2/iO STIKPES EXOTIC.E NOV^. 



I'oliolis oppositis O-lO-jugis brevissime pdiolalis inGeqiiali-lanceo- 

 hitis (mnjoribus 10 cent, longis, 3 cent, lalis), basi iniequali-rotiin- 

 datis V. brevissime cunealis, apice longe acutatis v. acuminatis 

 subintegris eiliolalis corlaceis penniveiiiis. Florum masculoriim 

 glomeruli crebri miimti in axilla bracteariim brevium spicse axil- 

 laris nunc vakle elongatse (25-30 cen.L) inserti. Sepala brevia 

 (I- J I mill.),5,6; quorum extcriora, 2,3^ crassa minula dense villosa; 

 interioramuUo longiora lalioraque tenuitcr petaloidea (rosea). Sta- 

 mina 7,8, sub gyni3ecei rudimento miuuto villoso inserta ; filamen- 

 lis liberis, in alabaslro valde corrngato-plicalis, disco regulari 

 5-crcnalo interioribus, demum exsertis; anthcris ovoideis inlrorsis 

 (rosejs). Caetera baud nola. — Oritur in Madagascaria, ubi verna- 

 cule audit Tsi-laisoc-arita'di ^ fide Chapelie)\ qui solus hucusque 

 banc plantam in insulae costa oriental! coUegisse videtm\ (Herb- 



31us. par,) 



90, Macphersonia pteridophylla. 



Arbor glabra; innovalionibus vix tenuissime ferrugineo-pube- 

 rulis. Folia ad summos ramulos conferta (ad 30-AO cent, longa), 

 bipinnata muUijuga; pinnulis in rachibus angulatis alternis crcbris; 

 folioHs in pinnulis singulis subalatis T-lO-jugis, opposilis v.alter- 

 nis> inaequali-trapezoideis (ad 3 cent, longis, lucent, lalis), basi 

 articulata cuneatis, apice aculatis v. breviter acununalis, summo 

 apice nunc obtusiusculis, sinuatis V. crenulatis, coriaceis, supra 

 lucidis loevibus. Flores minimi (ad 2 mill, longi) crebcrrimi, in 

 racemos axillares v. paulo supra-alares folio paulo breviores laxe 

 ramosos cymigerosque dispositi ; sepalis obtusis imbricalis. Pctala 

 brevissima vix conspicua squamiformia disco breviora. Stamina 

 7, 8, disco annular! subcupulari crenato interiora ; antberis brevi- 

 bus introrsis. Germcn hinc rudimentarimn sterile, bine fertile, 

 3-luoulare; stylo centrico ereclo, apice subintegro stlgmatosoj 

 ovuloin loculis 1, adscendente. — Species Sidspcoiu /ilichieo insi- 

 gnisj foliis et Lcguminosas quasdam noimibil referens, ab Hippo^ 

 bromo imprimis foliis 2-pinnatis discrcpans, viget in Malacassia 



