2i6 



STIRPES EXOTICA NOY^E. 



demum giabralis; cosla nervisque crebris paralleli-obliquis ferru 

 gineis, subtiis valde prominub'sj venis dite reticulatis. Flores a( 

 axillas supremas crebri racemoso-spicati polygamo-dioici ; inflore 

 scentia mascula valde fcrrugineo-puberula; calyce brevi cupular 

 5.dentato. Stamina 5-8, exserta; fdamentis sub 



be 



oblon 



submembranaceus brevissime 5-denla(us v. subin 



subaeqiialis cupular 



sscpi 



3-lobum ; carpellis summo podogyno crasso cylindrlco v. sub- 

 clavato (ad 1 cent, longo) stipitatis et inde longc exsertis, ovulo 

 in singulis 1 adscendente ; micropyle cxtrorsum infera ; stylo brevi 

 erecto, mox in ramos 3 recurvos et apice inlus stigmatosos profunde 

 fisso. Fructusmaturi e carpellis 1 (v. rarius 2) fcrlilibus globoso- 



uepiesbis ^aa i - cent. Jongis latisque) apice longitudinaliler sii 

 catis et sub-2-dymis constans, basi coccis plerumque 2 sterilibi 

 minutis stipatis ; cocco fcrtili drupacco; sarcocarpio subcoriaceo; 

 putamine tenui. Semen adscendens pisifonne ; testa coriacca lucida 

 fcrc ex omni parte (nisi ad spatium sub-o-gonum ehalazce proxi- 

 mum) indumento (arilloideo) externo carnoso sibi adnato cinctum ; 

 embryonis exalbuminosi cotyledonibus plano-convexis carnosis 

 snperposifis ; radicula brevi conica arcuata incumbente. — Planta 



Sapindo, inde Nephelio nonnihil affinis, ab utroq 



baud 



quens in insula Lifu, ubi vernacule audit m ibique a d.DepJanch 

 (exs. n. 58, 60) collecta fuit. 



98. CuPANiA Pancherl 



Frutex (2-3-melralis, teste Pancher) ; ramis teretibus strintis 

 novellis cum petiolis et ramis inflorescentise pallide lutescenti 

 puberulis. Folia ad summos ramulos conferta (ad 30 cent, long? 

 abrupte pinnata (apice saepins quasi abortivo et foliolis dcstitulo) 

 foliolisopposilis, saepius 5.6-jugis, longiuscule (1, 2cent.)petio 



