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Suil'ruticulus succulenlas ^ metri altas, erectus, caule ramisqac 

 alternis oppositisve elongatis erectis subteretibiis , glabris , nodosis , inter- 

 nocliis 5 — 9 cent, longis. Folia sicca membranacea, in vivo forsan 

 succulenta, pellucido-punctata utrinqae glabra, subtus pallida, parum 

 nitidula, inKeriora opposita, caetcra verticillata , 4 — 5, ilia petiolis 4 

 c6nt. longis, obovata, basi cuncatim in petiolam contracta, apice acu- 

 tiascnla 6 cent, longa , 3§ lata , superiora elliptica lanceolalo-elliptica , 

 inaeqnilatera , latere exteriore pier unique latiore, basi aequali cnneata 

 vel acuta , versus apicera angustata acuminata , acuraine obtusiusculo ju- 

 ventnte ciliolato, 4— 6i cent, longa, 2— 2f— 3 cent, lata, petiolis 

 i — 2 cent, longis antice profundc canaliculatis snstenta, quinquc- vel 

 aliqaando subquintuplincrvia , nervis tenuibus, in pagina interiore satis 

 bene discernendis , medio rcliquis crassiore ad apicem , adstantibus iere ad 

 apiccm percurrentibus, inlimis subtilissimis t'ere supra medium perve- 

 nientibus; ramuli ex omnibus orti parce anastomosantes. Juxta marginem 

 nervulus decurrit, citra quern margo hyalinus. Amentum unum axil- 

 lare, aut duo opposita, pedunculo glabro cylindrico 1§ cent, longo sus- 

 tentum , crectum, filiforme, rectum, 9 cent, longum , in sicco 1 ram. 

 crassum, 'rlabrum. Florcs remoti in rbachin glabram baud immersi. 

 Bracteac breviterpedicellatac, membranaceae, pelta rotundata vel oblongo- 

 rotundata basi et apice elevato-rcflcxa , lateribus deflcxis , glabra , centre 

 fosca, caetcruni sordide lutea et versus marginem aliquomodo undulato- 

 plicata, persistcntes. Ovarium crectum ovatum , parumper obliquum , 

 stigmate sordide puberulo. Stamina duo latcralia brevia, antberis 

 sub^lobosis bilocularibus. Baccae ovatae aliquid obliquae, apicnlato- 

 cicatrisatac vel breviter rostellatae , nigrae. (sec. sp. Gaudicb.) 



111. Pepcromia leptostacliya Hook, et Arnott.! in 

 Beech. Voy. p. 96. Erccta, succulenta, opposite rainosa , hir- 

 lella, Ibliis oppositis-quaternis peliolatis succulentis pellucido- 

 punctatis, ellipticis ovato- vel obovalo-elliptieis, obtusis vel 

 acutiusculis , lateribus sursuin convergentibus , quinquenerviis 

 maTginalis, supra sparse hirtellis, subtus maxiine ad nervos, pe- 

 liolo raraisque birlis, ciliatis, amentis pedunculatis ex axillis 

 foliorum supremorum opposilis et terrainalibus demum remo- 

 tifloris succulentis. 



Habitat in ins. Oabu (Beechey ! in Herb. De Less.), in ins. 

 Sandwich, ubi incolis Poukaraore dicitur (Gaudichaud! ibid.) 



Ilerba ut vidclur bumilis, succulenta, cxsiccata nigricans, erccta, op- 

 posite ramosa, caulibus ramisque tereliusculis, birto-pubesccntibus, no- 

 dosis. Intern. 2—4 tent, longa. Folia in vivo succulenta, in sicco 

 membranacea . imprimis pagina siq). nigricantia, tcnuiler pellacido-]<uiir- 



