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connata ; filamentis mox libcris ; anlherlsbasifixis exlrorsis; loculis 

 obovatis ab apice ad medium v. paulo ultra liberis. Flores feminei 

 brcviler raccmosi V. subumbellati terminales-, pcdicellis quam in 

 flore masculo crassioribus braclcolisque varie inserlis majoribus 

 stipads; periantbio fere marium; genuine brcvisubgloboso, extus 

 setis (pallide hilescentibus) appressis hirsute; styli ramis 3, bis, 

 terquaterve parlitis; laciniis linearibus fuscatis ; ovule in locubs 

 solitario; obturatore crasse conico basi infra in cylindrum brevem 

 intra exostomiumlpenelrantem ultraque dilatatum producto. — In 



Balan 



;ylvis ad summam viam inter Bourail et Kanala (herb 



par.). 



3. CODI^UM (StEIGEBIa) DRIMIFLORL'M. 



Frntex (1, 2-metralis, teste Balansa) ex omni parte glaber; 

 ramis feretibus rusosis cicatricibus notatis. Folia ad summos 

 ramulos approximate alterna subsessilia oblongo-obovala (ad 2-5 

 cent, longa, 1-2 1 cent, lata), basi in petiolum spurium valde atte- 

 nuata, apice rotundata v. brevissime apiculata, integerrima coria- 

 cea, supra dense, subtus pallide virescenlia penninerviareticulato- 

 venosa; nervis venisque supra vix conspicuis, subtus leviter 

 prominulis; costa conspicua. Flores (albi) monceci in racemos 

 terminales, nunc androgynes, sgepius umbelliformes dispositi, 

 longe {%h cent.) pedicellati (ea Tasmanniarum referentia, 1 \ cent, 

 longa lataque). Calyx imbricatns. Petala paulo longiora, imbri- 

 cata V. torta, in flore masculo obovato-subspathulata, in flore 

 fcemineo multo angustiora canaliculata. Glandulse 5, parvse aller- 

 nipetalse. Stamina oo , basi in columnam brevem connata, mox 

 libera ; conneclivo 2-fido ; loculis liberis obovoideis, extrorsum 

 rimosis. Germen 3-loculare ; styli ramis (nigrcscentibus) mox 

 2-ridis. Gapsula depresso-globosa (I cent, lata), 3- 

 nibus pisiformibus nigro-maculatis ; arillo minuto. 



Oritur 



Novtc-Calcdonise montibus, ad Pume, inter terras cruptivas 



