200 STIRPES EXOTICA NOV^. 



valde prominula rugosafoveolata.Petiolicoriacci crassi(ad 5 cent, 

 longi) riignlosi, sublus convexi, supra complanati. Flores minuti 

 crebri cymosi ; cymis in racemos plurimos composites paulo sub 

 apice ramulorum subterminales, jure laterales, fasciculatis. €alyx 

 brevis coriaceus patens ssepius inaequali-2-crenafus persistens. 

 Petala pauca orbiculari-concava glabra crassiuscula decidua. Sta- 

 mina oo receptaculo conico ordine spirali inscrtadecidua. Carpella 

 pauca brevia subglobosa pluriovulata. FructLis e baccis pisitbrmi- 

 bus 1 V. pluribus constans, adjectis saepius nonnuUis abortivis. 

 Oritur in Novse-Caledonise montibuSjprope ad Balade ubi legit cK 



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Fieillard^ ann, 1855-60 (herb.). 



Species quoad foliorura crassitudinem florumquedispositionem, caly- 

 ccra ssepius, licet non semper, 2-merum, omni setate corolla multo Lre- 

 viorem patentemque, petala brevia crassa et carpellorum maturorum 

 formam, seclionis peculiaris (iS^^rco^nmj/^) prototypus evadit. 



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ft. Grangeria porosa Bvn^ mss. 



Arbor parva (6, 7 metr. alta, teste Perville) pyramidalis (teste 

 Soimn)', ramis ramulisqne gracilibus glabris cinerascentibus mi- 

 nute lenticellatis. Folia brevissime (ad 1 mill.) petiolata ovato- 

 lanceolata (ad 5 cent, longa, 1 |, 2 cent, lata), basi breviter an- 

 gustata, ad apicem attenuato-acuminata ; summo apice plerumque 

 obtusato ; inlegra v. sinuata membranacea penninervia venosa 



nqueglaberrimalae 



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piranfes) 



racilibus (ad 



bus simplicibus, aut in axilla foliorum ramuli supi 



abort 



inde inflorescentia spurie 



uiosa videalur) ; pedicellis filiformibus glaberrimis (3-5 mill. 

 longis),basi bractea parva lanceolata (adl mill, longa) glaberrima 

 caduea stipatis. Floris tubus brevis obtusus. Sepala petalaque sub- 

 oequalia brevia obtusa, valde imbricata. Stamina 10, quorum 

 7j 8 fertilia in alabaslro inflcxa ; antheris minutis orbiculari-ovatls, 

 sterilia autem 2, 3 unilateralia brevissima linguaeformia. Ovarium 



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subglobosum pilis albidis lanatis dcnsissime obtectum 2-ovulatiuTi 



