— 455 — 



însque), inœqui-obovatus compressus. Semen (aromaticum) arillo 

 ceraceo involutura. Flores monoeci ? 



Poivre, Madag. (hb. Juss.). — Chapelier, Madag. bor.-or. (ver- 

 nac. Vouri, Rara-bé). 



4. M, Chapelieri, spec. nov. 



Arbor dicitur parva; ramis crebris erectis subdistiehis. Folia 

 alterna, crasse breviterque (2 cent.) petiolata, elliptico-lanceolata 

 ad 2 decim. Ionga, 1 dec. longa), basi acutata, apice obtusato v. 

 acutiusculo; coriacea, supra lucida laete viridia, subtus dense fer- 

 •ugineo-pubentia ; costa subtus valde prominula ; nervis crebris 

 obliquis, ad marginem sinuatum dite anostomosantibus. Flores 

 moDœci, axillares et in ligno latérales spurie capitati; inflores- 

 centiis subsphaericis (ad 2 cent, latis) ; pedunculo crasso ; pedicellis 

 ^vissions v. subnullis. Calyx in alabastro breviter tubulosus 

 ! i ce nt), profonde 3-lobus, valvatus. Stamina ad 40, basi raona- 

 d elpha; fdamentis mox liberis inœqualibus; antheris ellipticis ex- 

 Irorsis, 2-locularibus ; rimis longitudinalibus 2, superne demum 

 ^nfluentibus. Germen ovoideum, apice in stylum columnarem apice 

 W obtusato stigmatosum attenualum; ovulout in génère adscen- 

 ■Wfe Fructus, ut aiunt, congesti plures, suborbiculares obtusi v. 

 Mnangulati compressi lucidi ; marginibus inœqualibus ; altero 

 ^iaeelevatoacutato; altero autem obtuso minus prominulo. Se- 



i arillo rudimentario décolore munitum. 

 ***•, Madag. bor. (vernac. Mauloutch-an-d'rongou). 

 * * fragrans Houtt. — M. moschata Thunb. — M. aroma- 

 «« Lamk. 



topetit-Thouars. — Chapelier. — Bojer (cuit.). 

 M ■*. Philippensis Lamk, in Act. Ac. par. (1788), 161. — 

 •«efcoteA. DC. t Prodr., XIV, 192. — M. madagascariensis 



Houtt.;. 

 ttapelie 



• (nec Lamk). — M. sylvestris Sieb. — Wall, (n 

 • bor. (e Mauritio introd?). 



§ Cocculese. 



Spirospermum. 



• P^duliflorum Dup.-Th. — DC, 



