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3 cent, latis), basi inaequali-angustatis, apice rotundatis coriaceis 

 glabris penniveniis (in sicco pallidis); venis primariis remote 

 altérais parce ramosis. Flores in racemos axillares v. paulo supra- 

 alares foliis paulo longiores (15 cent.) dispositi ; rachi simplici 

 gracili; pediccllis obconicis brevibus (2-0 millim.) crassiusculis 

 articulatis altérais v. suboppositis; bracteolis2 ad articulum mini- 

 mis. Sepala 5, brevissima ( millim.) libéra, cum summo pedicello 

 continua, obtusa crassiuscula nequidem invicem contigua. Petala 

 5, longa (1 cent.) carnosula crassa valvata (alba). Tubus stami- 

 neus corolla paulo brevior, apice inœquali-lobatus ; antheris 6-8, 

 oblongis inclusis. Discus tubulosus germine longior, apice inse- 

 quali-dentatus. Germen 3-/i-loculare, superne in stylum rectum 

 cylindricum apice capitato depresso stigmatosum attenuatum villo- 

 sulum; loculis 1-ovulatis. — Stirps Chisocheiones cum Epicha- 

 ride nimium arcte conjungens, orituriu Auslro-Caledonia ubi circa 

 Kanala in terris ferrugineis novembre floriferam leg. Balansa 

 (exs., n. 2475). 



118. lURRiEANTHUS MaNNII. 



Frutex (?), ramulis gracilibus uti planta tota glabris, minute lenti- 

 cellatis. Folia remote alterna, longe (10 cent.) petiolata, pinnatim 

 3-foliolata; petiolo gracili subangulato, basi nonnihil dilatato ; folio- 

 lis amplis (ad 18-20 cent, longis, 12 cent, latis) ovato-ellipticis, 

 basi rotundatis v. ima basi repente brevissimeque angustatis, ad 

 apicem repente acuminatis ; summo apice obtusato ; terminal i 

 majore, basi articulato; lateralibus altérais; omnibus integris 

 submombranaceis penniveniis transverse venulosis reticulatis; 

 venis primariis paucis remote obliquis, subtus prominulis. Flores 

 in axillis foliorum v. lateraliter ad ramulos inserti, breviter (ad 

 2 cent.) racemosi ; racemis spuriis solitariis v. fasciculatis. Calyx 

 brevis cupularis, 4-5-dentàtus. Petala in corollam longiusculam 

 (1 cent.) in alabastro clavatim inler se et cum tubo stamineo alte 

 connata, summo apice libéra crassiuscula, valvata. Stamina 

 8-10; antheris oblongis sessilibus summo tubo extus inœquali- 



