260 STIRPES EXOTICiE NOV/E. 



glabro, demum frag'ili(an dehiscente ?). Semina oblonga (ad 1 cent 

 longa), utrinque obtnsa glabra, basi parce arillata; testa inoequali 

 fusco-maculata ; einbryonis cxalbuminosi (obscure viridis) cotylc 

 donibus collateralibus oblongis plano-convexis gequalibus ; radicul 

 supera brevi retracta. — Oritur in Austro-Galedonia, aprili fruc 



ubi supra Bourail^ ad summum montem Nekou, alt. ( 



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etr. leg. Balama (exs., n. 1437). — An prseced. fo 



mera? 



116. Epich\ris (Dysoxylum) rosea. 



Arbuscula (3-ft-metralis, ex Pancher)', caulc nudato. Folia ad 

 apicem conferta alterna, abrupte pinnata (70 cent, longa); rachi 

 pube lenui lutescenti-fuscata villosula ; folIolisadl2-jugisoppositis 

 inoequali-oblongis (ad 10 cent, longis, k cent, latis) vix petiolulalis, 



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basi insequali-attenuatis, apice obtusatis v.brevissime acuminatis, 

 subintegris v. repandis , subeoriaceis , supra glabratis , subtus 

 prsecipue ad venas venulasquc villosulis. Flores ({ cent, longi) 

 in ligno caulis subsessiles v. in racemos rigidos brevissimos 

 dispositi. Calyx cupularis; lobis 5, obtusis, valvatis v. subimbri- 

 catis coriaceis. Glandulse ? lineares 4-5, calyci interiores ingequa- 

 les erectge. Petala longiora (« rosea ») 5, valvata, extus villosula, 

 apice demura recurva, basi tubi slaminei ope connata. Stamina 

 10, ut in genere. Discus cupulari-tubulosus crassiusculus. Germen 

 4-5-locuIare; stylo apice depressc capitato. — Species ob perian- 



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tbium basi connatum et appendices calyci interiores valde con- 

 spicua,viget inditione austro-caledonica ubi hucusque in sylvulis, 

 septembrc floriferam, a solo Pancher coUeclam vidimus (Herb. 

 Mus. par.]. 



117. ChISOCHETON ? CANALENSE. 



Frutex (3-ii-metralis) ; ramis crassiusculis ; cortice griseo glabro 

 striato, cicatricibus latis prominulis foliorum occasorum notato. 

 Folia alterna paripinnata, longe (ad 5 cent.) petiolata; foliolis 

 oppositis plerumque /t-iugis oblongo-obovatis (ad 6 cent, longis, 



