2&2 STiRPES exotica: NOVJÏÏ. 



92. Harpullia austro-caledonica. 



Arbor (7-metralis, teste Balansd); ramis juïiioribus cum petio- 

 lis, costa et inflorescentia? ramis, sepalis exlerioribus et germini- 

 bus pallide ferrugineo v. fulvïdo— vïllosulis. Folia alterna ad sum- 

 mos ramulos conferta, longe petiolata (ad 2, 3 deeim. longa , 

 paripinnata; foliolis û-6-jugïs oppositis petiolulatis ovato-acutis 

 v. acuminatis (ad 10 cent, longis, h cent, lalis) , basi valde inœqua- 

 libus subintegrisv. saepius répandis submembranaceis penniveniis, 

 supra kete viridibus, subtuspallidis, dite retieulato-venosis. Flores 

 polygami, ad folia suprema axillares v. paulo supraalares, in race- 

 mos laxe ramosos cymigeros dispositi : pedieeliis longiusculis 

 (1,2 cent. . Calyx 5-partitus; foliolis ovato-suborbicularibus inœ- 

 qualibus valde imbricatis. Petala calyce 3-plo longiora (ad 1 cent. ) 

 obovata breviter unguiculala (albida) venosa, valde imbrîcata. Sta- 

 niina 8, in ilore fœmineo brevia, antheris brevibus (etTœtis?). 

 Germen globosum, 3-îoculare, basi disco vix conspicuo munitum; 

 stylo germine longiore erecto, apice simpiici stigmatoso vix dila- 

 tato, mine uncinatim recurvo ; ovulis in loculis 2, obliquis. Fructus 

 majiisculus (ad 3 cent, longus latusque), basi calyce vix accrcto 

 munitus suborbiculari «Vgonus ; coccis 3, dorso subcarinatis, locu- 

 licidis, crassis lignosis, extus velutinis, columella 0. Semina inae- 

 quali-ovoidea (ad 1 cent, longa); testa crustacea (fuscata ) ; arillo 

 (miniato) semine paulo breviore et cum testa ad médium adbse- 

 rente, ostio obliquo ; embryonis exalbuminosi cotyledonibus crassis 

 oblique superpositis ; radicula brevi uncata. — Specics conspicua 

 ob flores 5-meros fructusque lignosi 3-cocci indolem (sectionis 

 unde novae [Harpulliastrum] prototypus evadens), oriturin ditione 

 austro caledonica ubi legerunt Balansa (exs. n. 1/|9) in frutice- 

 lis oricnlalibus circa Port-dcs-Français, haud procul a Nouméa, 

 augusto floriferam fructiferamque (Herb. Mus. par.), et Panchev 

 (berb!;. 



