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racemis compositis in axilla foliorum superiorum nascentibus seu 

 bractea brevi ovata stipatis racemoque terminali; ramis parte nuda 

 compressis sulcatis glabra lis, parte florifera angulosis sulcatis hinc 

 illinc ferrugineo-velutinis; racbi communi bracteas racemos foventes 

 ovatas brevissimas vel foliaceas pinnatisectas 6-8 cent, longas (lobis 

 subalternis linearibus obtusisj-l cent, longis, lobo terminali subsi- 

 mili 2 cent, longo) vel lineares integras apice obtusas, supra concavas, 

 hervo medio percursas, 3-6 cent, longas, vel etiam lanceolato-subu- 

 latas obtusiusculas vel acutas concavas plus minusve glabra las gerente; 

 bracteolis superioribus pedunculos foventibus triangularibus acutis 

 concavis subglabratis brevissimis; ramis secundariis adscendentibus, 

 superioribus simplicibus, id est racemosis, inferioribus quaternario 

 ordine ramosis; florum pedunculis brevissimis approximatis. 



Fructus obovoideus, 7-8 mill, longus, nitidus. 



Habitat in Nova-Caledonia (Vieillard, n° 3094; specimen a clar. Pancher, anno 4 870, 

 divulgatum). 



&. BEAIIPKEA BALANSiK Ad. Br. et A. Gris. 



Frutex 2-3 melr. altus, ramis teretibus, rugosis, glabris. 



Folia alterna imparipinnala, subcoriacea, glaberrima, nitida, 



25 cent, longa plerumque trijuga; rachis gracilis usque ad medium 

 nuda, supra plana vel paulo concava nervoque medio ultra partem 



inferiorem notata, infra convexa; segmenta alterna vel subopposita 

 oblongo-elliptica, 8-10 cent, longa, 2{-o cent, lata, margine crenata, 

 basi in petiolulum brevem, planum sensim attenuata, apice emargi- 

 nata, infra punctulis minutissimis creberrime conspersa, plus minusve 

 inaequilaleralia arcuataque, nervo medio nervis secundariis pinnatis 

 aliisquereliculatisutrinqueprominulis; segmentum terminale integrum 

 aliisque plerumque subsimile vel aliquoties inaequaliter 2-3 lobatum. 



