248 STIRPES E\0TIC,1=: NOV/E. 



nibus omnino exterior, inde deficiens.. Germen (in flore masculo 

 minutuni effoetiim) 3-lociilare ; stylo subulato simplici, apicehaud 

 incrassato ; ovulis in locuiis 2, medio axi affixis obliqiiis. Fructus 

 cupularis, ssepius 3-coccus (ad 3 cent, alius, S\ cent, latiis) inflato- 

 veslciilosus (dense purpurascens) glaber; coccis demum dorso 



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Stii 



formia exariilafa nigrescentia (« venenata »). 

 anomala et frucla HarpuUias rcfcrcns (unde seclionis in £ 

 nomen HarpuIHo/ms) in variis herb. sub. nom. Tinw madafj 

 cariensis baud infrequcns, vigetin ditione madagascarica, ubi k 

 vun\ Richard [\]. lOG), ad Vobemar ; Boivin (n. 2(536), in sabi 

 sis Malacassiae; Perville (n. 711), ad Nossibe; Bernier (n. 1\ 

 in insul. part, boreal., necnon in Zanzibaria, ubi invenit Bo 

 (Herb. Mus, par.). 



100. ACRIDOCARPUS AUSTRO-CVLEDOMCUS. 



• Frntex (1-3-metralis); ligno dure rubescente; ramis furcatis, 

 novellis tenuiter fernigineo-tomentellis; adullis cortice grisco 

 cicatricibus folioritm prominuHs bine inde notatis. Folia ad sum- 

 mos ramulos approximate alterna v. nunc rarius subopposi'a, 

 oblongo-lanceolafa (8-12 cent, longa, 1-3 cent, lata), breviter 

 (1^ cent.) peliolata exslipulata, basi longe in petiolum attenuata, 

 apice brevissime aculala v. acuminata, sa^pissime oblusata, inle- 

 gerrima coriacea reticulato-penninervia, supra glabra, subtus 

 densiuscule ferrugineo-tomenlosa. Flores in racemos longius- 

 culos (ad 10 cent.) terminates disposili; pedicellis gracilibus (ad 

 cent, lougis) cum rachi, bracteis calycequeferrugineo-tomentellis. 

 Sepala 5, sublibera crassiuscula, valvata. Petala (« lutea ») sub- 

 integra unguiculata. Stamina 10 ; antheris cordato-ovatis; locuiis 

 summo apice libero acutalis. Germen 3-loculare; styli ramis 2 

 elongato-filiformibus circinato-involutis ; tcrlio autem brevissimo 

 conico. Fructus samarse parvoe; nucleo subovoideo, intus planius- 

 culo;ala dorsali (ad 2 cent, longa, | cent, lata) oblique obtrape- 

 zoidea submembranacea longitiidinaliter venosa, Seminis (esia 



