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208. Glettarda rusc.v Vanch. 



Arbuscula (« 2-metralis ») ex omni parte glabra, coma taxe 

 diffusa. Rami rugôsi (einerascentes). Folia oblongo-lanceolata 

 (ad 8 cent, kmga, 2-3 cent, lata) integerrima coriacea, basi 

 sensiin in petiolum longïusculum attcnuata, apice breviter 

 acuminata v. acuta; nervis secundariis ad 8; venis reticulatis 

 parum conspicuis. Flores axillares pedunculali; masculi 

 2-cbotomc cymosi; fœminei pauci v. solitarii. Calyx coriaceus, 

 obtuse 4-lobus. Corolla imbricata. Stamina inclusa subses- 

 silia. Germen in flore fœmineo ad 10-loculare, in hermaph'ro- 

 dito 3-4-loculare; styli erecti ramis totidem inaequalibus acu- 

 tiusculis. Fructus (immaturus) parvus (ad | cent.) breviter 

 subovoideus, latior quam longior; carne parca; putamine 

 durissimo inrcquali-suleato; loculis ad 10, 2-seriatis; semine 

 in singulis pendulo cylindraceo. — Speciem foliis Gardénias 

 nonnullas referentem, in Austro-Caledonia vigentem, « flo- 

 ribus fuscatis et drupa nigrescente », Julio fructiferam, in 

 collibus ferruginosis frequentem circa Kanala legebat Panchcr 

 (llerb. Mus. par.). 



209. GUETTARDA NOUMEANA. 



Arbor (4-metralis), coma densa; ramis oppositis, ad cica- 

 trices fbliorum delapsorum nodosis (griseis). Folia insummis 

 ramulis per paria pauca approximata elliptico-ovata v. sub- 

 obovata parva (ad 4 cent, longa, 2 cent, lata), breviter (ad 

 1 cent.) petiolata, basi breviter v. longiuscule attenuata, ad 

 apicem breviter acutata summoque apice plerumque obtu- 

 siuscula, intégra subcoriacea utrinque glabra; nervis secun- 

 dariis paucis (5-0), siiepe fovcola axillari subtus concava 

 anctis. Stipuhe petiolo breviores acutae, decidu;e. Flores diœci 

 axillares peduneulati : masculi crebri cymosi; fœminei pau- 



