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v. lanceolata. Slamina ce , cum petalis interioribus inserla iisque 

 conformia, multoaulemangustiorapetaloidea, connectivoin lami- 

 nam longe angustalam ultra antheram produeta; loculis dis- 

 crelis extus lamiuge paulo supra basin adnatis oblongis, rimosis. 

 Carpella pauca (3-0) o basi leviter anguslala obovato-compressa 

 (ad 1-1 i cent, longa); stigmate crisliformi lineari oblique-; 

 ovulis oc . oblongis obliquis. Fructus carpella pauca baecala; pcri- 

 earpio crassiusculo. Semina longe obovoidea ; testa nitida crus- 

 tacea atrala; albumine valde eopioso oleoso; embryonis minuti 

 apicalis cofyledonibus brevibus rotundalis. — Orilur in ditione 

 auslro-caledonica, ubi legerunt Pancher, « inter sylvas, ad 

 300 metr. ait. », Vieillard, exs., n. 17, ft5, 2278, Balansa, exs., 

 n. 582, 3031, sept, florifer., «in sylvis adnortcm Conceptionis, 

 cire. 500 metr. ait. » (Herb. Mus. par.). 



63. BâLANOPS OL1V1FORMIS. 



Àrbor (ad 10 metr. alla, teste Balansa), ramis, uti planta tola, 

 glaberrimis, 2-v. 3-chotomia inœquali-sulcatis lenticellisque promi- 

 nulis orbiculatis nolalis griseis; junioribus nigrescentibus, ad nodos 

 incrassatis. Folia opposita v. saepius (ernalim subverticillata obo- 

 vato-oblonga (ad 8-10 cent, longa, 3, h cent, lata), basi in peliolum 

 brevem (\ cent.) crassiusculum anguslala, apice rotundatav. rarius 

 einarginata subintegra (margine vix reflexo) eoriacea crassa glaber- 

 rima penninervia venosa ; nervis venisque anastomosantibus vix 

 prominulis tenuissimis. Flores ignoti. Fructus ad nodos v. sub 

 nodis inserli solitarii breviter (li-S mill.) crasseque pcdunculali; 

 calycis foliolis persistentibus paucis inaequalibus oblusissimis 

 coriaceis crassis subscariosisintegerrimis, valde imbricalis. Drupa 

 calyce /t-plo longior styli basi apiculata ovoidea giaberrima lsevis 

 (ad 2 i cent, longa, 1 | cent, lala) eam B.Vieillardi valde relerens 

 (in sicco aurantiaca) ; exocarpio tenui subpergamentaceo; meso- 

 carpio tenui; pyrenis 2, oblongis submembranaceis seminibusque 

 omnino ut in B. Vieillardi. — In Novae-Caledoniœ sylvis circa 



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