3/l STIRPES EXOTICjE NOVjë. 



66. Balanops Pancheri, var. simplex. 



Frutex 1-metralis (fîd. Balansœ), caule simplici recto ; cortice 

 (fuscato) rugoso gemmarum (v. florum ?) occasarum cicatrieibus 

 notato. Folia ad internodia clongata spurie verticillata approximata 

 oblonga (ad 15 cent. longa, k cent, lata), basi longe angustata ; 

 petiolo brevissimo (| cent.) compresso crasso ; limbo ad apicem 

 plus minus acutalo; summo apiccoblusalo; poriacco crasso glabro 

 subintegro v. ssepius sinuato v. obtuse remoteque crenato; cre- 

 naluris apice glandùla nigrescente punctiformi notatis; margine 

 arcte revoluto ; costa, nervis venisque reliculatis ulrinque (in sicco) 

 prominulis. Flores masculi ignoli; fœminei sessiles caulis inter- 

 nodiis summis inter foliorum verlicillos inserti sessiles crebri ; 

 sepalis crebris arcte imbricatis ovato-acuminalis extus parce et 

 ad margines ditius albido-velutinis, apice subglabrato fuscescen- 

 tibus. Germen calyce pauio brevius ovatum, 2-loculare, /i-ovula- 

 lum; stylo brevi erecto, apice iubuloso, moxin lobos 2 profunde 

 2-fidos diviso ; laciniis filiformibus (siccilatc nigrescentibûs) re- 

 flexis v. revoluiis, apice haud incrassato stigmatosis. Fruclus 

 (immaturus) germini conformis calyceque persistente longior 

 giaber; seminibus (immaluris) oblongis compressis glabris. — In 

 Novœ-Caledonise monte Poume, ad ait. /|00 metr. inter terras 

 eruptivas legit Balansa (exs., n. 3185, inherb. Mus. par.). 



Speciei typus descript. in Adansonia, IX, 118, n. 1. An spec. distincta? 



67. Balanops microsïachya. 



Frutex 3, ft-metralis (fid. Balansa) glaberrimus, ramis tere- 

 tibus(pallide cinerascentibus) ramulisque (pallide nigrescentibûs) 

 ad nodos leviter dilatatis. Folia subopposita v. ssepius ternata 

 elliptico-oblonga (6 cent, longa, 2 cent, lata), basi in petiolum 

 brevem (ad \ cent.) subtus angulatum, supra concavum attenuata, 

 apice obtusa, subintegra (margine reflexo) glaberrima coriacea 

 penninervïa ; costa, nervis venisque reticulatis utrinque fin sicco) 



