178 ST1RPES EXOTICjE nov^ë. 



reticulato-venosa, supra lucida (pallide virescentia), sublus in sicco 

 pallide ferruginea (ad 8 cent, longa, 3 cent. lata). Flores majus- 

 culi (ad 2, 3 cent, longi) axillares, solitarii v. 2-ni; pedunculo 

 petiolo longiore (ad 1 cent.), a basi ad apicem incrassato, cicatrici- 

 bus paucis bracteolarum notato; perianthio fere X. œthiopicœ. 

 Calyx brevis gamophyllus ; dentibus 3 brevissime acuminatis. 

 Petala calyce multo longiora; interiora exterioribus conformia 

 paulo breviora; omnia valde elongato-cuneata, intus sulcata, extus 

 costata albido-velutina, valvata, sub anthesi plus minus patentia. 

 Staminaoo , erecta ; connectivo ultra loculos lineares dilatato sub- 

 truncato v. depresse pyramidato. Carpella pauca (6-8) receptaculi 

 concavitati centrali inserta ; germinibusomnino inclusis, 2-seriatim 

 pauciovulatis; stylis e basi valde angustata subclavatis, ad apicem 

 angustatis, incurvisintusquelongïtudinalitersulcatis. — In Âustro- 

 Galedonia leg. cl. Pancher (herb !). 



80. Xylopia pa^lescens. 



Frutex humilis (« 2, 3-metralis ») ; ramis pallidis cinerascen- 

 tibus, uti planta fere tota glaberrimis; floribus ignotis, sed 

 quoad fructum X. Vieillardi valde affînis (inde ad genus relatus) . 

 Folia (in sicco) pallescentia albido -virescentia, sublus glaucescen- 

 tia elliptica (ad 5 cent, longa, 2 \ cent, lata), brevissime (3-5 mill.) 

 petiolata, basi plerumque breviter angustata, apice obtusala sub- 

 rotundata, integerrima coriacea crassa penninervia ; venis dite 

 reticulalis in sicco utrinqueprominulis; costa (fuscescente) subtus 

 magis prominula.Fructus (ad 3 cent, longi, 2 cenl. lali) breviter 

 (1 cent.) crasseque [Il mill.) stipitati subumbellati pauci, e basi 

 breviter angustata subovoidea inaequali-compressi, apice obtusï, in 

 sicco coriaceo-subbaccati nigrescentes glaberriim ; odore piperito 

 grato ; endocarpio duriusculo (cinnamomeo) e dissepimentis spu- 

 riis obliquis paucis locellato; seminibus in singulis solitariis ( imma- 

 turis) nigrescentibus glabris. — Oritur in Austro-Caledonise 

 collibus ferrugineis ad orientem « Messioncoué , prope Port 

 Bouquet » , ubi legit Balansa (exs. , n. 1 776), décembre fructiferam. 



