STIRPES EXOTICvE NOV.E. 3 H 



prominulis. Flores mnsculi amentacéi in ligno orli ; amentis basi 

 brevissime bracleatis simplicibus glabris (ad-1,2 cent, longis), 

 subsessilibus, îMï-(plerumque ù) andris; slaminibus ovatis bre- 

 vissime apieulatis, subinlrorsum riinosis; brnctea florum singu- 

 lorum brevissima v. caduca ovata v. obtusa. Flores fœminei 

 cœteraqué ignoti. — Oritur in Novce-Caledoniœ sinu Duperré ad 

 porliun Kanalœ, inter sylvas terrarum eruptivarum , ubi legit 

 novembre floriferum Balama (exs., n. 2128% in herb. Mus. 

 par.). 



69. CaNARIUM OLEIFERUM. 



Arbor pulchra (ad 20-metralis, exBalansa), ramis ramulisque 

 teretibus glabralis rugosis, junioribus pube tenui brevissima lu- 

 lescenle v. fuscato-ferrugjnea densiuscula (uli petioli, foliorumque 

 pagina inferior et peduneuli) obsilis. Folia alterna longiuscule (ad 

 2-5 cent.) petiolata, 1, 2-foliolafa v. rarius 3-folioIata; foliolis 

 laleralibus in his suboppositis, subclliplicis v. obovalo-ellipticis 

 (5-10 cent, longis, h-1 cent, lalis), apice rolundafis, bàsiin pe- 

 tiolum longiusculum (2-4 cent, longumj, apice rugoso incrassa- 

 tiim attenuatis, integris coriaceis crassis, supra lucidis lsevibus 

 penninerviis reticulato-venosis. Flores polygamo-diœci (ad | cent, 

 longi) in racemos brèves pedunculatos parce ramosos et cymi- 

 feros, aut terminales, aut et ad folia suprema ramulorum axil- 

 lares v. paulo supraaxillares, dispositi; pediccllis brevibus 

 articulatis. Calyx brevis gamophyllus, saepius 3-fidus; lobis 

 â-angularibus crassiusculis valvatis. Petala 3, libéra, oblongo- 

 acufa, intus concava, valvata (alba, ex Balansa). Slamina 6, 

 2-seriala; alternipetala 3 longiora ; filamentis liberis extus sub 

 disci lobis totidem insertis; antheris oblongo-aculis introrsis. 

 Discus gynaeeeum (in flore masculo rudimentarium effœtiim) cin- 

 gens; lobis 6 insequali-angulatis lobalisve. Germinis loculi 2, 

 efl'œti v. in tiore bermaphrodito feemineove 2-ovulati. Drupa sub- 

 aequali-v. insequali-obovoidea (5cenl. longa, 3f cent. lata)glabra, 

 •exlus in sicco subangulata coriacea; mesocarpio parco ; putamine 



