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prominulis. Flores masculi amentacci in ligno orti ; amentis basi 
brevissime bracteatis simplicibus glabris (ad-1, 2 cent. longis), 
subsessilibus, 2-6-(plerumque 4) andris; staminibus ovatis bre- 
vissime apiculatis, subintrorsum rimosis ; braetea florum singu- 
loram brevissima v. caduca ovata v. obtusa. Flores feminei 
cæteraque ignoti. — Oritur in Novæ-Caledoniæ sinu Duperré ad 
portum Kanalæ, inter sylvas terrarum eruptivarum , ubi legit 
novembre floriferum Balansa (exs., n. 2198", in herb. Mus. 
par.). 
69, CANARIUM OLEIFERUM. 
Arbor pulchra (ad 20-metralis, ex Balansa), ramis ramulisque 
teretibus glabratis rugosis, junioribus pube tenui brevissima lu- 
tescenle v. fuscato-ferruginea densiuscula (uti petioli, foliorumque 
pagina inferior et peduneuli) obsitis. Folia alterna longiuscule (ad 
2-5 cent.) petiolata, 4, 2-foliolata v. rarius 3-foliolata ; foliolis 
lateralibus in his suboppositis, subelliptieis v. obovato-ellipticis 
(5-10 cent. longis, 4-7 cent. latis), apice rotundatis, basi in pe- 
tiolum loneiusculum (2-4 cent. longum), apice rugoso incrassa- 
tum attenuatis, integris coriaeeis crassis, supra lucidis lævibus 
penninerviis reticulato-venosis. Flores polygamo-diæei (ad 7 cent. 
longi) in racemos breves pedunculatos parce ramosos et cymi- 
feros, aut terminales, aut et ad folia suprema ramulorum axil- 
lares v. paulo supraaxillares, dispositi; pedicellis brevibus 
articulatis. Calyx brevis gamophyllus, sepius 3-fidus; lobis 
3-angularibus crassiusculis valvatis. Petala 3, libera, oblongo- 
acuta, intus concava, valvata (alba, ex Balansa). Stamina 6, 
2-seriata; alternipetala 3 longiora; filamentis liberis extus sub 
disci lobis totidem insertis; antheris oblongo-acutis introrsis. 
Discus gynæceum (in flore masculo rudimentarium effeetum) cin- 
gens; lobis 6 inæquali-angulatis lobatisve. Germinis loculi 2, 
effceti v. in (lore hermaphrodito fœmineove 2-ovulati. Drupa sub- 
æquali-v. inæquali-obovoidea (5 cent. longa, 31 cent. lata) glabra, 
extus in sicco subangulata coriacea; mesocarpio parco ; putamine 
