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in stylum brcvcm attenuatum ; summo stylo truncato integerrimo 

 cupulari, paulo subtus annulo glanduloso (stigmatoso?) viscoso 

 cylindrico cinetum. Germen 1-Ioculare; ovulis 2, descendentibus 

 subsuperpositis ; micropyle extrorsum supera. Stirps conspicua, 

 haud sine dubio ad Cipadessam (cujus ob germen t-loculare seetio 

 Malleastrurn cvadit, forteque, ubi fructus notus, generis novi 

 prototypus erit), adspectu foliisque (epunclatis) Evodias nonnullas 

 Zànthoxylearum referens , viget in Comorarum insula majore ubi 

 ultra fines sylvarum magnarum supcriores rriaio florilcram legit 

 b. Boivin (Herb. Mus. par.). 



112. Epicharis Balans.eana. 



Arbor 20-metralis (teste cl. Batansà); ramis crassis rigidis; 

 ligno duro rubescente ; cortice (pallide fuscato) rugoso, cicatri- 

 eibus latis obovatis v. ellipticis foliorum oceasorum notato. Folia 

 (adulta glabra, juniora eum innovationibus pallide fulvescenti- 

 puberula) ad summosramulos conferta alterna (ad 25 cent, longa), 

 longe (ad 10 cent.) petiolata ; petiolo ima basi dilatato, 2-S-foïiolata ; 

 loliolis oppositis ellipticis v. elliptico-obovatis (ad 7 cent, longis, 

 h cent, latis), apicerotundatis, basi in petiolulum brevem(l cent.) 

 insequali-attenuatis, integris subcoriaceis, subtus pallidioribus, 

 remote penniveniis. Flores (ad 1 cent, longi) in racemos axillarcs 

 folio 2-medio breviores composito-cymigeros dispositi. Calyx 

 breviter cupularis, basi articulatus, breviter 4-lobus; lobis cras- 

 siusculis rotundatis ciliatis, imbricatis. Petala (alba) multo lon- 

 giora oblongo-acutata crassa pubercula, valvata. Stamina 8; tubo 

 corolla paulo breviore, supcrne 8-fido; laciniis 2-lobis obtusis; 

 antbcris arcte inclusisoblongis subapiculatis. Germen densiuscule 

 sctosum, /i-loculare, oblongum, supcrne in stylum gracilem, àpice 

 stigmatoso depresso-capitatum et obtuse 8-gonum, attenuatum. 

 Discus tubulosus germinc longior parciusque pilosus, ad apicem 

 insequali-crenatus, extus eum petalorum basicohserens. — Crescit 

 in Austro-Galedonia, ubi in sylvas circa Gonceptionem boréales 

 xi. (15 juillet 1874.) 17 



