476 STIRPES EXOTICA NOV^, 



stipulis 



mibus Dcfiolo naulo breviorib 



teriiiinales (an diced?) spicati; spicis masculis cymiferis. Calyx 

 valvatus, /i-partitus. Stamina 6-8, centralia inaequalia ; iilamentis 

 ima basi connatis; antheris subovatis, introrsum rimosis. FJores 



in axilla bractearum spicae cordatarum basique 2-glandu- 

 solitarii sessiles; sepalis /i-7, insequalibus, imbricatis ; 

 snbgloboso, S-locidari; styli ramis 3, dilatato-compressis 

 i\ 1 cent.) triangulari-subulatis, inria basi connatis. Cap- 



losarum 



sulsesubglobosa? (j cent, longae), 3-cocc8e glabra; seminepisiformi 

 glabro exarillato. — In Gabonia leg. el. Duparquet (exs., n. 116), 

 ad planiliem diclam Bonando (Herb. Mus. par.). 



0&s.—I>ycnocomatism{nons{)\.kV.G.,'Prodr., 951) forma conspicua 

 a cl. GrtfTon du Bellay (exs., n. 46, 78) in Gabonia reperta est. 



77. UaPACA BOJERI. 



Frutex, ut videtur, ramis fcrctibus glabris, ad apicem leviter 

 incrassatis ibirpie foliis congestis approximate altcrnis onustis. 

 Folia obovata v. oblongo-obovata (ad /i-6 cent, longa, 2 cent, 

 lata) subsessilia, basi plus minus, nunc longe angustata, apice 

 rotimdata, intcgerrima glabcrrima subcoriacea ; costa nervisque 

 primariis rcmotis obliquis vix prominulis. Flores dioeci. Inflore- 

 scentiae masculse in axillis supremis solitariae, longiuseule (ad 

 2 cent.) slipilalse, pisiformes ; bracteis ad 8, valde imbricatis eo 

 longioribus et tenuioribns quo interioribus ; exlerioribus h, 2- 

 cussatis, ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis ; cseteris suborbicularibus. 

 Flores scssiles; calycis gamophylli lobis brevibus obtusis. Stamina 

 circa gyna3cei rudimentum crassum obconico-infundibuliforme 

 et apice oc-fidum inserla ; filamentis brevibus latiusculis ; antheris 

 erectis subobovatis obscure 4-gonis. Flores fneminei subsessiles 

 V. breviler stipitati ; germine 3-loculari; styli ramis 3, summo 

 germine rccurvis, apice cc-fidis. Fructus (immaturus) obovoideus 

 glaber carnosulus (ad 1 cent, longus), disco persistente annulari 

 basi munitus. — Crescit in monlibus provincial madagascariensis 



