132 NOUVELLES OBSERVATIONS 



dans rinlervalle des lobes stigmatifcres el ([ui ressemble a uiie 

 sorte de corolle monopelale el charnue. Je dedie ce genre a 

 M. Ramel, qui a si bien merile de la science par son devouement 

 a la propagation des especes vegetales utiles a Thomnie. 



RAMELIA. 



Flores monocci spicati ; spicisl-sexualibus. Florum inasculoruin 

 minimorum calyx valvatus, 2,3,-partilus. Stamina 2,3,centralia li- 

 bera, cum sepalis alternantia; filamentisincurvis ; antheris intror- 

 sis, '2-rimosis. Calyx focmineus 4-6-phyllus; foliolis inoeijualibus 

 crassiuseulis aculis imbricatis. German calyce longius ; loculis 3 

 (unoantico) v. rarius /i*, stylo germini subsequali basi integroobco- 

 nieo supra infundibulilbrmi et in lobos3, v. rarius /|, busi conna- 

 los, crasse subpetaloideos elongato-3-angulares, inlus et margine 

 stigmatososj diviso. Ovula in loculis solitaria ; niicropyle extrorsum 

 supera oblurata. Capsula 3- v. rarius 4-cocca dehiscens ; seminibus 

 parce arillatis-, embryone albumine breviore et angustiore. 

 Frutex, foliis allernis spurie verlicillalis simplicibus penninerviis ; 

 spicis axillaribus, lateralibus et terminalibus ; masculis filiformibus 

 remote glomeruligeris •, floribus fcemineis in axilla bractearum 

 sepalis similium et basi in glandulas2 minutas lateraliter incrassata- 

 rum solitariis bracteolisque 2 lateralibus stipatis. 



Ramelia codonostylis. 



Frutex (1 , 2^metralis, tesle2?«/fl??.?«)g]aberrimus; ramisterelibus. 

 Folia alterna ad summos ramulos v. hinc etinde approximata spu- 

 rie verticillata, brevissime (ad icenl.) petiolata oblongo-spathu- 

 lata (10-15 cent, longa, 2, 3 cent, lata), ad basin longe angustata, 

 ima basi sa^pe subcordata, ad apicem longiuscule augustala, 



sum mo 



apice plerumque obtusiuscula grosse remoteque se 

 coriacea penninervia tenuiter reticulato-venosa, subtus pal 

 Infloresccnliae terminales, axillares v. laterales folio suba3qual 

 paulo longiores graciles glabrse. Flos masculus minimus (ad -^^ 



