STfuri:s ExoTic.E yo\\¥.. 301) 



159. ROLREA B\LANS.€ANA. 



Friiliculiis (i-melralis) ex omni pnrtc glaber; ramis allerni? 

 terelibus; coiiice niguloso; ramulis novellis glabris cum pcd'olis 

 inflorescenliaeriuc nimis in sicco cnibcscontibus. Folia altcrna, in 

 siimmis ramiUis confcrta (ad 5 cent, longa) imparipinnata; fob'oh's 

 opposilis V. rarius alternis; lateralibus plenimque 3-5-jngis, bre- 

 vissime (2, 3 mill.) pctiolulalis, ovatis (I -^-2 ^ cent, longis, 1- 

 1 { cent, latis), basi incequali-rolundalis, apice oblusiusculis, inle- 

 gerrimis subcoriaceis, supra lucidis, subtns pallidis glaiicescenti- 

 bus; venis pinnalis rcliculatis, ulrinque vis conspicuis. Florcs, ut 

 in gencre, parvi (ad k mill, longi), in alabaslro ovoldeijn raccmos 

 terminales etad folia suprcina nxillarcs dispositi ct indc, ut aiunt, 

 paniculati; inflo^e^ccntia tota 5, 6 cent, longa lataque; pedicellis 

 longiusculis (-^ cent.), arliculalis. Genitalia ut in genere, Fructus 



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basi sepalis persistenlibus et in calycem campanulatum {\ cent. 

 altum) glabrum arete imbricatis obtnsis cinctus, oblongo-ovoideus 



(1 -J cent, longus), arcuatus, convexilate demuni longiludinaliter 

 rimosusfolliculiformis. Semen oblongum, locnloconforme, ereclum 



oiihutropum glabrum (fnscatum), basi angustata subslipitatum. 

 Planta, ob calyeis fnictusque et seminis indoleni certe hnjiis 

 generis, et spec, nonnullis africanis baud absimil., viget in dltione 

 austro-caledonica ubi legit cl. Ba/a?isa (e\s.^ n. 13G0), januario 

 floriferam, in collibusargiloso-rerrngineisinsulaeintcrioribus inter 

 S. Ludovicum et YatS (Herb. 3Ius, nar,). 



ICO, RHizopnor%A pachypoda, 



Arbor (6-8-metralis, ex Bahmsa) radices perlongas e ramis 

 emittens. Hamuli patentes crassi, liinc indesubventricosi; cortice 

 glabro (dense griseo), nunc transverse ineequali-fisso, nunc cica- 

 tricibus foliorum delapsorum late sigiliirormibus et stipularum 

 lineari-annularibus notato. Folia in summis ramulis conferta 

 opposita; petlolo crassiuseulo compresso ('2, 3 cent, longoj. Liin- 

 bus ovato-acutus (ad K) cent, longus, 10 cent. lalus),basi repenle 



