294 STIRPES EXOTICA NOV^. 



breviter(l cent.)pedunculalo oo j fcemineo 1 , central! sessili libero; 

 masculis crebrisperigynis sub-1-seriatis, insertis cum involucri lo- 

 bls paucis (6^ 5)lale membranaceisrokmdalis, imbricatis, demum 

 erectis.FJosmascuIusstipitatus; calyceangusteobconico, basilonge 

 acutato, apice obtuso, demum subintegro oreque truncato, quoad 

 involucrum cxserto. Stamen \ , liberum; filamenlo centrali exserto; 

 anthera basifixa oblonga (nigrescente),longUudinaliter2-rImosa. 

 Calyx (?) fcemineus germen involvens, 2-pbyllus, imbricalus. 

 Germen sessile oblongo-conicum liberum, 1-Ioculare; ovulo i, sub 

 apice loculi descendente; stylo terminali erecto, 2-fido; lobis 

 subulatis recurvis, intus stigmatosis. — Planta quoad flores con- 

 spicua, ^en . now . y Bosqiieue ^ ut videtur,proximum sistens, orilur 

 in Africa Irop. occid., ubi leg. G. Man?! (exs., n. 1727), anno 

 1862 (Herb, kew, et Mus. par.). 



139. Parartocarpus Beccarianus. 



Arbor, ut videlur, nisi ad summos ramulos innovationcsque 

 albido-puberulos, glaberrima. Rami teretes slriati. Folia alterna^ 

 longiuscule (3 cent.) petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata (ad 12 cent, 

 longa, h cent, lata) , basi subaequali-angusfata, ad apicem acumi- 

 nata, integerrima subcoriacea penninervia venosa, supra dense 

 viridia loevia, subtus opaciora. Stipulae laterales oblongge, cadu' 

 cissimoe; cicalrlcibus hand annularibus. InflorescentioB masculaa 

 axiliares (?) 



lobos8e(diametr. 1 jcent.); pedunculoglabroarcuato 

 (1 ~ cent, longo), ad apicem incrassato; involucre e paucis (3, h) 

 bracleis inaequalibus brevibus obtusis constante. Flores minuti ere- 

 berrimi, receptaculum totum obtegentcs bracteisque crebris inor- 

 dinate intermixtis, apice obtuso crassiusculis, breviores ; singuli 

 1-andri (?); slamine erecto; iilamento brevi ; anthera subbasifixa 

 erecta, apice obtusiuscula ; loculis 2, longitudinaliter rimosis. 

 Flos fffimineus.,.?— SlirpsAr^oc«/73o,ut vidctur, proxima, stipu- 

 larum indole, capitulis basi involucratis, antherisque brevibus 

 inordinalisperianthioqueproprio destitutis diversa, orilur inBor- 



