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connala ; filamentis mox liberis ; antherisbnsifixis extrorsis; loculis 

 obovatis ab apice ad médium v. paulo ultra liberis. Flores fœminei 

 breviter raeemosi v. subumbellali terminales; pcdieellis quam in 

 flore masculo crassioribus braeleolisque varie insertis majoribus 

 stipalis; periantbio fere marium ; germinebrevisubgloboso, extus 

 setis (pallide lutescentibus) appressis hirsuto; styli ramis 3, bis, 

 terquaferve partitis; laciniis linearibus t'uscatis ; ovulo in loeulis 

 solitario; obturatorè erasse conico basi infra in eylindrum brevem 

 intra exostomiumipenetrantem ultraque dilatatum produeto. — In 

 Austro-Caledonialeg. cl. Ba/cmsa(exs.,n. 120*2) martio florifer., 

 in sylvis ad summam viam inter Bourail et Kanala (herb. xMus. 

 par.). 



S. Codï/eum (Steigeria) primiflorum. 



Frutex (1, 2-melralis, teste Balansd) ex omni parte glaber; 

 ramis terelibus rugosis cicatrieibus notatis. Folia ad summos 

 ramulos approximate alterna subsessilia oblongo-obovata (ad 2-5 

 cent, longa, l-2{ cent, lata), basi in petiolum spurium valde atte- 

 nuata, apice rotundata v. brevissime apiculata, integerrima coria- 

 cea, supra dense, subtus pallide virescentia penninervia reticulato- 

 venosa ; nervis venisque supra vix conspicuis, subtus leviter 

 prominulis; costa conspieua. Flores (albi) monœci in racemos 

 terminales, nu ne androgynos, sœpius umbelliformes dispositi, 

 longe (2-4 cent.) pedicellati (ea Tasmanniarum referentia, 1^ cent, 

 longa lataque). Calyx imbricatus. Petala paulo longiora, imbri- 

 cata v. torta, in flore masculo obovato-subspatbulata, in flore 

 fœmineo multo angustiora eanaliculata. Glandulae 5, parvee aller- 

 nipetalse. Stamina oo , basi in columnam brevem connata, mox 

 libéra ; connectivo 2-fido ; loculis iiberis obovoideis, extrorsum 

 rimosis. Germen 3-loculare; styli ramis (nigrescentibus) mox 

 2-fidis. Capsula depresso-globosa (1 cent, lata), 3-sulca ; semi- 

 nibus pisiformibus nigro-maeulatis ; arillo minuto. — Oritur in 

 Novse-Cnl(x!oi)ice monlibus, ad Pume, inter terras eruptivas 



