242 STIRPES EXOTICA NOV.E. 



92. Harpullia austro-caledonica. 



Arbor (7-metralis, teste BaJama); ramis jnnioribus cumpetio" 

 lis, cosla et inflorescentia? ramis, sepalis exferioribiis el germini- 

 bus pallide ferrugineo v. fulvido-villosulis. Folia alternn ad sum- 

 mos ramulos conferta, longe petiolnta (ad 2, 3 decim. longa), 

 paripinnata ; foliolis /i-6-jugis opposilis petiokilalis ovato-acutis 

 V. acuminatis (ad 10 cent, longis, li cent, lalis), basi valde insequa- 

 libus subintegrisv. ssepiiis repandis submembranaccis penniveniis, 

 supra Isete viridibus, subdispallidis, ditc retloulato-vcnosis. Flores 

 polygami, ad folia suprema axillares v. paulo supraalares, in race- 

 mos laxe ramosos cymigcros disposili; pedicellis longiiisculis 

 (1, 2 cent.). Calyx 5-parli(iis; foliolis ovato-suborbicularibus inae- 

 qualibus valde imbrlcafis. Petaia oalyceS-pIolongiora (adl cent,; 

 obovata brevitcr unguiculata (albida) venosa, valde imbricata. Sta- 

 mina 8, in llore fcemineo brevia, anlberis brevibus (effcelis?). 

 Germen globosum, 3-loculare, basi disco vix conspicuo munitumj 

 stylo germine longiore erecto, apicc simplici stigmafoso vix dila- 

 tato, nunc uncinalim recurvo ; ovulis in loculis 2, obliquis. Fructus 

 majusculus (ad 3 cent, longus latusque), basi calyce vix accrcto 

 munitussuborbiculari.Vgonus; coccis 3, dorso subcarinatis, locu- 

 licidis, crassis lignosis, extus velutinis, columella 0. Semina inae- 



qu 



arillo 



breviore el cum testa ad mediu 



rcnte,ostioobliquoj embryonisexalbnminosi cotyledonibus crassis 

 obli(pie superpositis ; radicula brevi uncata. — Species conspicua 

 ob flores 5-meros fructusque lignosi 3-cocci indolem (sectionis 

 unde novL€ [HarpidUastrwn] prototypus evadens), oritur in ditione 

 austro caledonica ubi legerunt ^a/«;z5rf (exs. n. lZi9) in frulice- 

 lis oricnialibus circa Port-des-Frangais, baud procul a Noumea, 

 augusto florifcrani fructiferamque (Herb. Mus. par.), ct Puncher 



(herb !). 



