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vix inaequalibus peuniaerviis ; pedunculis petiolum s^itae- 

 quantibus. 



Icon. Blutne 1. c. fig^. 1. folium xylogr. 



Habitat in sylvis insulae Celebes (unde ramum accepit 

 cl. Blume! 1. c. et in Herb. Lugd. Eat.) 



Frutex ; rami nodosi , internodiis fnferioribus 8 cent., superioribus 

 4 — 5 cent, longis, cylindricis, subflexaosis , squamnlis fuscis qaasi cera- 

 ceis adspersis,jumoribus striatis yerruculosis pubescentibus; nodis taraidls. 

 Folia fere disticba , alterna, petiolis hirtello- pubescentibus int'erioribas 

 1 J — 1 cent, longis, superioribus scil. brevioribus , semiterctibus canali- 

 culatis basi membranaceo-alatis , membrana dcmum decidua, sustenta, 

 membranacea, vix subtilissirae pellucido-pnnctulata, supra nervis lincata , 

 nitida, atroviridia, glabra vel in nervo medio puberula, subtus in nervis 

 puberula, pallida, oblonga, basi subinaequali subrotnndata , parum in- 

 aequilatera, apice subito acuminata, acuminc subacute, 13 — 18 cent, 

 longa , 6 — 7—8 lata. E nervo medio tbrtiore utrinque a basi usque ad 

 i sdt. 5 costae alternae subtus prominentes oriuntur, versus margines ad- 

 scendentes , suprema ad apicem ducta , infimaque subtilissima brevis mar- 

 ginalis. Anastomoses inter costas plures. Amenta oppositiiblia cylindrica 

 pedunoulo vix majores petiolos aequante 1 cent, longo tereti subglabro 

 infra amentum albo-puberulo sustenta, in. sp. suppetente diffracla, 2|— 5 

 cent, longa. Bracteae in immaturis confertissimae, pcdiccllato-peltatae, 

 pedicello crasso brevi, pelta crassa in sicco nigra, oblongo-rotundata , 

 anguste luteo-marginata. Axis albo-pubescens. Stamina immatura 2, 

 antberis oblongis (sec. sp. Herb. Lugd. Bat.) 



41. ChaTlca? madagascarlcnsls. Glabra, oaulc fru- 

 licoso scandente, foliis peliolalis, coriaceis subtilissima pellu- 

 cido-punclalis, glabris, oblongis aequilateris, basi acutis, apice 

 acuminatis, multicoslulatis, una ulrinque cosla e basi orta, 

 amentis 



Habitat in insula Madagascaria, copiose circa Tanimbales, 

 in sylvis maxiuiis, ubi altissime juxta arborura truncos scan- 

 dit Piperis albi nomine incolis nola. Folia conlrita odorein 

 gratum aromalicum spirant. (Goudot! in Herb. De Less. n. 34). 



Ramulus mihi sterilis est, cylindraccus, glaber, in vivo ut videlur 

 succulentus, internodiis 4—5 cent, longis, nodis fasciculatim radicantibns. 

 Folia alterna, erecto-patentia, petiolis 3—31 cent, longis in vivo suc- 

 cosis, antice canaliculatis et raerabranaceo-rugosis (an c stipula adnata 

 involuta?), in sicco coriacca, subtilissirae pcllueido-punctata , viva, teste 

 couDOT, pulchrc viridia, glabra, clliptica, hasi acuta, apice brcvius ct 



