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cent, longa , cent, lata ) , apice rotnndala , basi longe 

 cuneata intégra coriacea penninervia ; nervis secnndariis 

 remotis ad 10. Stipuke per paria plus minus alte v. om- 

 nino connata;. Flores in cymas terminales laxas petiolo sub- 

 œquales dispôsiti; germinc dcpresso obconico. Calyx coria- 

 ceus breviter campanulatus, 5-dentatus. Gorolla (alba) brevis 

 subrotata; alabastro dcpresso, 5-lobo ; lobis crassis, 3-angu- 

 laribus, valvatis, extus sericcis ; tubo intus piloso. Stamina 5, 

 inter lobos eorolhe ïnsertà ; fîlamentis brevibus erectis ; 

 antheris subbasifixis. Germen 2-loculare; ovulo crasso sub- 

 erecto; micropylc transversa extrorsa.Discusepigynus crassus 

 depresso-annularis subcarnosus. — Species ob flores depressas 

 conspicua, e sect. Parastraussia, Strauss las cum Psijchotriis 

 genuinis conjungens, oritur in ditionc austro-caledonica, ubi 

 \egevui\t Paiicher, Augusto iloriferam, in collibuscirca Kanala, 

 et cl. Vieillard (Herb., n. 078), in sylvis montium prope 

 Balade. 



222. Uragoga macroglossa. 



Fruticulus ( 1-2-metralis) glaberrimus; ramis oppositis, 

 pallide virescentibns, ad cicatrices foliorum delapsorum pro- 

 minulis. Folia elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque acutata (ad 10 

 cent, longa, 4 cent, lata); costa ncrvisque ad 8 pallidis vix 

 prominulis; lamina ca'terum glaucescente glabra. Stipuhe 

 interpetiolares connatoe breviter 3-angulares, deciduaî. Flores 

 in cymas terminales dispôsiti pauci subsessiles; germine tubu- 

 loso, 2-loculari, 2-ovulato ; calyce 5-dentato. Corolla (4 cent, 

 longa) tubulosa; limbi tubo subœqualis lobis 5, crassis angus- 

 tis, post anthesin recurvis subcarinatis, induplicato-valvatis. 

 Stamina 5, inclusa. Styli rami2, lineares. Fructus drupaceus, 

 calyce coronatus, ovato-oblongus v. breviter fusiformis (ad 2 

 cent, longus); carne parca siccitate nigrescente; putaminibus 

 2, facie planis, doi'so longitudinaliter 5-suleatis et 5-costatis. 



