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sparse pilosis cito glabratis, foliis oppositis petiolatis latis 
ovato-rhombeis vel ellipticis acuminatis acutis vel obtusis, 
basi rotundatis vel cuneatis, 5-7-nerviis, amentis axillari- 
bus et. solitariis dissitifloris. 
Crescit in insulis maris Pacifici corallinis, Nohoan, Tahiti. 
Petioli 1-2 cent. longi; folia 3-6 cent. longa, 21-41 lata, 
subglandulosa, supra saturate viridia, subtus pallida, nervo 
medio ad apicem ducto. Amenta 5 cent. longa; ovarium 
apice stigmatiferum. 
18. P. Abyssinica; succulento-carnosa glaberrima, dichotome 
ramosa, basi repens radicans aphylla, superne foliosa, foliis 
alternis summis confertis quandoque suboppositis, breviter 
petiolatis reflexis (preeter novella et pauca radicalia parva 
subrotunda) ellipticis rhombeo-ellipticis vel obovatis, 
utrinque obtusis vel apice rotundatis aut emarginatis 
enerviis vel obsolete uninerviis, amento terminali solitario 
brevi pedunculum æquante remotifloro, bracteis pedicel- 
lato-peltatis orbicularibus, ovario elliptico apice stigmati- 
fero. 
Crescit in rupibus vallis Maschicha inter Debra Dschoa et 
Abu Mekkana; repens. 2 Mart. 1840 (Schimper, It. Abyss. 
Sect. IT. n. 1319.) 
Habitu P. refuse, amentis P. Borbonensi quodammodo 
similis, sed distinctissima ab omnibus. Caulis vage repens, 
inferne radicans et aphyllus, internodiis 3-6 cent. longis; 
superne brevioribus 2-1 cent. longis, ad nodos incrassatis. 
. Petioli 1-2 mm. longi: folia 1-23 cent. longa, 5-12 mm, lata, 
exsiccata pallida coriacea, minora rotundata vel elliptica 
utrinque obtusa, majora rhombea versus apicem sepe atte- 
nuata sed semper obtusa. Pedunculi 1} cent. longi; amen- 
tum (unicum suppetens) 12 mm. longum, carnosum ; flores 
remoti subimmersi. Bractee persistentes. Stamina 2, fila- 
. mentis brevissimis, antheris globosis bilocularibus. Ovarium 
. fecundatum ellipticum obtusum. 
. 19. P. macrothyrsa; carnosa glabra erecta inferne simplex 
et aphylla, foliis alternis ad apicem caulis primarii dense 
. aggregatis crasse carnosis petiolatis elliptice vel lanceolate 
