitudinen cequantihiis inttis nndique 

 dense lanuginoso-lomentosiSy arillo iotum semen ohducente. 



Ad ripas rivorum prope pagum Gracemere ; CSlianesy. 



Cortex albidus. Petioli 1^2" longi. Foliola crassiuscule char- 

 tacea, 2-5" longa, 1-2" lata, fere concoloria, leniter nitentia ; 

 nervi ante marginem adscendentes ; venge tenues, igitur parum 

 prominentes, Paniculic axillares et terminales, seepe pluripol- 

 licares, in quarum ramis ultimis flore^ fasciculato- v. interrupto- 

 eubapicati. Hi tantum antbesi incipiente visi. Calyx tunc vix 

 lineam latus. Petala basi inflexo-bilobata. Stamina 8. Autherse 

 ovales, puberuloB. Capsula profunde fissa, stylo indiviso liBcatn 

 longo cuspidata, extus rufcsccns vel fuscescens, glabra ; valvse 

 circiter semipoUicem metientes. Semina late ovata, spadiceo- 

 futica, splendentia. Arillus vitellinus v. aurantiacus, sat crassus. 

 Hilum dimidiaoi serainis latitudinem excedeng. Cotyledones in- 

 sequales, superpositae. Radioula secus fere totam embryonis lougi- 

 tudinem extendcns, appresso-descendens. Species Cupanise' for- 

 tasse e cotyledonibus aut superpositis aut coUateralibus et radicula 

 aut abbreviata basaU aut elongata laterali iu sectioues segregari 

 possiut. 



Cupania Dameliana» 



Ratonia Daemelianaj F. M. coll, 



Arborescens, foliolis ooto vel paucioribua brevitcr pctiolulatis 

 lato- V. lanceolato-ovatis discolorihus undulato-repandulis rarius 



