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costisquc et nervis subtus pallide breviterque birsulis; tbliolis 

 oppositis v. subaltcrnis 10-15-jugis sessilibus oblongis (12 cent. 

 iohgis, h cent, lalis), basi valde insequali-angustatis (costula hinc 

 interne nudata), ad apicem breviter acutatis v. acuminatis; summo 

 apice obtusiusculo; remole penniveniis parce reticulatis. Flores 

 crebri in racemos graciles (ad 12 cent, longos) numerosos e ligno 

 ortos dispositi, ad bracteas minutas solitarii v. pauci cymosi bre- 

 vissime pedicellati articulati (1 cent, longi), extus puberuli.Calyx 

 brevisS-lobussubvalvatuseorollaquemultolongior. Petala valvata, 

 extus parée remoteque pilosula. Stamina 10; antberis summo tubo 

 eylindrico latiusculoque extus cum petalis ad médium cohsercnti 

 insertis oblongis. Germen /i-5-loculare, disco eylindrico apice 

 crenato inclusum et superne in stylum summo apice capitato- 

 diseoideum attenuatum. Fructus parvi (1 cent.) subbaccati, globosi 

 v. ovoidei, breviter apiculati (extus in sieco ferrugïnei), 1-5-spermi; 

 seminibus oblongis breviter arillatis; embryonis exalbuminosi 

 cotyledonibus plano-eonvexis. — In Austro-Caledonia léger, cl. 

 Pancher (Mus. neocaled., n. 228) et Balahsa (exs., n. 1433) 

 inter sylvas ultra pagum Fénê, prope ad Bourail (Herb. Mus. 

 par.). Species cum Dysoxylis genuinis Epichandem inviete con- 

 nectons. 



115. Epicharis (Dysox\lum) pachypoda. 



Arbor 10-mctralis; ramis crassis striatis; novellis cum rachi 

 petiolulis costulaque lblioloruni pube tenui pallide fulvescente 

 villosulis. Folia alterna ampla, abrupte pinnata (juniora visa ad 

 35 cent, longa); l'oliolis ad 8-jugis, îongiuscule (1 cent.) petiolu- 

 latis ovalo-oblongis (ad 12 cent, longis, h cent, latis), basi inse- 

 quali-rotundatis, apice acutiusculis v. brevissime acuminatis sub- 

 coriaceis répandis penniveniis, in planta eadem aut oppositis, aut 

 alternis. Flores... ? Fructus crasse ({ cent.) et brevissime (icent.) 

 stipitati, in racemos (spurios) latérales brèves (10 cent.) crassosque 

 (1 | cent.) villosulos dispositi, insequali-ovoidei (2 \ cent, longi 

 lalique) obtuse costati, l-/|.-speniii ; pericarpio tenui subbaecato 



