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longiuscule (ad 2 cent.) petiolata, basi articulata, oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata (10 cent, longa, h cent, lata), apice acuta v. obtusiuscula, 

 basi magis acutata, subintegra vix coriacea, supra (in sicco) In- 

 tescentia, subtus glaucescentia, pennincrvia ; nervis crebris sub- 

 parallelis. Flores ad summum ramulum subumbellalipauci (3, /t), 

 singuli in axilla bracteae deciduœ (e cicatrice notœ) longe (ad k, 

 5 cent.) pedunculatse; pelunculis rigidis rectis ad apicem incras- 

 satis. Calyxbrevisgamophylluscoriaceus suborbicularis, subinteger 

 v. inœqui-crenatuspcrsistens. Petala in alabastro breviter ovoideo 

 arcte imbricata, exteriora pauca latiora ovato-orbicularia crassa; 

 interiora autem numerosiora angustiora tenuioraque. Stamina oo , 

 corolla paulo altius germinis stipiti brevi cylindrico inserta; fila- 

 mentis erectis obpyramidato-compressis; anlhera? subapicalis 

 loculis linearibus subtransversis, longitudinaliter rimosis. Carpella 

 ad 10, in caput insequali-sulcatum coalita; loculis lotidem co -ovu- 

 lafis; ovulis in singulis 2-seriatim obliquis, angulo internoinsertis; 

 sligmatibus totidem linearibus apice toruloso prominulis subhori- 

 zontalibus (in sicco fuscatis). — ■ In Wagap Austro-Caledoniae 

 leg. cl. Vieillard a quo in exs. Drymis neo-caledonicus nuncu- 

 patur, quod nomen nullo modo servare potuimus. 



Species floris fabrica Z. Vieillardi affinis videtur, differt ante omnia 

 floribus longe pedunculatis nec ad summum ramulum subsolitaiiis. 

 Carpella quoque, ut videtur, minus inter se quam in planta prototyp. 

 cohaerentia. 



61. Drimys Balans^e. 



Fruticulus (2-metralis, test. Balansa) ; ramis alternis divaricatis 

 fuscatis rugosis, cortice striato; ramulis junioribus glabrescen- 

 tibus, v. uti planta tota glabrata pallide virescentibus. Folia in 

 summis ramulis conferta alterna oblongo-obovata (2-5 cent, longa. 

 1, 2 cent, lata), apice obtusa rotundata, basi longe atlenuata in 

 petiolum brevem(ad J cent.), integerrima coriacea crassa glaber- 

 rima, supra Isevia (pallide virescentia), subtus glaucescentia (parce 

 pellucido-punctata, in sicco inodora); costa (in sicco rufesceutc) 



