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lares, masculi pedicellis lin. longis suffulti, solitarii v. perpauci fasci- 

 culati ; feminei sessiles, solitarii ; masculi : sepala et petala alba, con- 

 cavo-orbicularia, c. 2 lin. longa ; antherae albse, sub-4-loculares, sessiles, 

 massam subtetragonam formantes ; feminei : calycis tubus brevi-obco- 

 nicus, crassus ; sepala 4, valde inaequalia, quarum 2 opposita 2 lin. 

 longa, submembranacea, elliptico-oblonga, altera 2 fere duplo breviora ; 

 stigma maximum, 4-lobatum, convexum, ovarium obvelans, lacunoso- 

 rugosum; baccse immaturse ovoideo-oblongae, loevissimae, calyce . 

 magno suffultae, 4-loculares ?, stignaate sessili magno 4 lobato rugoso 

 coronatae. — In sylvis primaevis ins. Kamortse. 



BixAGREwiA, Tiliacearum, nov. gen. (ex affinitate Columlice, etc.) — 

 Flores ignoti. Stamina numerosa, toro brevi villoso uniseriatim in- 

 structa ; filamenta filiformia ; antherae breves, 2-loculares. CapsuLi 

 chartacea, oblata, stylis 2 brevibus terminata, 2-locularis, ultro medio 

 bivalvis. Semina numerosa, parva, atra, longe lanato-ciliata, pla- 

 cent£e laraellatae adnata. Cymae dichotomae, brevi pedunculatae, 

 axillares v. supra foliorum delapsorum cicatrices orientes. Folia 

 alterna, basi 3-nervia et penninervia. Stipulae deciduae. 



7. Bixagrewia nicobarica, nov. sp. — Arbor 60-70 pedalis et altior, 

 novellis parce stellato-puberulis ; folia oblonga, basi 3-nervia rotun- 

 data V. subcordata, petiole ^-f poll, longo parce stellato-puberulo 

 glabrescente suiFulta, acuminata, repando-crenulata, 5-7 poll, longa, 

 membranacea, subtus parce et minute stellato-puberula ; cymae fructi- 

 gerae brevi-pedunculatae, dichotomae v. trichotomae, strictae, supra 

 foliorum delapsorum cicatrices sitae, minutissime stellato-velutinae, 

 testaceae ; capsulae pedunculo circa semipoUicari suffultae, oblatae, apice 

 depresso stylo mucronatae, pollicem fere latae, subiaflatae, chartaceae, 

 brunneae, transverse rugulosae et parce hirsutae ; semina oblonga 

 utrinque subtruncata, lin. longae, testa exterior fragilis, tenuis, atter- 

 rima, longe piloso-ciliata, interior subcoriacea, laevis. — In sylvis pri- 

 maevis Kamortae. [Tab. 160.] 



8. Champereya gnetocarpa^ nov. sp. — Arbor 30-pedalis, glabra ; 

 folia ovato-lanceolata v. ovato-oblonga, basi subinaequali in petiolum 

 crassum 2-3 lin. longum attenuata, obtusiuscula v. obtuse acuminata, 

 Integra, coriacea, glabra, 6-8 poll, longa ; drupae oblongae, f-|- poll, 

 longae, glabrae, aurantiacae, pedunculo crasso 2-3 lin. longo suffultae, 

 vulgo binae, in racemum v. paniculam 4-5 poll, longam crassam e 

 ramis ortam dispositae. — In sylvis primaevis Kamortae. 



9. Leea grandifolia, nov. sp. — Arbuscula 8-20 pedalis, parce ra- 

 mosa, glabra ; stipulae petiolo adnatae, semiobovato-lanceolatae, obtusae, 

 crasse coriaceae ; folia pinnata v. pinnatim 3-foliolata, petiolo crasso 

 4-6 poUicari subterete sparse verruculoso v. laevi sutfulta; foliola 

 larga, petiolulis 1-^ pollicaribus, 2-l-juga cum imparl, ovata, acumi- 

 nata, basi Yulgo rotundata, 10-12 poll, longa (terminali 1-1^ pedali), 

 crasse coriacea, grosse repanda, glabra, nervis crassis venisque trans- 

 versis tenuibus conspicuis ; flores parvi, viridiuscule albidi, breviter et 

 crasse pedicellati, in paniculam corymbiformem brevi-pedunculatam 

 crassam trichotomice ramosam glabram dispositi ; pedunculus c. polli- 

 caris, parce verruculosus ; calyx breviter et lato 5-dentatus ; petala c. 

 Ijlin. longa, coriacea, ovato-oblonga, acuminata; lobi tubi staminalis 

 oblongi, 2-lobulati, lin. fere longi ; baccse pisi majoris magnitudine, 

 depressc globosae, glabrae, succulentse, plumbeae, 6- v. abortu 5-3- 



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