STIRPES EXOTICA NOV^, ^/jS 



93. PSEUDOPTERIS DECIPIENS. 



Arbor, iit videtiir parva, ramisteretibus; cortice albido; foliis 

 altcrnis ad summos ramulos confertis (planta unde, verisimilitci' 

 baud V. parceramosa, vmi Fiiicetn arborescentem nuiPa^mas non- 

 nulas semulat). Folium longe (ad 



F 



10 cent.) peliolatum et ima basi incrassatum, abr 



F 



imparipinnatum ; foliolis ad 20-25-jugis oppositis v. alter 

 quali-trapezoidcis (2-8 cent, longis, 1-2^ cent. latis), basi 

 acutntis inoequali-serratis v. crenulatis, nunc sub 

 membranaceis glaberrimis rcliculato-venosis. Florcs polygami (?); 

 masculi minimi (2 miUim.) in racemes graciles clongatos (20- 

 25 cent.) simpliccs ct remote cymigeros(in ligno ortos?) disposi- 

 tis; pedicelh's filiformibus brevibus (2-4 millim.l. Calyx subae- 



puniceo colore 



b 



subimbri 



f 

 \ 



imbntus^. Pctala 5, mnlto breviora, cucullata, glandulas totidem 



w 



liberis oppositas concavitate foventia. Stamina 5, glandulis inter- 

 riora cumrpie iis alternantia ; filamentis liberis sub gynaeceo 



w 



rudimentario minuto insertis, exscrtis; antheris ovoideis introrsis, 

 2-rimosis(punieeis). Folia variant; foliolis aut majusculis subinte- 

 gris V. crcnatis, aut parvis argute serratis. — Viget in Madagas- 

 caria, ubi Icgerunt olim Dupetlt-Thouays (cujus fide folia decocta 

 contra morbos arliculorum adbibentiuO et reccniius Bcrnier 

 (n. 102) circa S. Mariam neenon Boivin absque numero 

 (Herb. Mus. par.). 



9/i, Melicopsidium trifoli.vtum. 



Fruticulus (3-metralis, teste Balansa) ; ramis tcretibus glabris 

 (fuscatis); innovalionibus cum peliolis costarumque pagina infe- 

 riore et ramis inflorcscentice pallide fcrrugineo-strigillosis. Folia 

 alterna in summis ramulis confcrla, longiuseule (1 , 2 cent.) petio- 

 lata, 3-foliolata ; foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis (ad 5 cent, longis, 

 1^ cent, latis), basi acutalis, apice soepiiis obtLi=;atis v. emarginati^ 



