STIRPES EXOTICA NOV^. 2^7 



liilatisoblongis (ad 10 cent, longis, h. cent, latis), basi angustalis, 

 apice obtusatis integerrimis ; margine reflexo coriaceis, supra gln- 



brislucidiSjSiibtusopacispallideliifescentibuspenniveniisdilissime 

 rcliculafo-venosis. Flores polygamo-dioeci ad summa ramiilonnn 



folia nxillares, in raccmos ramosos composito-cymigeros folioque 



paulo breviores dispositi. Calyx 5-partitus; foliolis pubcrulis subac- 



crescentibus. Discus calyce brevior annulari-subcupularis clliola- 



lus. Germen in llore ftemineo exsertum crasse substipitatum, 



3-loculare. Fruclus obcordato-3-gonus ; loculorum dorsocarinato; 



pericarpio sub-S-alato et apice slyli basi conica pcrsistente apicu- 



lato densiusculc lutescenti-tomcntoso (ad 3 cent, longa, 2^ cent. 



lata), basi calyce persistente aucto. — In Auslro-Caledonia legit 



Puncher (herb. !1. iunio fructiaeram. 



99. COSSIGNIA MADAGASCARIENSIS. 



Arbor (5-8-metraIis) fere ex omni parte glaberrima ; ramis 

 (pallide cinerascenlibus) striatis rugulosis et lenticellis crebris (albi- 

 dis) undirpie conspersis. Folia alterna ad summos ramuloscon- 

 feria (ad "20 cent, longa) basi niidata ; petiolo ad inscrtionem incras- 

 salo, pnrii)innn(a; foliolis ssepius 3-^-jugis oppositis peliolulalis, 

 ellipticis v. ovatis (ad 6 cent, longis, 3 cent. latis), basi (in late- 

 ralibus ingeqiiali) saepe breviler cuneatis, apice acutiiisoulis v. 

 obtusatis emnrginalisve submembranaceis penniveniis tenuiter 

 rcliculatis, supra lucidis giaberrimis. Flores ad summos ramulos 

 et in axillis folioruni supremorum in racemos composito-ramosos 

 cymigeros (ad 10 cent, longos latosque) dispositi, in summis 

 ramulis scepius 1-lalerales articulati; bracleis bracteolisque mem- 

 branaceis subfoliaceis (ad .1,2 cent, longis). Scpala 5, nunc suboe- 

 qualia (in sicco pallide vircscentia) membranacea acutata majus- 

 cula. Pctala 4, esquamata calyce mullo breviora oblonga v. 

 subspathulafa membranacea. Stamina ad 8 sub gynaeceo inserta ; 

 filamentis in flore masculo longc exsertis, in firminco brevibus: 

 anibcris ovatis infrorsis (in flore masculo minoribus saepiusque 

 cffoetis). Discus late et inaequali-cupularis excentrieus, bine stami- 



