12 



Prutex glaberrimus, ramis 



gemmis minutis. Folia anguste oblanceolata, basi longe attenuata, 

 crenulato-dentata, 8-14 cm. longa, P4-1-8 cm. lata, coriacea, exsic- 

 cando fuscescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 12-14, uti venis 

 pulchre reticulantibus utrinque prominulis ; petioli graciles, 

 '-14 mm. longi. Racemi angusti, axillares, 1-2*5 cm. longi, 



mm 



rotundato-ovata, 2 mm. longa, minutissime papilloso-ciliolatae. 

 Petala elliptico-oblonga, 3-4 mm. longa, basi vix incrassata nee 

 pilosa, superne minutissime ciliolata. Filamenta basi in annulum 

 coalita, glaberrima. Styli 5, tenues, ovario aeqnilongi, in 

 alabastro stamina paulo superantes. 



Southern New Caledonia. Port Boise, Vieillard, 2336. 



Since my synopsis of Durandea was drawn up for Hooker's 

 Icones Plantarum (see under tab. 3822), I have had, through 

 the courtesy of Professor Lignier of the University at Caen, an 

 opportunity of seeing some further material of that genus. 

 Among it there was the new species described above, a 

 specimen of D. Lenormandii, like the one quoted by me 

 fcw?'» % f ™ m Wa S a P- but numbered * 934,' and one, also numbered 

 J6i, of B serrata {Penicillanthemum neo-caledonicum, Vieill.). 

 lhere can, however, be no doubt that Vieillard intended the latter 

 when describing his P. neo-caledonicum . In connection with 

 tnis 1 may remark that the Kew specimen of Vieillard's No. 934, 

 which il quoted in my synopsis under D. serrata consists of two 

 branches, one (a) a counterpart of Labillardiere's plant, the 

 original of Planchon's D. serrata, the other ( b) absolutelv agreeing 

 with the Penicillanthemum neo-caledonicum No. 934, of the 

 Caen herbarium The differences between a and 6, are in the 

 branches of a being paler and more lenticellate, in the more 



»W~J?T n wT ° f the undersi de of the leave 3 in a against the 

 W? J « ° co ^ e - br ? wn ^lour in b, and in the more attenuate leaf- 

 «,wh™J \ Ji V£ *S difference in the flowers of Labillardiere's 

 X ZnL ^/^"ard's plant. I must, however, add that 

 the former are only represented by fairly mature buds. 



zrn™Z°Fr na i 'w by an °7 ersi S ht omitted in my synopsis of the 

 Trl ^fVi!T eS Plant ^nm. It has to be inserted after 

 End V T W , th - e ^J™ Eugonia oreogena, Schlecht. in 

 fS£^JSiSNl^^^ P; 138, and he following 



1300 



1000 



(descr. ampl.) [Linaceae] 



Stapf 



b dcuns intlorescentiis glaberrimis 

 qmdem) ciliatis. 



l™^^™* mm }» in ^ti-lenticellatis. Folia lanceolata 



™^%^T^ Ton^THT^ ra 7 , obtusa '- basi 



exsiccandn fn«™J. a «+- i •; I0n £ a > O'O-Ovi cm. lata, coriacea, 



prominul 



petioli b-10 mm lonfri zv,„- T " llul 4 ue proiuHimio, 



1-6 cm latae ax lS * ™"'^«* angustae, 5-6 cm. longae, 

 cm. latae, axillares et terminales, ramis ad 1*6 cm. longis 



