24 FLORA OF SEYCHELLES AND ALDABRA 



M. Imhricaria Willd. {Imbricaria maxima Poir.), species etiam 

 similis ; sed ab utraqiie recedit corollae segmentis exterioribus 

 32 cr spulis. 



Arbor excelsa novellis ferrugineo-tomentosis, pilis medio affixis. 

 Eami florigeri crassissimi, petiolorum cicatricibus prominentibus. 

 Folia confertissima, petiolata, crassissima, coriacea, oblonga, 

 obovata, elliptica vel fere orbicularia, cum petiolo l'5-2 cm. longo 

 7-13 cm. longa, 4-9 cm. lata, apice rotundata, nonnmiquam leviter 

 emarginata, basi rotundata vel subcuneata, citissimo utrinque 

 glabrescentia, supra nitida, marginata, crebre venosa. Flores cir- 

 citer 1-5 cm. diametro, pauci, in axillis foliorum superiorum soli- 

 tarii vel geminati, pedunculis crassis l'5-2 cm. longis. Calycis 

 carnoso-coriacei segmenta 8, biseriata, ferrugineo-tomentosa, ovato- 

 lanceolata, circiter 1 cm. longa, 4 interiora lanceolata, omnia 

 obtusiuscula. Corollse tubus brevissimus ; limbi segmenta 16, 

 biseriata, 8 exteriora calycem paulo excedentia, alte bifida ; 8 

 interiora minora, tenuiora, auguste oblonga. Stamina 8, petalis 

 interioribus opposita. Staminodia cum staminibus alternantia, 

 petaloidea, villosissima. Ovarium hirsutum, 8-loculare, loculis 

 uniovulatis; stylus glaber, brevis. Fructus ovoideus vel obpyri- 

 formis, circiter 5 cm. longus, saepius abortu 4- vel 5-spermus. 

 Semina badia, nitida, oblonga, subtrigona, circiter 2-5 cm. longa, 

 hilo oblongo 3-4 mm. longo ; embryo centralis, cotyledonibus 

 anguste lanceolatis, radicula recta. — Imhricaria species Baker, 

 Flora, 195, in nota, quoad folia fructumque no. 361. 



Make : Growing in the higher parts. Home, 361 ; Mount 

 Sebert at about 540 metres, Thomasset in 1901, 1903, and 1909. 



Hitherto this has been confused with M. secliellarum, although 

 Home, with very imperfect material, recognised that his specimens 

 represented two species. In making a cross section of a fruit 

 collected by Mr. Thomasset I found it to be 5-celled. Two of the 

 cells contained perfect seeds ; the other seeds were partly con- 

 sumed by the larvae, of which there were about twenty present, 

 measuring some 8 mm. in length. 



Mimusops Thomassetii Hemsl., sp. n. ; species imperfecte 

 cognita, foliis amplis usque ad 20 cm. longis, pedunculis infra 

 flores subsubito curvatis. 



Arbor ramis florigeris mediocriter crassis, novellis parce 

 ferrugineo-puberulis. Folia petiolata, coriacea, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 absque petiolo 10-20 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, apice rotundata, 

 basi subcuneata, venis tenuibus crebre anastomosantibus ; petiolus 

 1-5-3-5 cm. longus. Flores pauci (an semper ?) in axillis foliorum 

 supremorum solitarii vel fasciculati, circiter 2 cm. diametro ; 

 pedunculi 2-3 cm. longi, infra florem subito curvati, ut calyx 

 ferrugineo-puberuli pilis medio affixis. Calyx crassus, coriaceus, 

 persistens ; tubus (vel receptaculum) hemispha3ricus ; segmenta 

 (vel sepala) 8, biseriata, valvata, exteriora ovato-lanceolata, vix 

 1 cm. longa, obscure carinata, obtusiuscula ; interiora similia sed 

 paulo minora, dorso obscure canaliculata. Corollae tubus brevis- 

 simus ; limbi segmenta 24, hi- vel triseriata ; 16 exteriora, lineari- 

 oblonga, calycem vix excedentia, rigida, nunc omnia bifida, nunc 



