STIRPES EXOTKLE NOV./E. 18L 



nervis venisque subtus prominulis, supra nonnihil (in sicco) cru- 

 bescentibus. Petioli graciles (ad 5 cent, lougi). Slipulse lineari- 

 subulatge (ad J cent. longse). Flores crebri in racemos ramosos 

 cymiferos terminales et ad folia suprema axillares, pedunculatos, 

 disposilis.Calyxinalabastro ovoideus, apiculatus, valvatus, demum 

 insequali 3, A-lobus. Petala 5, ovata, imbricata (in vivo alba, sicci- 

 tate rubra). Stamina in flore masculo ad 20, erecla ; antheris basi- 

 fixis; loculis ad marginem rimis longitudinalibus, apice demum 

 confluentibus, dehiscentibus. Floris fœminei perianthium (ut c 

 fructu videtur) ci maseulorum conforme. . . Fruclus siccus ovoideus, 

 indehiscens (ad | cent, longus) styli basi minuta apiculatus, 2-lo- 

 cularis, 4-alatus; alis ad loculossingu!os2-nis dorsalibus adscen- 

 dentibus, oblique obovatis membranaceis reticulalis (ad 2 f cent, 

 longis, 1 | cent, lotis). Semina in loculis singulis solilaria deseen- 

 dentia ovato-compressiuscula, extusdense fulvido-setosa; albumine 

 oleoso; embryonis centraliscotyledonibuslatefoliaceis. — Crescit 

 in insula comoriensi Mayolte, ubi prope ad mare, ann. 1847- 

 1849, legit lioivin (exs., n. 3391), ad Loncjoni , Loujani, 

 Bandelli, Pamanzi. (Herb. Mus. par.) 



Nonnihil, ut e descript. videtur, affin. C. africaine Mast. (FL trop. 

 Afr., I, 241), cujus folia haud cordata, inflorescentiœ extraaxil lares, et 

 capsulée nias (2-pollicares) pilosas dicuntur. 



f\0. CaRPOMPTEIU? SCHOMBURGKIl. 



Arbor (?); ramis glabratis, lenlicellis albidis notalis ; ramulis ju- 

 nioribus, uti petioli, nervi lbliorum inQorescentiaque omnis, bre- 

 viter denseque pallide fusccscenti-stellato-vclutinis. Folia alterna 

 ovata laie cordata (ad 20 cent, longa, 15 cent, lata), apice acu- 

 tiuscula v. obtusiuseuîa intégra subcoriacea penninervia, basi 

 5-7-nervia, subtus prominulereticulata, supra parce, subtus ditius 

 stellato-puberula. Petioli teretes (ad 8 cent, longi), supra ad basin 

 canaliculati. Stipulée lineari-subulatae (ad 1 cent, longse). Flores 

 (masculi) insummis ramulis et in axillis lbliorum ramuli superio- 



