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pehilis calycc plurics brevioribiis inferne ventricoBis superne 

 obtiise bidentatis et in ligiilam ppathulato-linearcm saltem duplo 

 breviorcm subito productis pnberulis, staminodiis liaeari-lanceoktis 

 filamenta superantibus minute pubescentibus, stylo glabro. 



In moute 01g£e ; E, Giles. 



Frntcx Thomasiae facie. Folia breviter pctiolata, longitndinem 

 quantum vidi 2|" attincntia, apicem obtusum versus angustiora, 

 margine haud revohita. Stipula^ lineari-setacea?, 2-3'" ^longa^. 

 PeduncuU ct pedicelli tenues, molli-pubescentes ; illi unciales v. 

 breviores ; hi florem circiter semicequantes. Calyces fere semi- 

 poUicem aUi, corollacei. Bracteie 3-4'" longa^, lauceolat^, bapj 

 valde angustataBj margine imperfecte crenulatse. Petala vix 2 

 longa; ligula forsan alba. Antherae ovata:^, dorsifixee. Germen 

 hispidulo-tomentosum. Fructus iguoti. 



In systemate juxta E. corylifoliam stabit, 



Omucs liujus generis species ad Commersoniam facillime trahes. 



CONNAKACE^. 



Tricholobus connaroides. 



AvborexiSy foliis uni- v, trifoliolatisy foliolis punctatis ovatis v. 

 ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis utrinque tomcnto brevi fcrrnginco 

 mox secedente vestitis^ paniculis fere racemosis ramulisquc ferru- 

 gineo-tomentellis, calyce petala vix semia^quante staminibus lequi- 

 longo, staminihus quinque^ petolinis nullis nisi ad denticulos 

 ananthereos reductis, stylo inferne dense pubescente. 



In monte Bellendeu-Kerii et ad fluraen Morcsbyi ; Walt. Hill. 



Arbor minor, e longinquo Pittosporum ferrugineum simulans. 

 Petioli usque ad 2" longi, graciles, tomentelli. PetioluU bilineares 

 vel adhuc breviores. Foliola crassiuscule chartaeea, 2-5" longa^ 

 1-2" lata, nervis lateralibus arcuato-adscendcntibus cuntisque 

 venis conspicue reticulata, punctulis prominulis densissime con- 

 spersa. Paniculoe axillares et terminales, 1-^3" longa;. Pedicelli 

 flore breviores, sa^pe perbreves. Bracteie sive bracteoloi 1-1 ^' 

 longae, satis angustae. Sepala angu^sto- vel oblongo-lanceolata, 

 circiter sesquillueam longa. Petala pilosula, glanduloso-punctata 

 more Myrsinearum et Primulacearum, lanceolata, basin versns 

 conspicius angustata. Filamcnta unitis basibus germen inferne 

 cingentia. Antherae minuta?, didymo-rotunda), inferne profunde 

 bilob^e. Stylus circiter 2'" longus* Germen scilicet unicum, sessile, 

 sericeo-tomeutosum. Fructus non allatus, 



Speciem reducto foliorum numero, horum punctura sicut floribus 

 pentarrhenis a congenere tam Borncana quam Sumatrana clare 

 scparabis. Connarus conchocarpus (F. M. Fragm. v. lOo) forsan 

 ad hoc gcnus nisi ad ipsam hancce spccicm pertinct, sed ejusdem 

 flores adhuc nemine allati faeruut. 



