iTIRPES EX0T1C/E NOVjE. 2llO 



93. PSEUDOPTERIS DECIPIENS. 



Arbor, ut videtur parva, ramis teretibus ; cortice albido; foliis 

 alternis ad summos ramulos confertis (planta unde, verisimiliter 

 haud v. parce ramosa, aut Filicem arborcscentem autPatmas non- 

 nulas semulat). Folium longe (ad 70 cent.) pinnatum, longiuscule 

 (8-10 cent.) petiolatum et ima basi inerassatum, abrupte v. 

 imparipinnatum ; foliolis ad 20-25-jugis oppositis v. alternis inae- 

 quali-trapezoideis (2-8 cent, longis, 1-2± cent, latis), basi etapice 

 acutatis insequali-serratis v. crenulatis, mine subintegris sub- 

 membranaceis glaberrimisretieulato-venosis. Flores polygami (?); 

 masculi minimi (2 millim. ) in racemos graciles elongatos (20- 

 25 cent.) sirnplices et remote cymigeros (in ligno ortos?) disposi- 

 tis ; pedicellis filifonnibus brevibus (2-4 millim.). Calyx snbœ- 

 qualî-5-partitus subimbricatus v. demum valvatus (puniceo colore 

 imbutus\ Petala 5, multo breviora, cucullata, glandulas totidem 

 liberis oppositas coneavitate foventia. Stamina 5, giandulis inter- 

 riora cumque iis allernantia ; tîlamentis liberis sub gynaeceo 

 rudimentario minuto insertis, exsertis; antheris ovoideis introrsis, 

 2-rimosis(puniceis). Folia variant; foliolis aut majusculis subinte- 

 gris v. crenalis, aut parvis argute serratis. — Yiget in Madagas- 

 caria, ubi legerunt olim Dupetit-Thouars (cujus fide folia decocta 

 contra morbos articulorum adhibentur) et recenlius Bernier 

 (n. 102} circa S. Mariam neenon Boivin absque numéro 

 (ïlerb. Mus. par.). 



9/j. MelICOPSIDIUM TR1FOLIATUM. 



Fruticulus (o-metralis, teste Balansa) ; ramis leretibus glabris 

 (luscatis); innovationibus cum peliolis costarumque pagina infe- 

 riore et ramis inflorescentiae pallidc ferrugineo-strigillosis. Folia 

 alterna in summis ramuîis conforta, longiuscule (1 , 2 cent.) petio- 

 lata, o-foliolata ; foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis (ad 5 cent, longis, 

 \[ cent, latis), basi acutatis, apioesaepius obtusatlsv. e;nargiuati, 



