Plate 23] 5. 



IMBRICARIA SECHELLARUM, Oliv. 



SaPOTACE/E. 



OD ongo- V. obovato-elhpticis apice obtusis integris v. retaso-eraarginatis 

 iinlnK ^' ^°<^^"^at«-cuneatis subtus costa prominente, pedicellis vix 

 uneulibus, sepahs persistentibus exterioribus oblongo-laiiceolatis extus 

 c nnamomeo-tomentellis intus apicem versus canis, interioribus lineari- 

 intl-Wk" '^^«-^?»^eutellis, petalis exterioribus oblongis alte bifidis, 

 dpnl II ^- °7^1i-Ianceolatis apice attenuatis integris, staminodiis 

 dense villosis, bacca globosa la^vi, 5-loculari. 



Hab. Seychelles ; Mahe, Home, Button, Estridge, Griffith. 



basi aP f V ?? ''^'- ^^^*«^^^' 2|-3 poll. cHani. Seviina compressa, 



sum I ^ P^'^- ^°"^^' I P^^^- ^***'^' ^ P^"- crassa ; albumen canio- 

 nihn.'^i™ •^^^^.""^^''^'^"^''^"gusatq. -latus, radicala inferiore cotyledo- 

 nibus plams basi rotundatis multo breviore. 



Griffith^'^F^^^^*^n^^^*\"S specimens in fluid we are indebted to T. Riseley 

 Miss s' .ff,^''.^-^^-^-j Administrator at the Seychelles; upon these 

 arennf ff"'® is based. Our onlv flowers, from Mr. Estridge, 

 shorter ^^""^ (detached, but the length of the pedicels, 1 inch or 



mens i T ."^^ ^^ ^hese flowers, is confirmed by the fruiting speci- 

 is nerh ^^f "'^'^ ^™"i Mr. Griffith. The nearest ally of/. Sechellanim 

 absenn P (^oriacea, DC, of Madagascar, which, apart from the 

 invhll\ i^^-'^'^^if^o^es, differs from our plant in its long pedicels (U-3 



OT) 7^ T'^ °^«^^ coriaceous leaves 

 Mr R r^"V^ *he 'Bois de Natte ' of the Seychelles, referred to by 



I max^m V^ • '^^^^ '^^"^^ °^ ^'^^^ Mauritius,' p. 195. The leaves of 

 fcy Mr "p' 1 ' another allied species, diff'er in the characters noted 

 the finp f f- f • ^^^- Home speaks of the 'Bois de Natte' as one of 

 few- lar! ^^^^^^ *^?es, becoming (1871) very scarce. 'There are very 

 of the ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^*' ^^^') a.nd these are in the most inaccessible parts 

 tJ^e mountain gorges.'-D. Oliver. 



"'^esfrom f '^.'i^'-*"^ flowers. 2. Outer sepal. 3. Inner ditto. 4. Petals and stanii- 

 Si^tio'nofs. 1 !"■ .'^- detached petiil. 6. Auther. 7. Pistil. 8. Seed. 9. Vertical 



eu Showing embryo. I'arts of the Jfotter enlarged. 



