38 DESCRIPTION D'UN NOUVEAU GENRE DE TILIACÉES. 
v. frutices ex parte fulvido v. aureo-velutini ; foliis alternis, exsti- 
pulaceis petiolatis simplicibus, basi attenuatis, coriaceis penniner- 
viis; costa crassa ; nervis primariis crebris tenuissimis obliquis, 
supra vix v. haud conspicuis ; floribus in axillis foliorum ramuli 
superiorum v. ad summos apices in racemos parvos compositos 
cymiferos dispositis. 
1. SOLMSIA CALOPHYLLA. 
Arbor media; ramis glabris ; adultis cicatricibus foliorum sub- 
orbicularibus fuscatis notatis ; junioribus tomento brevissimo ru- 
guloso fulvido obsitis, Folia alterna, in summis ramulis conferta, 
oblongo-obcordata (7-9 cent, longa, 4, 5 cent. lata), basi longius- 
cule cuneata, apice rotundata, emarginata v. cordata, integerrima ; 
margine leviter reflexo; valde coriacea, supra glaberrima nitida 
levia dense viridia, subtus multo pallidiora lutescentia; costa 
subtus valde prominula crassa striata, in foliis junioribus parce 
villosa, supra lineari-suleiformi; nervis primariis creberrimis 
obliquis subparallelis tenuissimis. Petioli (ad 2 cent. longi) cras- 
sissimi striati; juniores villosuli. Inflorescentiæ petiolis subæquales 
v. paulo longiores parce ramosæ villosulze. Calyx subcampanu- 
latus. Fructus obpyramidatus (ad 4 cent. longus) fulvido-villosus, 
apice emarginatus. — In sylvis montium Novæ-Caledoniæ. 
2. SOLMSIA CHRYSOPHYLLA. 
Arbor parva? Rami inæquali-angulati: juniores, uti petioli 
foliorumque pagina inferior, inflorescentia fructusque aureo- 
velutini. Folia breviuscule (-4 cent.) petiolata, oblongo-obovata 
(ad 5 cent. longa, 12-2 cent. lata), basi longe angustata, apice 
rotundata breviterque summa costa apiculata, integerrima ; mar- 
gine reflexo; coriacea crassa, sublus glaberrima nitida evenia, 
necnon dense aureo-villosula ; costa subtus valde prominula crassa 
villosa, supra lineari-suleiformi ; nervis primariis erebris obliquis, 
