ICONES PLANTARUM. 21 
sommgpario Semina lineari-oblonga, a dorso compressa, albumine car- 
n0SO ; ryo parvus, exilis, cotyledonibus orbiculatis, radicula _ tereti 
infera. es a arbuscu a, ramulis striatis. Folia opposita, Stipulee ven 6 
solitaria, ovate, acute. Flore es parvi, in corymbos terminales disposit 
IN. Neo-Caledonica, Hook. /. 
Has. New Caledonia; on the mountains of Kanala, Vicillard and 
Deplanche (communicated by the late Dr. Le Normand, of Vire), 
rutex v. arbuscula, erectus, ramulis acute 4-gonis, angulis subalatis. 
Folia 1-14 poll. en silane v. oblonga, subacuta, coriacea, enervia, 
superne siccitate fusca, subtus brunnea, marginibus incrassatis ; petiolo 3-4 
poll. longo. Stipulee sete getitleens utrinque solitariz, triangulares, integree 
v. fissee, persistentes. Flores in corymbos terminales dichotome ramosos 
dispositi, breviter ent pedunculis angulatis, bracteolis minutis 
subulatis. Corolla et capsula } poll. longe. a primum exserti; stamina 
serius protrusa 
A very singular genus, evidently closely allied to Coprosma, though 
differing much in habit and the characters of the flower and fruit. 
—J. D. Hooker. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla laid o d 4. Stamens. 5. Vertical section 
of ovary. 6. Fruit. 7. Vertical fi on of ad and young seed. 8. Ripe seed: 
—all magnified. 
: Puate 1122. 
DIDYMOCHLAMYS WHITEI, Zook. f. 
RUBIACE. 
Didymochlamys, k. f. gen. nov. Calycis tubus_turbinatus ; 
limbi 5-partiti segmenta psi do acuminata, tubum superantia. Corolla 
cylindrice-campanulata, tubo intus basi annulo pilorum instructo, fauce 
glaberrima ; limbi brevis lobi 5, erecti, breviter ovato-triangulares, obtusi, 
dorso sub apice setulosi, valvati, marginibus latissime inflexis aleeformibus. 
Stamina 5, basin versus corolle annulo pilorum inserta, filamentis subulatis 
ineequilongis ; anther majuscule, dorso basi affixe, late oblonga, apiculate, 
incluse. Discus conicus. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus filiformis, stigmate 
clavellato 2-dentato ubique papilloso; ovula numerosa, placentis colum- 
naribus e basi loculorum erectis dense conferta. Fructus . . . —Herba 
pbs glaberrima, Folia alterna!, disticha. Stipule lineares, dissite. 
