260 STIRPES EXOTKLE NOV^E. 



glabro, demum fragili (an déhiscente ?). Semina oblonga (ad 1 cent. 

 Jonga), utrinque obtusa glabra, basi parce arillata; testa inœquali- 

 fusco-maculata ; embryonis cxalbuminosi (obscure viridis) cotylc- 

 donibus collatcralibus oblongis plano-convexis œqualibus ; radicula 

 supera brevi retracta. — Oritur in Austro-Caledonia, aprili fruc- 

 tifera, ubi supra Bourail, ad summum montem Ne/cou, ait. cire. 

 600 metr. leg. Balansa (exs., n. 1437). — An pneced. forma 

 mera? 



116. Epicharis (Dysoxylum) rosea. 



Arbuscula (3-4-metralis, ex Pancher); caule nudato. Folia ad 

 apicem conferta alterna, abrupte pinnata (70 cent, longa); rachi 

 pube lenui lutescenti-fuscata villosula; lbliolis ad 12-jngis oppositis 

 inœquali-oblongis (ad 10 cent, longis, k cent, latis) vix petiolulatis, 

 basi inœquali-attenuatis, apice obtusatis v.brevissime acuminatis, 

 subintegris v. répandis , subcoriaceis , supra glabratis , subtus 

 prascipue ad venas venulasque villosulis. Flores (1 cent, longij 

 in ligno caulis subsessiles v. in racemos rigidos brevissimos 

 dispositi. Calyx cupularis; lobis 5, obtusis, valvatis v. subimbri- 

 catis coriaceis. Glandula3?lineares/p-5, calyci interiores inœqua- 

 les erectœ. Petala longiora (« rosea ») 5, valvata, extus villosula, 

 apice demum recurva, basi tubi slaminei ope connata. Stamina 

 10, ut in génère. Discus cupulari-tubulosus crassiusculus.Germen 

 ft-5-loculare ; stylo apice depresse capitato. — Species ob perian- 

 thium basi connatum et appendices calyci interiores valde con- 

 spicua, viget in ditionc austro-ealedonica ubi hucusque in sylvulis, 

 septembre floriferam, a solo Pancher colleclam vidimus (Herb. 

 Mus. par.). 



117. ChISOCHETON ? CANALENSE. 



Frutex (3-ft-metralis) : ramis crassiusculis ; cortice griseo glabro 

 striato, cicatricibus latis prominulis foliorum occasorum notato. 

 Folia alterna paripinnata, longe (ad 5 cent.) petiolata ; lbliolis 

 oppositis plerumque ft-jugis oblongo-obovatis (ad 6 cent, longis, 



