88 NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS 



1. COCCONERÏON BALANSiE. 



Arbor(8-metralis, teste Balansa), ramis crassis nodosis; cortice 

 fissili griseo inaequali-rugoso, a ligno hinc inde solubili cieatri- 

 cibusque verticillatisfoliorum delapsorum notafo. Folia ad summos 

 ramulos approximate verticillala (6-10-natn) subsessilia elongato- 

 lanceolata (ad 20 cent, longa, h- cent, lata), basi longe angustata 

 v. subspathulata, apice breviter acuminata, integèrrima (margine 

 revoluto) coriacéa crassa, penninervia obscure reticulato-venosa; 

 nervis primariis tenuissimis subtransversis ; costa crassa subtus 

 valde prominula; supra glabra (pallide virescentia), subtus bre- 

 viter pallideferrugineo-velutina. Flores foeminei in axilla foliorum 

 evolutorum supremorum solitarii (inde verticillati 6-8); pedunculo 

 crasso cum calyce dense ferrugineo-villoso (2 cent, longo). Sepala 

 oblongo-lanceolata coriacéa crassa (1 f centira. longa). Germen 

 3-sulcum villosum; styli ramis 3, bis terve ad apicem 2-fidis 

 (in sicco niçresccntibus) linearibus calvce longioribus. — In 

 declivis montium orientalium Planitiei lacuum dicta Àustro- 

 Caledoniœ, inter Qunia et S. Ludovicum frequens, ex Balansa 

 qui (exs., n. 2999) plantain hanc insignem legit décembre 1870 

 floriferam (herb. Mus. par.). 



2. COCCONERÏON MINUS. 



Arbuscula (û, 5-metralis, teste Balansa) ex omni parte spec. 

 prœcedcnti similis sed minor; ramulis crassit. pennse anserinae 

 cinerascentibus rugulosis elongato-denudatis. Folia ad summos 

 ramulos valde approximata, sgepius per 6 vertieillata, lineari- 

 Janceoîata (ad 10 cent, longa, 1 ~ cent, lata), basi in petiolum 

 longiusculum (1 ~-2 cent.) attenuata, apice brevissime acutata v. 

 acuminata, coriacéa crassa integèrrima (margine revoluto), supra 

 avenia pailideseneo-virescenlia, subtus (uti petali et ramuli juniores) 

 dense ferrugineo-villosa; costa valde prominula; nervis subtrans- 

 versis vix conspicuis. Flores fœminei ad folia supêr.iora (née 



