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perianthio haud aucto munilus, piriformis v. forma nunc varius, 

 oblongus v. inœquali-obovoideus, npice obtusus v. breviler api- 

 culatus, basi plerumque Lreviter allenuatus (ad 3-8 cent, longus, 

 2-h cenL. lalus), demum siccusglaber ; pericarpiotenui fragili, indé- 

 hiscente (demutn rupto?}. Semina pauca (1-4), in loculo unico 

 (dissepimenlorum abortu) adscendemia subparietalia, oblonga 

 (2 j cent, longa, 1 £ cent, lala), magna ex parte arillo (umbilicali?) 

 sacciforiminsequali-lobato submembranaceo carnosulo (rubro, teste 

 Pancher) yesii la ; testa extus glabra ; albumine copioso carnoso; 

 embryone axili paulobreviore(virescenle);cotyledonibus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis; radicula apice obluso incrassata. — Crescit in Novse- 

 Caledonise sylvis, ubi novembre floriferam legerunt Vieillard 

 (exs., n. 189, 2298), adKanala, et Pancher. (In Mus. neo-caled. 

 herb., n. 237.) 



Species quoad folia speciei austro-africanae [Diplest/tes Harv.) aifinis, 

 differt, ut videtur, iraprimis fructu. Semina, ut in Calypso, certe albu- 

 minosa. 



/|8. Pisonia MAJOR. 



Arborea (?) ; foliis amplis (ad 55 cent, longis, 10 cent, latis) 

 lanceolatis, basi et apice sensim acutatis; limbo subcarnoso gla- 

 berrimo, répande remotequecrenato; costacrassa in sicco promi- 

 nula; nervis remotepinnatisobliquis; venis vix conspicuis ; petiolo 

 crasso (ad 6 cent, longo) tereti, supra canaliculato. Flores e ligno 

 orti, summis pedunculis (in specim. suppet. geminatis) teretibus 

 glabris (ad 10 cent, longis) cymoso-racemosis. Calyx in alabastro 

 obconico-clavatus crassus glaber, apice 5-dentalus, valvato-redu- 

 plicatus, glaber [ l - cent, longus). Stamina ad 20 ; lilamcntis ima 

 basi in annulum brevem connatis, cœtcrum liberis crectis ; anlheris 

 ovatis, introrsum 2-rimosis. Germen liberum, basidisco tenuissimo 

 cinctum; ovulo subanalropo subereclo; stylo erecto ad apicem 

 incrassatum lateraliter stigmatoso ; papillis viscosis cum staminé 

 uno sub opposito cobasrentibus. Csetera ignota. — Ad insula 

 Rawak, in Uraniœ itinere, ann. 1817-1820, legit C. Gaudichaud. 

 (Herb. Mus. par.) 



(Sera continué.) 



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