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latiusculo- V, suhulato-linearihits liheris distantihus antheras 

 magnas scepissime quatuor haud superantihus^ antherarum lo- 

 culis contiguis, driipis permagnis globoso-ovatis nigro-coeruleis, 



putamine crasso ralide costato. 



In montibus silvaticis insulse Lord Howe's Island ; C- Moore ; 



Lind et Fullagar. 



Arbor saltera altlludinem 40 pedum attinens. Folia 2-4" longa, 

 -If " lata, supra nitentia, subtus opaca pallidiora et paulo fulvidula, 

 basi anguste cuneata, margine plana v, lenissime recurvata, apice 

 longiuscule v. breve acuminata, nervis distantibus patentibus per- 

 parum prominentibus et veais vix visibiUbus percursa. Paniculse 

 jara e basi scilicet opposite et patentim ramosa^, quadripoUicares v. 

 breviores, nonnnnquam ad racemum laxe pauciflorum reductn^- 

 Pedicelli flore breviores v. brevissimi, basi bractea parva semi- 

 lanceolato-deltoidea suffulti. Calyx fero quadratus, lineam dia- 

 tnetro teuens, in lobos 4 semiovato-deltoideos expaufltis. Petala 

 I-IJ'" louga, leniter canaliculata. Antherie fere sessiles, petalis 

 interpositge, ovatoe, numero normali quatuor, una passim obliterata, 

 f-1'" long^e, turgida}. Germen conicum, stigmatc brevi sessili 

 bilobo Y. emarginato terminatum. Drupce pcrbrevi-pedicellatse, 

 2-3" longge, turgidae. Exocarpium granulari-carnosum, forsan 

 statu recente non succulento-pulposum, strato satis crasso putamen 

 vestiens. Putamen ligneo-osseum, lividum^ paulo obliquum, longi- 

 tudinaliter et inaequaliter pluricostatum, septo evanescente unilocu' 

 latum, mono- v. dispermum. Semina l^-^" longa^ f^la" \^t^y 

 apici cavitatis aflixa ; si solitaria oblique turgideque ovata vel 

 ellipsoidea ; si geminata dimidiato-ovata. Testa ehartacea, squalide 

 fusca, sponte ab erabryone separans. Albumen nullum. Cotyle- 

 dones carnos^, sequales, rect^e. Eadicula brevissima, supera. 



H^c planta ob duplicem staminum numerum e generi excludi 

 nequit ; nam typica species, C* Virginica, observante ill. Asa Gray 

 (Manual of Bot. North Unit. States, ed. v. 401) interdum flores 

 tristamineos et quadristamineos producit. 



Chionanthus ramiflora nuper in insula Fitzroyi reperta est a cL 

 C. Moore. Petala alba nisi fide notae Daliachyi flava. 



Chionanthus acuminigera, 



(Sect. Liuociera.) 



Arborea, glabra, serapervlreus, foliis lauceolato-ovatis longe 

 subito et obtu^iuscule acuminatis chartaceis in petiolum breveui 

 angustatis, racemis axillaribus terminalibusque corymboHO-pauel- 

 floris, calycis haciniis acutis, pctalis lineari-suhulatis hasi geminalo- 

 connatis antheras parvas apiculatas pluries v. mulfoties snpcran- 

 tihus, filamentis anthera paulo brevioribua passim brevissimis. 



Ad slnum Rockingharai; J, Dallachy. 



