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3 cent, latis), basi insequali-angustalis, apice rotundatls coriaceis 

 glabris penniveniis (in sicco pallidis); venis primariis remote 

 alternis parce ramosis. Floras in racemos axillares v. paulo supra- 

 alarcs foliis paulo longiores (15 cent.) dispositi; rachi simplici 

 gracili; pedicellis obconicis brevibus (2-6 millim.) crassiusculis 

 articulatis alternis v. suboppositis ; bractcolis2 adarticulum mini- 

 mis. Sepala 5, brevissima ( millira.) libera, cum summo pedicello 

 continua, obtusa crassiuscula nequidem invicem contigua. Petala 

 5, longa (1 cent.) carnosula crassa valvata (alba). Tubus stami- 

 ncus corolla paulo brevior, apice inoequali-lobatus ; anllieris 6-8, 

 oblongis inclusis. Discus tubulosus germine longior, apice inoe- 

 quali-dentatus. Germen 3-4-locuIare, superne in stylum rectum 

 cylindricum apice capitate depress© stigmatosum attenuatum villo- 

 sulum; loculis 1-ovulatis. — Stirps Chisochetones cum Ejiicha- 

 n6?(?niniium arete conjungens, oritur in Austro-Caledonia ubi circa 

 Kanala in tcrris ferrugineis novembre floriferam leg, Balansa 

 (exs., n. 2/i75}. 



118. TURR/EANTHUS MaNNH. 



Frutex (?), ramulis gracilibus utiplanfatota glabris, minute lenti- 

 cellatis. Folia remote alterna, longe (10 cent.) petiolafa, pinnatim 

 3-foliolata; petiolo gracili subangulato, basi nonnihildilatato; folio- 

 lis amplis (ad 18-20 cent. longis, 12 cent. latis) ovalo-eliiplicis, 

 basi rotundatis v. ima basi repente brevissimeque angustatis, ad 

 apicem repenle acuminalis; summo apice obtusato; terminali 

 majore, basi articulato; lateralibus alternis; omnibus integris 

 submcmbranaceis penniveniis transverse venulosis reticiilatis; 

 venis primariis paucis remote obiiquis, subtus prominulis. Flores 

 in axillis foliorum v. lateraliter ad ramulos inserti, brcviter (ad 



2 cent.) racemosi ; racemis spuriis solitariis v. fasciculntls. Calyx 

 brcvis cupularis, 4-5-dentatus. Petala in corollam longiusculam 

 (1 cent.) in alabastro clavalim inter se et cum lubo stamineo alte 

 connata, summo apice libera crassiuscula , valvata. Stamina 

 8-10; antheris oblongis sessilibus summo tubo extus insequali- 



