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28. Glochidion calocarpum, nov. sp. — Arbuscula 20-25 pedalis, 

 glabra ; folia parum obliqua, ovata v. ovato-oblonga, basi rotundata, 

 petiolo c. 3 lin. longo crasso suflfiilta, obtuse et breviter acuminata v. 

 apiculata, miicronata, tenui coriacea, glaberrima, in vivo utrinque 

 nitida, 4-6 poll, longa ; flores pedicellati, fasciculati ; feminei pedi- 

 cello U-2 lin. longo suffulti ; calyx 5-phyllus, sepalis ovatis acutis 

 glabris~l lin. longis , ovarium glabrum, in stylum conicum apice 4-5- 

 stigmatosum sensim attenuatum : flores masculi pedicello capillari 3-4 

 lin. longo suffulti ; calyx 6-partitus, sepalis lineari oblongis, recurvis, 

 lin. longis ; antherse 5, rarius 6 v. 4 ; capsulae pedunculo 2-3 lin. longo 

 suffult®, depressae, c. \ poll, in diametro, vulgo 5- v. abortu 4-locu- 

 lares et 10-8 lobse, laevissimae, in vivo pulchre purpureas, stylo conico 

 apice depresso coronatae. — Foliorum indole et textura G. lanceolario 

 valde accedens, sed stigmatibus omnino remotum. — Frequens in 

 arenosis littorum ins. Kamortae et Katchall. 



29. Antidesma 2)&rsimile, nov. sp. — Arbor 25-30 pedalis, ramulis 

 et gemmis ferrugineo hirsutis ; folia nunc oblonga v. oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata nunc obovato-oblonga, petiolo hirsuto crasso 3-4 lin. longo suffulta, 

 6-10 poll, longa, nunc longe nunc breviter acuminata v. apiculata, 



.^ acumine in mucronem contracto, chartacea, subtus in nervis parce 



'^ appresse hirsuta, nervatione et indole iis A. puncticulati, Miq., 



similliraa ; flores exigui, sessiles, in spicas simplices dispositi : spicas 

 masculae, filiformes, c. 3 poll, longae, tomenteilae ; feminese , robustiores 

 et longiores, fulvo-tomentosae ; bracteae minutissimae ; calyx extus et 

 intus hirtulus, ^ lin. vix longus ; sepala 4 v. 3 v. 5, lato-ovata, acuta ; 

 stamina 3-5, saepius 4 ; ovarium dense fulvo-toraentosuin, stigmata 

 tenninali ; drupas falcato-ovatae, \ poll, longae, compressae, immaturae 

 parce hirsutae, grosse venoso-lacunosae. — A. pimcticulato assimile, sed 

 differt folios multo majoribus, floribus sessilibus, drupis, etc. — In sylvis 

 primaevis ins. Kamortae (etiam cultum in Horto Bogariensi). 



30. Aporo'.a glahrifolia^ nov. sp. — Arbor 25-35 pedalis, novellis 

 parce fulvo-pubescentibus ; folia ovata, v. ovalia obtusa v. obtuse 

 apiculata, petiolo semipollicari apice geniculato parce pubescente mox 

 glabrato suffulta, 4-5 poll, lata et 2-3J poll, lata, rigide coriacea, 

 glabra v. novella subtus in costa parce appresse pilosa ; amenta 

 feminea brevissima (sub fructu 2-3 lin. longa) .fulvo-tometosa ; baccae 

 ovoideae, 1^ poll, longae, fulvo-pubescentes, stigmatibus 2 sessilibus 

 brevibus 2 -lobis coronatae. — A. villoscB affinis et probabiliter ejusdem 

 varietas insignis, glaberitie foliorum prasstat. — Frequentissime in 

 graminosis aridis ins, Kamortae. 



31. Cyclostemon leiocarpum, nov. sp. — Arbor 30-40 pedalis, ramulis 

 cinerascentibus aibo-lenticellatis, gemmis fulvo-puberulis ; folia 

 oblonga, basi subobliqua acuta, obtusa, petiolo brevi 1-2 lin. longo crasso 

 suffulta, tenui- coriacea, 3-5 poll, longa, glabra, in sicco nigrescentia, 

 praesertim subtus eleganter sed laxiuscule reticulata ; fructus elliptici, 

 8ub-2-lobi, pedunculo glabro c. 2 lineali suffulti, glaberrimi, poll, fere 

 longi, stigmatibus minutis coronati, 2-loculares.^C «z<Js(?ssi7i affinis, 

 differt fructibus duplo majoribus glaberrimis. — In sylvis primaevis 

 ins. Kamortae. 



32. PelUonia procridifolia, nov. sp. — Suffrutex monoica scandens 

 carnosus glaber; folia iis Procridis laevigata valde similia, parum 

 inaequilatera, obverse oblonga v. lineari-oblonga basi inaequali acuta, 



