222 STIRPES EX0TIC.E XOV.E. 



culta?) et al> hortul. Richard, in costa orientali Madagascaria 1 

 (n. 328) lecta fuit (Herb. Mus. par.). 



178. Uràgoca Pancheri. 



Frutex (2-3-metralis) ; ligno molli; cima late rotundata 

 densa. Folia valde variabilia, o-blonga v. obovato-oblonga, ad 

 basin sequali- v. imequali-angustala, ima basi acula y. rotun- 

 data, ad apicem aeutata v. breviter acuminata (ad 10-15 cent, 

 longa, 2-5 cent, lata), longiuscule (3-5 cent.) petiolata; petiolis 

 ant cnm nervis costaqne, bracteis et pedunculis, subglabris 

 v. breviter, nunc longe denseque ferrugineo-toinentosis v. bir- 

 sntis; limbo membranaceo penninervio; nervis secundariis 

 oppositis v. alternis valde obliqnis 8-12. Stipula? interpetio- 

 lares in vaginam tubulosam coimata 1 ; tubo apice subintegro 

 v. laciniato, basi mox deciduo. Flures (albi) bennapbroditi 

 v. polygami, in capitula spuria longe pedunculata et ad folia 

 suprema axillaria dispositi, jurecymosi; pedicellis brevissimis 

 plus minus conspicuis; inflorescentia tota involucro e brac- 

 teis oo ,bracteolisque longitudine, forma indnmentoque valde 

 variis, basi cincta. Calyx snperus tnbulosus, apice integer v. 

 breviter dentatns. Corolla longe tubulosa; limbo in alabastro 

 snbovoidco demum 5-fido (rarins 4-6-fido), valvato; lobis 

 pubèralrs acutiusculis (flos totns ad 4 cent, longns ; basi tubi 

 vix 3 millim. lata). Stamiiia fanci inserta, inclusa. Germen 

 inferum, 2-locnlare; stylo gracili 2-morpbo, ant breviore, aut 

 longissimo valdeque exserto, apice repente dilatato; capitc 

 stigmatoso latiore quam longiore superneqne obtuse 2-lobo. 

 Ovula in loculis solitaria erecta; raphe ventrali. Fructus dru- 

 paceus (ad 1 ~ cent, longus) subglobosus v. breviter ovoideus; 

 carne parca ; epiearpio extus puberulo v. glabralo (nigre- 

 scente). Pntamina 2, soluta, septo parallèle valde compressa, 

 ad margines repente incrassata. Semen putamini conforme 

 albumine compresso corneo; embryonis brevis radicula infera 



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