2/|0 STIIIPES EXOTIC/E NOVjE. 



l'oliolis oppositis 6-10-jugis brevissime petiolalis insequali-lanceo- 

 latis (majoribus 10 cent, longis, 3 cent, latis), basi insequali-rotun- 

 datis v. brevissime cuneatis, apice longe acutatis v. acuminatis 

 subintegris ciliolatis coriaceis penniveniis. Florum masculorum 

 glomeruli crebri minuti in axilla bractearum brevium spicse axil- 

 laris nunc valde elongatae (25-30 cent.) inserti. Sepala brevia 

 g-l| mill.),5,6; quorum exteriora, 2,3, crassa minuta dense villosa; 

 interiora multo longiora lalioraque tenuiter petaloidea (rosea). Sta- 

 mina 7,8, sub gynaecei rudimento minuto villoso inserta ; filamen- 

 lis liberis, in alabastro valde corrugato-plicatis, disco regulari 

 5-crenato interioribus, demum cxserlis; antheris ovoideis inlrorsis 

 (roseis). Cœtcra baud nota. — Oritur in Madagascaria, ubi verna- 

 cule audit Tsi-latsoc-anta-di, fide Chapelier, qui soins hueusque 

 hanc plantant! in insulae costa orientali collegïsse videtur. (Herb. 

 Mus. par.) 



90. Macphersonia pteridophylla. 



Arbor glabra; innovationibus vix tenuissime ferrugineo-pube- 

 rulis. Folia ad summos ramulos conferta (ad 30-/i0 cent, longa), 

 bipinnata mullijiiga; pinnulis in rachibus angulatis alternis crebris; 

 l'oliolis in pinnulis singulis subalatis 7-10-jugis, oppositis v. alter- 

 nis, insequali-trapezoideis (ad 3 cent, longis, lacent, latis), basi 

 articulata cunealis, apice acutatis v. breviter acuminatis, summo 

 apice nunc obtusiusculis, sinuatis v. crenulatis, coriaceis, supra 

 lucidis lœvibus. Flores minimi (ad 2 mill. longi) creberrimi, in 

 racemos axillares v. paulo supra-alares folio paulo breviores laxe 

 ramosos cymigerosque dispositi; sepalis obtusis imbricatis. Petala 

 brevissima vix conspicua squamitbrmia disco breviora. Stamina 

 7,8, disco annulari subcupulari crenato interiora ; antheris brevi- 

 bus introrsis. Germen hinc rudimentarium stérile, hinc fertile, 

 3-loeulare; stylo centrico erecto, apice subintegro stigraatoso; 

 ovuloin loculis 1, adscendente. — Species adspectu filicineo insi- 

 gnisj Ibliis et Leguminosas quasdam nonniliil referens, ab Ilippo- 

 bromo imprimis foliis 2-pinnatis discrepans, viget in Malacassia 



