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instylumbrevematlcnuatiim; summo stylo truncato infegerrimo 

 cupnlarj, paulo subtus annulo glanduloso (stigmatoso?) viscoso 



3tum. Germcn 1-Ioculare; ovulis 2, descendentibus 



Stirps conspicua 



subsupcrpositls j micropyle ex(rorsum supera. 



baud sine dubio ad Cipadessain {cu]us ob germt 



3Iallco.stnim evadit, forteque, ubi fructus notiis, generis novi 



prototypus crit), adspectu foliisqiic (epunctatis) Evodias nonnullas 



ZanthoxijkammvdQYQm, vigct in Comorarum insula majore ubi 



ultra fines sylvarum magnarum supcriores maio floriferam legit 



b.jBo/ym (Herb. Mus. par.). 



112. Epicharis Balans^ana. 



Arbor 20-metralis (teste cl. Balansa) ; rm-n?, crassis rigidis ; 



rubescente ; corticc (pallide fuscatoj rugoso, cicatri- 



cibus latis obovatis 



occasorum notato. Folia 



(adulta glabra, juniora cum innovationibus pallide fulvescenti- 

 puberula) ad summosramulos conferta alterna (ad 25 cent, longa), 

 longe (ad 10 cent.) petiolata ; petiolo ima basi dilatato, 2-3-foliolata ; 

 foliolis oppositis ellipticis v. elliptico-obovalis (ad 7 cent, longis, 

 h cent, latis), apice rofundatis, basi in peliolulum brevem(l cent.) 

 ingequali-attenuatis, intcgris subcoriaceis, subtus pallidioribus, 

 remote penniveniis. Flores (ad 1 cent. Iongi)in racemos axillares 

 folio 2-medio breviores composito-cymigeros dispositi. Calyx 

 breviter cupularis, basi articulatus, breviter 4-lobus; lobis cras- 

 siuscLdis rotundatis ciliatis, imbricatis. Petala (alba) multo Ion- 

 giora oblongo-acutata crassa pubercula, valvala. Stamina 8j tubo 

 corolla paulo breviorc, superne 8-fido ; laciniis 2-lobis obtnsis ; 

 anthcris arete inclusis oblongis subapiculatis. Germen densiuscule 

 setosum, 4-loculare, oblongum, superne in stylumgracilem, apice 

 stigmatoso depresso-capitatum et obtuse 8-gonum, attenuatnm. 

 Discus tubulosus germinc longior parciusque pilosus, ad apicem 

 inaequali-crenatus, extus cum petalorum basi cohserens. — Crcscit 



in Austro-Caledonia, ubi in sylvas circa Concept 



XI. (15 juillel 187/1.;. 



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