STJRPES EXOTJC^ NOVJE 



(continué du vol. X, p. 345). 



75. Mappia Poeppigiana. 



Frutex, ut videfur, ex omni parte glaber; ramis gracilibus (an 

 scandenlibus?) striatis. Folia remote alterna, brcviter(l-U cent.) 

 crasseque (ad J cent.) peiiolata, ample elliptica (ad 30 cent, longa, 

 12 cent, lata), basi œquali-v. leviter inœquali-rotundata, apice rotun- 

 data v. brevissime acuminata, integerrima coriacen crassa penni- 

 nerviareliculato-venosa, supra ïucidalgevia, subtus pallidiora. Flores 

 polygami parvi crebri racemosi ; racemis terminalibus et ad Folia 

 snprema ramuli supraaxill;iribus, taxe ramosis; pedicellis apice 

 articulatis pauloque subtus bractea subulata ssepe munitis. Calyx 

 brevis, 5-denlatus. Petala 5, valvata, apice inflexa. Stamina tolidem 

 (in flore fœmineo sterilia); filamenlis gracilibus; antheris ovato- 

 apiculatis, introrsum rimosis. Discus parvus. Germen (in flore 

 masculo rudimentarium) ovoideo-aculatum, pallide pubescens 

 (ad "2 cent. longum), 2-ovulatum; stylo subàpieali germine paulo 

 longiore filiformi, adapicem incurvo; sumrno apice leviter dila- 

 fato oblique secto stigmatoso, convexitate longitudinaliter sulcato. 

 Fructus... ? — Oritur ad Yuri maguas prov. Maynas, ubi leg. b. 

 Pœppig, n. 2339 (Herb. Mus. par. et Endl., nunc Mus. vindob.). 



76. x\lchornea Duparquetiana. 



Frutex, ut videtur, glabrescens; ramis pallide fuscatis. Folia 

 alterna ovafo-acuta v. breviter acuminata (ad (3 cent, longa, o cent, 

 lata), basi rotundata v. nunc leviter cordata ; sumrno apice obtu- 

 sato v. teiuiiter apiculato j subintegra v. remote serrulata submem- 

 branacea penninervia, basi 3-nervia, reticulato-venosa, supra 

 glabra, subtus pallida et ad costam parce selosa; petiolo brevi 



