118 SUR DEUX NOUVEAUX GENRES APÉTALES. 



nibus semini subsequalibus ovatis foliaceis, radicula cylindrica 

 brevi. — Arbores parvae neo-caledonicœ ; foliis alternis ad sum- 

 mos ramos confertis , simplicibus petiolatis v. subsessilibus , 

 exstipulaceis; amentis masculis lateralibus solitariis v. paueis fas- 

 ciculatis in ligno ramorum ortis ; iloribus et fœmineis ligno ses- 

 silibus solitariis, ssepe crebris, nunc fere in vaginam cirea ramu- 

 lum confertis. 



1. Balanops Pancheri. 



Arbor parva (k, 5-metralis). Rami teretes, uti planta fere tota 

 giabri ; eortice fuscato, juniore pallide vireseente, cieatricibus 

 late orbiculato-rcniformibus foliorum occasorum notato. Folia bre- 

 vissime petiolata oblongo-subspathulata (ad 18 cent, longa, h cent, 

 lala), basi longe attenuata, ad apicem rotundata v. breviter acumi- 

 nata ; summo apice obtuso; ab apice ad médium insequali-crenata, 

 ad basin subintegra ; margine arcte reflexo v. anguste revoluto ; 

 coriacea crassa rigidissima, glaberrima, subtus pallidiora ; costa 

 utrinque valde conspicua; nervis tenuibus pinnatis cum venulis 

 laxereticulatis. Petioli (ad 6-8 mill. longi) cum limbi basi attenuata 

 subcontinui, 3-goni, infra subcarinati, supra canaliculali. Stipulas 0. 

 Flores fœminei sessiles in ramorum ligno allerni crcbri (juniores 

 tantum visi ideoque vix noti). 



2. Balanops Vieillardi. 



Rami teretes, uti planta fere tota giabri ; eortice nigrescente. 

 Folia alterna ad summos ramulos conforta, elongato-obovata petio- 

 lata (ad 20 cent, longa, 8 cent, lata), basi inœquali-angustata, 

 apice late rotundata, intégra; margine leviter revoluto, v. obtuse 

 crenata glaberrima coriacea glaucescentia , subtus pallidiora, 

 penninervia venosa ; nervis primariis remote altérais, ad margi- 

 nem inter seanastomosantibus; costa crassa, utrinque prominula. 

 Petioli (ad 2 -'cent, longi) crassi rugosi. Amenta mascula in ligno 

 ramorum lateraliter orti simplices rectiusculi (ad o, h cent, longi 



