372 STIRPES EXOTICyE NOV^. 



fere planta aliaobveniaf. Nectar florumsuavis, ab apibus quibusdam 

 ardenter colligitur; mel unde regionis hujus praestanlissimus , 

 narrante cl. Godefroy qui stirpem legebat (exs. n. 603) junio 

 julioquefloriferam (Herb. Mus. par.). 



172. Strasburgeria calliantha. 



Arbor (10-metralis, fide Balansà)-, ramis crassis; ligno, ut 

 videlur, duriusculo (rubescenle). Cortex crassus valde rugosus, 

 extus ex parte albidus, cieatricibus foliorum ramulorumque 

 (v. fructuum .?) oecasorum prominulis notatus. Folia in summis 

 ramulisconferla, jure alterna, adspectu sœpe subopposita v. sub- 

 verlicillata, obovata v. oblongo-obovata (ad 15 cent, longa, 9 cent. 

 lata) integerrima, uti planta tola glaberrima coriacea crassa ulrin- 

 quein sicco pallide virentia, apice sequali-v. subsequali-rotundala, 

 rarius brevi^sime acuminata, basi in petiolum brevem (2 cent.) 

 orassumque (4 cent.) attenuata. Stipulée (?) intrapetiolarcs 2-nœ et 

 in squaniam brevem subinlegram v. 2-dentalam connatse. Flores 

 axillares solitarii; pedunculo crasso brevique ( l - cent.). Calyx 

 coriaceus; foliolis 8-10, valde insequalibus, ab exierioribus ad 

 inleriora majoribus tenuioribusque, arcte imbricalis, sub fruclu 

 pcrsistentibus. Petala 5, calyce longiora (4-5 cent.), oblongo- 

 subspathulata, basi angustiora, imbricata, venosa et, ut videlur, 

 earnosula. Stamina 10, corollse subœquilonga ; filamentis crasse 

 subulatis; anlheris introrsis subsagïttatis versalilibus. Discus 

 hypogynus basi crasse annulariset superne inloboslO, cumstami- 

 nibus alternantes, productus. Germen liberum, pyramidato-10- 

 costalum superneque in stylum subulatum androcaeo vix bre- 

 viorem altenuatum, 5-loculare. Ovula in loculis 2, subsuperposita 

 drscendenlia; micropyle extrorsum supera. Fructus subglobosus 

 baccalus (in sicco suberoso-lignosus), indebiscens (ad 5-G cent, 

 longus lalusque), stylo apiculatus. Semina in loculis 1, 2, inae- 

 quali-trigona compressa (ad 1 cent, longa lalaque) '; testa crassa 

 ciuslacea nitida (fuscala); hilo lato opaco aliformi. Albumen car- 

 uosum ; embryonis axilis raclicula supera brevi ; cotyledonibus 



