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105. MlCROSrMMA BvLANS.*:. 



Aibor(6-melralis, ex Balansa) ex omni paiie, nisi ad Innova- 

 lioiies, calyces, peduneulos et fruclus, glabra; ramis crassis;cor- 

 tice fuscato rugoso. Folia in summis ramiilis conferla allerna; 

 peliolo crasso rugoso- siriato (1-2 cent, longo); oblongo-elliplica 

 (ad 10 cent. longa, 5 cent, lala), basi obtusala v. brcvissimc 

 cuneala, apice rolundata v. nunc eniarginnla, integerrlma ; inar- 

 gineleviterreflexo, coriacea, supra kcvia, sublus subopaca; costa 

 crassa sublus valdc prominula ; ncrvis primariis pinnalis crebris 

 Icnuissimis venis pie reliculalis vix conspiciu's. Flores (in speci- 

 mine lit vidctur fcrmineo) spuric (?) hcrmapbrodili , axillares 



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calyce puberulis. Sepala i, v. ssepius 5, inaequalia, arcleimbricala 

 el sub fructu persislcntia, coriacea, ad coslain crassa, a J margines 

 lenuiora glabralaque. Glandula sepalis singulis iiilerior parva 

 oblonga sericea. Stamina oo , calyce vix longiora; filamenlis linca- 

 ribus; anihcris (an fcrtilibus?) brevlbus, 2-locularibiis. Germen 

 8-10-Ioculare; ovulo in loculis 1, descendente; micropyle extror- 

 sum supera. Fructusobovatustomentellus(2 cenl.longuslatusque) 

 longiludinaliter8-10-coslatus,apicesubumbilicatus,8-10-rimosus. 



Semina oblongo-comprcssa ; rapbe intus prominula albida et ad 

 chalazam produela; integumenfo exleriore caeterum tenui molli 

 pallido; testa interiore rugosa nigrescente cruslacea; albnmlne 

 carnoso parco ; embryone (viridulo) apicali oblique multo breviorc. 

 Species pulclua oritur in Austro-Caledonia, ubi leg. cl. 

 Ba/ansa {e\s. n. 2120) in monie Arago, ad allit. SOO'melr. 



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106. MlCROSE-MMA CERNUA. 



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innovationcs tenuissime puberulas, glaberriuia. Rami leretes; 

 corlice pallide griseo, cicalricibus suborbicularibus foliorum occa- 



