ST1RPES EXOTICE NOV/E. 1kl 



iulatis ûblongis (ad 10 cent, longis, k cent, latis), basi angustatis, 

 apice obtusalis integerrimis ; margine reflexo coriaceis, supra glu- 

 bris lucidis, subtils opacis pallide lutcscentibus penuiveniisditissime 

 reticulato-venosis. Flores polygamo-diœci ad summa ramulorum 

 iblia axillares, in racemos ramosos composito-cymigeros folioqué 

 paulo breviores dispositi. Calyx 5-partitus; foliolispuberulis subac- 

 crescentibus. Discus calyce brevior annulari-subcupularis ciliola- 

 lus. Gennen in ilore fœmineo exsertum crasse substipitatum, 

 o-loculare. Fructusobcordato-3-gonus; loculorum dorsocarinato; 

 pericarpio sub-3-alato et apice styli basi conica persistente apicu- 

 lato densiuscule lutescenti-tomcntoso (ad 3 cent, longa, 2| cent, 

 lata), basi calyce persistente aucto. — In Austro-Caledonia legit 

 Pancher (herb. !), junio fructigeram. 



99. COSSIGNIA MADAGASCAUIENSIS. 



Arbor (5-8-metralis) fere ex omrri parte glaberrima; ramis 

 (pallide cinerascentibus) striatis rugulosis et lenticellis crebris (albi- 

 dis) undique conspersis. Folia alterna ad summos ramulos con- 

 ferta (ad 20 cent, longa) basi nudata ; petiolo ad insertionem incras * 

 salo, paripinnala; foliolis saepius 3-fi-jugis oppositis petiolulatis, 

 cllipticis v. ovatis (ad 6 cent, longis, 3 cent, latis), basi (in late- 

 ralibus inœquali) ssepe breviter cuneatis, apice acutiusculis v. 

 obtusatis emarginalisve submembranaceis penniveniis tenuiter 

 reliculatis, supra lucidis glaberrimis. Flores ad summos ramulos 

 et in axillis foliorum supremorum in racemos composito-ramosos 

 cymigeros (ad 10 cent, longos latosque) dispositi, in summis 

 ramulis sœpius 1-laterales articulât! ; bracteis bracteolisque mem- 

 branaceis sublbliaceis (ad 1,2 cent, longis). Sepala 5, nunc subœ- 

 qualia (in sicco pallide virescentia) membranacea acutata majus- 

 cula. Petala h, esquamata calyce mullo breviora oblonga v. 

 subspathiilata membranacea. Stamina ad 8 sub gynœceo inserla ; 

 filamentis in llore masculo longe exsertis, in fœmineo brevibus: 

 anthcris ovalis introrsis (in flore masculo minoribus sœpiusque 

 elïœlis). Discus laie et ineequali-cupularis excentrions, lune stami- 



