322 OBSERVATIONS 
PELEA CALOPHYLLA. 
Arbor (ad 25-pedalis); ramis oppositis rectis subangulatis, 
demum glabratis; ramulis junioribus 4-gonis indumento eodem 
denso brevique ac foliorum pagina inferior inflorescentiæque ob- 
sitis. Folia opposita petiolata elliptico-obovata (ad 9 cent. longa, 
h cent. lata), basi sæpius breviter angustata, apice rotundata ob- 
tusa v. summo apice brevissime acuminata, integerrima; margine 
reflexo; coriacea crassa, supra demum glaberrima lucida levia, 
subtus adulta pallide parceque, juniora densius ferrugineo-lepidota 
punctulata submetallica; costa subtus angulata valde prominula 
ferruginea v. pallide fuscescente; nervis costæ subperpendicula- 
ribus v. breviter obliquis tenuibus reticulatis, ad margines anasto- 
mosantibus. Flores in cymas terminales v. ad folia suprema ra- 
mulorum laterales dispositi; ramis ramulisque 2-chotomis inflo- 
rescentiæ angulatis ferrugineis. Flores 5-meri ; sepalis exterioribus 
sepius majoribus. Petala longiora angustata valvata. Stamina 40, 
sub germine basi in discum incrassala inserta; filamentis persis- 
tentibus; ovulis in loculis 2, descendentibus. Fructus capsularis 
depresso-subglobosus (ad 1 cent. lat., + cent. altus) ambitu subor- 
bicularis, extus demum glaber ferrugineus; loculis 5, ultra me- 
dium connatis, apice loculicidis; endocarpio pallido solubili; 
seminibus oblongis nigrescentibus. — Crescit in Nova-Caledonia, 
unde accepit cl. F. Mueller melbournensis, a quo communicat. 
anno 1868. 
PELEA  DEPLANCHEI. 
Frutex (?); ramis pallide griseis subteretibus ramulisque fuscato- 
lepidotis, subangulato-A4-gonis, cicatricibus oppositis pallidis folio- 
rum occasorum notatis. Folia ad summos ramulos conferta, bre- 
viter (ad 4 cent.) crasseque petiolata, elliptica v. elliptico-obovata 
(ad 8 cent. longa, 5 cent, lata) integerrima; margine reflexo; 
coriacea crassa penninervia, supra demum glabrata, subtus juniora 
