SUR LES EM'HORBIACÊES. 7? 



5. CoDI.EUM (SlElGERIA?y DeI'LANCHEI . 



Frutex (1, 2-metralis, ex Balansa), praeeedenti valde affinis 

 quôad ramos (fuscatos) el folia. Peliolus autem longior crassiorque 

 sub-3-gonus, intus valde canaKculatus (2, 3 cent, longus). Lim- 

 bus quam in C. Brongniartii multo longior basique angustior 

 (ad 20 cent, long., 3-8 cent, lai.), apice obluso rolundatusv. sub- 

 emarginatus coriaceus glaberrimus, valde recurvo-marginatus, 

 supra subavenius, subtus valde promiiiulo - reticulatus ; costa 

 crassa (in sicco erubescente) . Flores monœci in summis ramulis 

 subumbellati, masculi fœmineique intermixli, longiuscule (ad 

 1 .'-2 cent.) pedicellati; sepalis valde imbricatis, induratis; petalis 

 calyce vix longioribus. basi intus villosis. Stamina oc , in globum 

 conges.ta; (llamentis basi 1-adelphis, inox liberis reflexis, apice 

 geniculatis; ànlheris extrorsis compressiusculis ; loculis ultra 

 médium connatis, apice ciliatis liberisque obtusîs. Germen fruc- 

 lusque densissime lutescenli-setosa subglobosa; slylis 3, ima basi 

 connatis patentibus; lobis 2, lineari-compressis, intus sligmatosis 

 apice obtusis. Capsula intus pallida; seminisovati carunculati testa 

 pallide grisea nigro-lineala; albumine copioso; embryonis albu- 

 mine 2-plo brevioris 3-pioque angustioris cotyledonibus oblongo- 

 cllipticis. — In Austro-Caledonia legerunt cl. Deplanche (exs., 

 n. 264) ad Puebo, et Balansa (exs., n. 1908, 1909) octobre 

 ilorif. in monte Humboldl, et novembre fructif. circa Kanala, in 

 terris ferrugineis (herb. Mus. par.). 



6. Codijêum (Steigeiua) Balansa. 



Frutex (/j, 5-melralis, teste Balansa) exomni parte glaberrimus; 

 ramis teretibus rugos-is. Folia alterna, longe (8-12 cent.) petio- 

 lata ; limbo sublanceolato (ad 25 cent, longo, 5 ; 6 cent, lato), 

 basi breviler aculato subtusque ad petiolum 2-glanduloso, ad api— 

 cem longius angustato, summo apice obtusiusculo, integro sub* 

 coriaceo, in sicco pallide virescenti, subtus pallidiore penninervio; 



