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Tlie only means that can be suggested for tlie arrest of this 

 (lisease'is the removal of infected branches. 



Description of the Figures; 



1. Portion of: diseased branch ; natural size. 



2. Portion of diseased branch ; X 3. 



8, Section throuo;h stroma, showing two perithecia ; X 100 

 4. Ascus containing eight spores ; X 300. 

 6. Free ascospores ; X 400. 



LX. 



DECADES KEWENSES 



rLANTARU3k[ NOVARUM IN HERBARIO HORTI REGII CONSERVATARUM. 



DECADES LXXXI.=LXXXII. 



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801. Talauma singapurensis, Ridley [Magnoliaceae-Magno- 



lieae] ; T. gigantifoliae et T^ lanigerae, Hook, f., affinis, sed ab 

 ilia petiolis longioribus, ab hac foliis majoribus, ab utraqne 

 j)istillis glaberrimis differt. 



Frutex validus^ 6 m. altus. Folia magna, rigide coriacea, ob- 

 lancoolata, acuminata, versus basin angustata, 37 cm. longa, 

 11 cm, lata, adulta glabra costa hirsutula excepta, nervis 14-15- 

 paribus subhorizontalibus, reticulationibus in utraque pagina 

 conspicuis, petiolo 2-5-4 cm, longo basi incrassato. Peduncuhis 

 validus, 10 cm. 



longus, brunneo-sericeo-hirtus. Sepala ovata, 

 lanceolata, brunneo-sericeo-hirta, 4 cm, longa, 2 cm. lata. 

 Petala glabra, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, coriaceo-carnosa, 

 alba, 6-7 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata. StamimiTn filamenta brevia; 

 antherae lineares, appendice acuminato-acuta. Pistilla glabra. 

 Fructus 7 cm. longus, lignosus. Carpella 3 cm. longa, parte 



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