270 STIRPES EXOTIC/E NOViE. 



prodiicto. OvLila in loculis 2-iia suberecta. Capsula subpisiformis 

 V. brevitcr ellipsoidca (ad | cent, longa lataque), basi annulo bre- 

 vissimoreceptacuU eincta, compressiiiscula, stylo apicnlala, sub- 

 1-locularJs, septicida (septis valde incompletis pallidisque). Semina 

 plerumquc 2, post occasum pericarpii persistentia, breviter slipi- 



tata crecta inicquali-ovoidea compressiuscula (ad 4-5 mill, longa, 

 2 i mill, lata) ; testa nitida ossca (dense rubra) ; albumine parco; 

 embryonis (viridis) axilis albumini subaequalis cotyledonibus clii- 

 plicis, basi auriculatis. — Species conspicua, a congener, austral., 

 ut videlur, valde di versa, oritur in Austro-Calcdonia ubi in sylvis 

 collium januario florifcram leg. Pcmc/w}' {llcrh.). 



131. Alphitoma xerocarpa. 



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Frulex dense dumosus (1-metralis) ex omni parte glaberrinius. 

 Folia altcrna cum ramulis junioribus pallide virescentia, longius- 

 cule (1-1 5 cent.) petiolata obovato- v. oblongo-elliptica (6 cent, 

 longa, S cent, lata), basi scnsim in petiolum decurrcntia, apicc 

 pier unique rotundata v. emarginata, inlcgerrima ; marginc rctlcxo ; 

 coriacea, penninervia; nervis venisque vix conspicuis; costa (pal- 

 lida) snbtus prominula. Flores polygami, lerniinales v. ad folia 

 summa axillares, in cymas pedunculatas plus minus ramosas dis- 

 positi (parvi, albidi); receptaculo breviter obconico, intus disco 

 glanduloso 5-goiiocavitatem implentesupraque subhorizontali ves- 

 tito. Sepala 5, 3-angularia petalaque cucullata et stamina totidem 

 ut in gcnerc. Germen inferum cum disco omnino connatum; 



stylo conico, apice stigmatoso breviter 3-lobo; loculis 3, completis 

 V. incomp!etis, 1-ovulatis. Fructns longe ante maturitatem pcdi- 

 cellis recurvis ccrnui, ovoideo-acuminati v. subconici cum rece- 

 ptacuU cupula sibi 3-plo breviore breviterque obconica connati 

 (ad 1 cent. longilatique),demuni siccicapsulares; sarcocarpio gia- 

 bro tenuissimo, demum siccalo segrequc ab endo€arpio soluto. 

 Cocci saepius 3, lignoso-apiculati, septicidc demumque ab apicc ad 

 medium loculicidc elastice dcbisccntcs et basi Cut in cencrcl soluli 



