250 STIRPES EXOTICE NOV^E. 



gïs),basiincrassatis;stipulisintcrpetiolaribusinsetasplureslineares 

 partitis; limbo-ovato-acuminato (ad 10-12 cent. lôngo, k cent. 

 lato), basi rotundafo v. brevissime cordato integerrimo submem- 

 branaeeo penninervio venoso, supra demum glabrato, subtuspalli- 

 diore. Flores minuti (ad 2millim. longijcrebri in racemos spurios 

 subumbellatos basi longe peduncuîatôs terminales et ad folia 

 suprema axillares dispositi. Calyx eglandulosus. Petala longiora 

 suborbicularia membranacealongiusculeunguiculata. Stamina 10 ; 

 filamentis liberis, persistentibus ; antheris oblongo-ovalis. Gynœ- 

 ceum in florib. suppet. 0. — Species quoad genus nonnihil in- 

 certa, ol> flores -1 -sexuales et inllorescentise indolem valde anomala 

 (et forle olim ad gen. nov. referenda) oritur in Malacassia, ubi 

 prope Nossibé, haud procul a mare, inter Rkizophoras, inter loeos 

 dictos Village des Arabes et Helmlle leg. Boivin (exs., n. 2188), 

 augusto florîferam (Herb. Mus. par.). 



103. Tristellateia stenactis. 



Frutex (ut videtur, baud scandens?); ramis graeilibus tere- 

 tibus ad folia nodulosis ; cortice (nigrescente) lenticellis parvis 

 pallidis notato. Folia opposita (occasa cicatrice proininula bippo- 

 crepica gemmam axillarem involvente notata); peliolo tereti (ad 

 1 cent, longo) dense ferrugineo tenuissime verruculoso, adbasin 

 2-glanduloso. Limbus ovato-ellipticus (ad h cent, longus, 2 cent. 

 latus) tenuissime crenulalus v. subinteger ; margine parce rellexo ; 

 demum glabratus penninervius reticulalo-venosus, supra dense 

 viridis, subtus pallidus; costa tenui prorainûla (ferruginea) . Inflo- 

 rescenlise lbliis longiores (6 cent.) axillares racemoso-eymosae, 

 basinudatae; pedicellis graeilibus glabris (pallidis). Sepala (exlus 

 puberula) e basi connata ovata-acuminata, sub fructu persislenlia. 

 Samarae o, columellae rigidse conicœ inserta; alis marginalibus 5, 

 G, fere ad basin liberis valde inœqualibus sublignosis stellatim ra- 

 dianlibus, oblongo-linearibus, integris v. apice in8equali-2-3-fîdis ; 

 cristis dorsalibus inœquali partitis et alis marginalibus 2-midio 

 v. mullo brevioribus lineari-subulatis v. setilbrmibus. — Spec. 



