372 STIRPES EXOTICA NOV.E, 



fer»plantaaliaobveniat. Nectar florumsuavis, ab apibus qiiibusdani 

 ardenler colligitur; mel unde regionis hujus prgesfanlissimus, 

 narrante cl. Godefroy qui stirpem legebat (exs. n. 603) junio 

 julioquefloriferam (Herb. Mns. par.). 



172. Strasburgeria calliantha 



• Arbor (10-metralis, fide 5ff/a/^M)•, ramis crassis; ligno, ut 

 videlur, duriusculo (rubescenle). Cortex crassus valde nigosus, 



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exlLis ex, parte albidus, cicatrieibus foliorum ramulorumque 

 (v. fructuum?) occasonim promiriulis notatus. Folia in summis 

 ramulisconferla, Jure allerna, adspeclu ssepe subopposita v. sub- 

 verlicillata, obovata v. oblongo-obovata (ad 15cent. Ionga,9cent. 

 lata) inlegerrima, uti plania tola glaberrima coriacea crassa utrin- 

 que in sicco pal'ide virentia, apice 9equali-v. subgequali-rolundala, 

 rarius brevissime acuminata, basi in petiolum brevem (2 cent.) 

 crdssumque(icent.) atlenuata. Slipulte (?) irilrapetiolarcs 2-nae et 

 in squaniam breveni subinlegram v. 2-dentatam connatae. Flores 

 axillares solilarii; pedunculo crasso brevique (j cent.). Calyx 

 coriaceus; foliolis 8-10, valde insequalibus, ab exierioribus ad 

 interiora majoribus tenuioribusque, arcle imbricatis, sub fructu 

 persislentibus. Pctala 5, calyce longlora (4-5 cent.), oblongo- 

 subspatlmlata, basi angnstiora, imbricata, vcnosa et, ut videtur, 

 carnosula. Stamina 10, corollse suboeqnilonga ; filamenlis crasse 

 Subulatis; anlherls introrsis subsagiltatis versalilibus. Discus 



basi 



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nibus 



berum, py 



coslalum superncque in stylum subulatum androcaeo vix bre 

 orem altenualuni, 5-loculare. Ovula in loculis 2, subsnpcrposit 



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scendenlia; micropyle extrorsum supera 



beroso-lianosnsV indebiscens fad 5-6 cent. 



Insq 



M 



quali-trigona comprcssa (ad 1 cent, longa lalaque) ; testa crassa 



V 



eiiistacea nitida (fuscala); hilo lato opaco aliformi. Albumen car- 

 nosuin ; embryonis jixilis radicula supera brevi; cotyledonibus 



