laO MEMOIRE 



DIDYMOCHETON Galdicuaudianum. 



D. foliis longissimi>, impari-piiinalis, S-jiigis; foliolis oblongis, 

 oblique ovaiis, acutissimc acuminatis, membranaceis, gla- 

 brisj glomerulis florura spicalis, spica longissima. 



Arbor adniOLlum recta. Folia \n summis ramis impari-piiinata , 

 foliolis suboppositis, 8-jugis, oblongis; supremo lanceolato , basi 

 in petiolulum fere pollicarem angustato; caeteris obllque ovatis , 

 acutissime acuminatis , ina?quilatcris , subsessilibus ; superioribus 

 semi-peclalibus et ultra, poll. 2 latis; infimis brevioribus ; omnibu» 

 menibrauaceis , glaberrimis pra^ter nervum medium supra linea 

 tomentosa iusignem : petioli fere 3-pedales, a basi ad apicem gra- 

 datlin attenuati, inter foliorum insertiones sulcati , supra pube 

 brevissima rufulu inspersi , cceteriim glabri , virentes, lenticellis 

 quibusdam nigrescentibus sparsi. Flohes in pedunculis petiolo sub- 

 aequalibus, concoloribus, puberulis vel glabratis, spicatiin glome- 

 rulati , glomerulis sparsis, 2-5-floris, bracteatis, spica siinplici 

 Tcl a basi raraosa et inde duplici, pendula. Calyx foliolis suborbi- 

 cularibus, inlrorsiim concavis, extrorsiim pube sericea rufescenti- 

 bus. Petala seniipollicaria, linearia, acula, extrorsiim pube sericea 

 albida, pr^etloralione subvalvata. Tubus stamineds apice subiuflatuSj 

 inferne utrinque villosus, superne glaber, fasciculis loqui totidem 

 antheris lineari-ellipsoideis respondent percursus. Tubulus membra- 

 naceus , pelUicidus. Stvlds glaber. Stigma discoidcum, in ambitu 

 sub-5-lobum, nigrescens. Ovarium parvum, pilis rufescentibus ad- 



pressis longissimis villosum, pericarpio tenuissimo. Fructds 



Hab. iii ins. Rawak ( v. s s. herb. IMus. — Januario ramulos flori- 

 feros nondiiin plaue expllcitos legeratCl. Gaudichaud, qui speciem 

 nobis beaigne communicaTit). 



