310 siiiu'jis EXOTIC.^!; rsov.^. 



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iitlcriLiiilus cl in pctiolum ulrinquc docurrcns, a[)icc plus minus 

 cuspidatus, integcrrimus, crassc coriaccus pennivenius, utriiKjuc 

 glaber, basi autem superne parce setosus, sublus lenuiter nigro- 

 punctulalus. Flores in axillis supcrioribus (nunc folioruFn delap- 

 sonim)2-ni, sumtno pedunciilobrevi (adlcent.)crassoquo (J cent.) 

 inserli, bracteis crassis oblusis 2-nafim involucrali ct sinouli 



involuceilo [iroprio (e bracteolis 2 crassis paulo longioribus 

 connalis efformato") donali. Flos erassus (^ cent, longus) ; scpalis 

 ovato-lanccolalis coriaceis, valvalis (albis, ex Balansd). Pelala 

 subintegra induplicato carinata, calyce multo breviora. Stamina nl 

 in gencre 8-12 (quorum nonnulla, ut videtur, minora effoeta?). 



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oblusiusculis. Fnictus crassc conicus (2 cent. longus, U cenl. 

 ialus), infra medium sepalis baud accretis reflcxisstipatus, altius 

 rugulosus et apice, ut in generc, radicula pcrlonga in gennina- 

 (ionc cxseria perforatus. — Species, inter alias notas, pedunculis 

 brcvibus 2-floris conspicua, a cl. Balama (exs., n. 23/il) in 

 salsuginosis circa Kaiialam N.-Calcdonia3 novcmhro florif. cl 

 fructif. lecta fuit (Herb. Mus, par,). 



161. AmSOMIYLLEA RHOMBOIDEA. 



' Frulicosa?, ramulis lenuibus Icrclibus, demum glabralis. Folia 

 alterna (2-sticha?) sessilia, c basi valdc insequali trapozoidca (ad 

 8 cent, longa, S cent, lala),utrinf]ue cunealo^attcnuata, apicc inie- 

 quali-acutata integcrrima subcoriacea, basi hinc 1-nervia, indo 

 2-ncrvia, supra dense viridia, sublus pallida glaucescenlia lenuiter 

 [juberula; venis transversis crebris, Flores in raccmos vix supra- 

 axillares dispositi crcbri; pcdunculo pcdicellisque basi artieulatis 

 parce fuscato-sctosis. Calyx masculus j)arvus valvatus; folioiis 

 ovato-acutis, basi connalis. Pelala 4, calyci suboequaliainaeqiiali- 

 3-7-rida, flabcllalo-incisa, caraosula. Slamina 8, cum giandulis 

 totideni brcvibus aUernanlia; liUunentis aj)ice incurvis; antlicne 



