38 DESCRIPTION D^IJN NOUVEAU GENRE DE TILIACÉES. 



v. frutices ex parte fulvido v. nureo-velutini ; foliisalternis, exsti- 

 pulaceis petiolatis simplicibus, basi attenuatis, coriaceis penniner- 

 viis; costa crassa; nervis primariis crebris tenuissimis obliquis, 

 supra vix v. baud conspieuis; floribus in axillis foliorum ramuli 

 superiorum v. ad summos apices in racemos parvos compositos 

 cymiferos dispositis. 



1. SOLMSIA GALOPHYLLA. 



Arbormedia; ramis glabris; adultis cieatrieibus foliorum sub- 

 orbicularibus fuseatis notatis ; junioribus tomento brevissimo ru- 

 guloso fulvido obsilis. Folia alterna, in summis ramulis eonferla, 

 oblongo-obcordata (7-9 cent, longa, li, 5 cent, lata), basi longius- 

 culecuneata, apicerotundata, emarginata v. corda ta, integerrima ; 

 margine leviter reflexo ; valde coriacea, supra glaberrima nitida 

 lœvia dense viridia, subtus multo pallidiora lutescentia; costa 

 subtus valde prominula crassa striata, in foliis junioribus parce 

 villosa, supra lineari-sulciformi; nervis primariis creberrimis 

 obliquis subparallelis tenuissimis. Pelioli (ad 2 cent, longi) eras- 

 sissimi striali; junioresvillosuli. Inflorescentiae petiolis subaequales 

 v. paulo longiores parce ramosae villosulae. Calyx subcampanu- 

 latus. Fructus obpyramidatus (ad 1 cent, longus) fulvido-villosus, 

 apice emarginatus. — In sylvis montium Novae-Caledoniae. 



2. SOLMSIA CHRYSOPHYLLA. 



Arbor parva? Rami insequali-angulati; juniores, uti petioli 

 foliorumque pagina inferior, intlorescentia fructusque aureo- 

 veiutini. Folia breviuscule (\-l cent.) petiolata, oblongo-obovata 

 (ad 5 cent, longa, 1J-2 cent, lata), basi longe angustata, apice 

 rotundata breviterque summa costa apiculata, integerrima; mar- 

 gine reflexo; coriacea crassa, subtus glaberrima nitida evenia, 

 necnon dense aureo-villosula ; costa subtus valde prominula crassa 

 villosa, supra lineari-sulciformi; nervis primariis crebris obliquis, 



