S70 STIRPES EXOTICyE JiO\JE. 



neensi, ubi cl. Beccari (exs., n. 2520) legebat (Herb. Mus. par., 

 ab Herb. rcg. florenl. comniunic). 



170. OCHROCAUI'US DECIPIENS. 



Frutex (10-pedalis, ex Perville) ex omni parte glaber lule- 

 seensqiie; ramis (eretibus ad folia annulari-nodosis. Folia opposita 

 in suinmis ramulis compressiiisculis congesta, elliplico-lanceolata 

 (ad 8-10 cent, longa, 4-5 cent, lata), basi brevitcr angustala, 

 apice breviler acuminata, integra subcoriacea penninervia ; nervis 

 primariis obli(|iieparallelis crcbris; costa sublus prominiila lute- 

 scentc. Petioli brevissimi, supra coneavi (^-l millim. longi). Flores 



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dioeci -, foeminci ignoti; masculi terminales crebri in cymasdensas 

 jdispositi; pcdicellis brevissimis (petiolo vixaeqnalibus). Calyx pisi- 

 formis (ad 7 mill, longus lalusque), brevitcr apiculatus, coriaceus 

 glaber, valvatusdemumque inoeiuali-ruplns. Stamina crcberrima 

 jeirca gynaccci rudimentum cenlrale inserla ct in fasciculos 5 v. 

 rarius 6-8 disposita; tilamentis apice tantum liberis; antheris 



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interioribus exterioribusrpie exlrorsis ; loculis oblongis rimosis, 

 parallelis v. saepius divaricatis. Gynsecei rudimentum androcaeo 

 longiiis, crasse conicum glabrum, apice siigmatoso-capilatum; 

 capite depresso orbiculari-sublobalo (nigrescente). — Plania in 

 genere sectionis conspicuoe (an gener. proprii?) typus, ob florem 

 foemineum fruclumque ignotos dubise sedis, attamen Ochrocat'po 

 quam generi cuilibet affinior, hinc calyce omnino Mammece 

 "V. OcArocar/?? donata.inde gynd^cei rudimenio androcaeoque lobato 

 Gardniamm nonaullaruin (seclionis v. generis undo nomen 

 Paragarcinia niincupat.), oritur in insula Madecassium iVo5^?^^', 

 iibi (exs. n. h^\) in ten is humidis, januario 1841 Iloriferam 

 legebat b. P^m//^ (Herb. Mus. par.). 



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171. SCIIOUTEMA GoDtFROyANA. 



irbuscula (2-3-melralis) a basi dense ramosa frondosaque; 

 is gracilibus, apice flexuosis ssepiusque cernuis ; corlice nigre- 

 ite, in ramis novclirs ramulisipie pube lenui densa ferruginea 

 obsitis. Folia alterna (2-sticha?), breviler (5 mill.) pcliolata. 



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