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165. MlCROSEMMA BaLANSJE. 



Arbor(6-melralis, ex Balansa) ex omni parle, nisi ad innova- 

 tiones, calyces, peduneulos et fruclus, glabra; ramis crassis; cor- 

 tice fuscato rugoso. Folia in summis ramulis conferta alterna; 

 peliolo erasso rugoso- striato (1-2 cent, longo) ; oblongo-ellipliea 

 (ad 10 cent, longa, 5 cent, lala), basi obtusala v. brevissime 

 cuneata, apice rotundata v. nunc emarginata, integerrima ; mar- 

 gine leviterreflexo, coriacea, supra lœvia, subtus subopaca; cosla 

 crassa subtus valdc promiuuia ; nervis primariis pinnalis crebris 

 lenuissimis venis ]iie reliculalis vix conspicuis. Flores (in spoci- 

 rnine ut videtur fœmineo) spurie (?) hermaphroditi , axillares 

 v. paulo supra-alaressolitarii v. fasciculati pauci ; pedicellis crassis 

 peliolo longioribus (2-3 cent.), adapicem seusim incrassatis cum 

 calyce puberulis. Sepala /i, v. sœpius 5, insequalia, arcteimbricata 

 et sub fructu persi>tentia, coriacea, ad costani crassa, ad margines 

 teuuiora glabralaque. Glandula sepalis singulis iulerior parva 

 oblonga sericea. Stamina co , calyce vix lougiora; (ilameutis linea- 

 ribus; antheris (an fertilibus?) brevibus, 2-locularibus. Germen 

 8-10-loculare; ovulo in loculis 1, descendente; uiicropyle extror- 

 sum supera. Fruclus obovatus tomentcllus (2 cent, lougus lalusque) 

 longiludinaliter8-1 0-costatus, apice subumbilicatus, 8-10-rimosus. 

 Semina oblongo-compressa ; rapbe intus prominula albida et ad 

 cbalazam producta; iutegumento exleriore caeterum tcnui molli 

 pallido; testa interiore rugosa nigrescente crustacea; albumine 

 carnoso parco ; embryone (viridulo) apicali obliquo multo breviore. 

 — Speeies pulcbra orilur in Austro-Caledonia, ubi leg. cl. 

 Balansa (exs. n. 2126) in monle Arago, ad altit. 800 melr. 

 (Hcrb. Mus. par.). 



106. MlCROSEMMA CERNUA. 



Arbor (5-6-metralis, leste Balansa) ex omni parte, nisi ad 

 innovationes tenuissimc puberulas, glaberrima. Hami teretes; 

 cortice pallide griseo, cicatricibus suborbicularibusfoliorum occa- 



