254 STIUPES EXOTlCiE NOV^. 



108. TuRRiEA TICOREOPSIS.' 



Frutex, ut videtur ; cortice ingequali rugoso (pallidc grisco) 

 cicalricib'js proininulis notalo. Folia ad summos raimilos alterna, 

 brcvifer (2, 3 mill.) petiolata elHptico-ovata v. suboborata (ad 

 6 cent, longa, S cent, lata), basi breviter alteiuinta, ad apicem 

 breviter acuminata; summoapice soepius obtusato brcvissimeque 

 2-lobo; caeterum integcrrima subcoriacca pennlncrvia, subtus 

 pallida ; nervis venisquc rcliculalis, marginibus parallele anaslo- 

 mosantibu?. Flores (ad 2, 2 \ cent, long!) axillares, saepius soli- 

 tarii; pcdicello gracili (ad ^ cent, longo). Calyx subcampanulaliis, 

 5-dentalus. Petala 5 (alba ?), in corollam clavafani, apicc dilatato 

 oblusam,in alabastro approximata libera valde imbricata. Stamina 

 iO, in tubiim petalis gequilongum connata. AnthciiB ovata^. brevis- 

 sime apiculata), exlus processLd)Lis 20 tubi longc 3-angulari-snbu- 

 latis membranaceis radianlibus auclBe. Gcrnicn eoni6um villosu- 

 lum, 5-loculare; stylo gracili, ad apicem in massani breviter 

 lateque obconicam apiceque depresso stigmatosam dilatato. 



Fructus...? — Crescit in Mayolta Comorarum, ubi leg. b. Boivin 

 (exs., n. 3362) propre Bouzi, ad ripas fl. Moussa-perc (Herb. 

 Mus. par.). 



109. TURR^A PRODUCTA. 



Frutex, ut videtur, raniis terelibus ; cortice glabro ruguloso 

 striato (dense rubro-fuscato) ; ramulis junioribus cum foliis vire- 

 seenti-tomenfcllis. Folia longiuscula (ad 2 cent.) petiolata ovato- 

 elliptica (7 cent, longa, 3 cent, lata), basi et apice aeutata v. ad 

 apicem brevissime acuminata summoque apicc acuta v. obtuslus- 

 cula, subinlegra membranacea pennincrvia (dense viridia). Flores 

 ad folia suprema ramulorum axillares solifarii v. paucissimi; 

 pedunculobrevi (_-l cent.) angulato. Calyx angulato-subcam[)a- 

 nulatus; dcntibus 5, longiuseulis subulatis. Petala valde elongata 

 (10-12 cent.) linearia. Stamina 10; tubo valde elorigato linearis 



