3;22 observations 



Pelea calophylla. 



Arbor (ad 25-pedalis); ramis oppositis redis subangulatis, 

 demum glabratis; ramulis junioribus 4-gonis indumento eodetrt 

 dcnso brevique ac folioram pagina inferior inflorescentiseque ob- 

 sitis. Folia opposita petiolata clliptico-obovata (ad 9 cent, longa, 

 k cent, lata), basi ssepius breviter angustata, apice rotnndata ob- 

 tusa v. summo apice brevissime acuminala, integerrima; margine 

 reflexo; coriacea crassa, supra demum glaberrima lucida lsevia, 

 subtus adulta pallide parceque, juniora densius ferrugineo-lepidota 

 punclulata submetallica ; costa subtus angulata valde prominula 

 ferruginea v. pallide fuscescenle; nervis costœ subperpendicula- 

 ribus v. breviter obliquis tenuibus reticulalis, ad margines anasto- 

 mosantibus. Flores in cymas terminales v. ad folia suprema ra- 

 muloruni latérales dispositif ramis ramulisque 2-cIiotomis inilo- 

 rescentise angulalis ferrugineis. Flores 5-mcri; sepalis exterioribus 

 ssepius majoribus. Petala longiora angustata valvala. Stamina 10, 

 sub germine basi in discum inerassala inserta ; filamcnlis persis- 

 tentibus; ovulis in loculis 2, descendentibus. Fructus capsularis 

 depresso-subglobosus (ad 1 cent, lat., J cent, altus) ambitu subor- 

 biciilaris, extus demum glaber ferrugineus; loculis 5, ultra mé- 

 dium conuatis , apice loculicidis; endocarpio pallido solubili; 

 seminibus oblongis nigrescentibus. — Crescitin Nova-Caledonia, 

 unde accepit cl. F. Mueller melbournensis, a quo communicat. 

 anno 18(38. 



Pelea Deplanchei. 



Frutex (?) ; ramis pallide griseis subterelibus ramulisque fuseato- 

 lepidotis, subangulato-4-gonis, cicatricibus oppositis pallidis folio- 

 rum occasorum notatis. Folia ad summos ramulos conforta, bre- 

 viter (ad 1 cent.) crassequc petiolata, elliptica v. elliplico-obovata 

 (ad 8 cent, longa, 5 cent, lata) integerrima; margine reflexo; 

 coriacea crassa penninervia, supra demum giabrata, subtus juniora 



