Tabula 2810. 



NEOSCHIMPERA HETEROPHYLLA, Ilerasl 



RuniACEAE. TribuS PSYCirOTRIEAE. 



Neoschimperaj IleynsL Genus novum nulli arete a3Sne. 



Calycis tuhus ovoideus ; limbi lobi 4 valvatij persistentcs. Corolla 

 brcviter iufundibularis, fauce villosa, lobis 4 valvatis apice inflcxis. 

 K<iamina 4, corollae fauce ad annulum villosum inserta j antherae 

 cordiformes, dorso affixae. Discus conspicuus, carnosus, pulvinatus. 

 Ovaruim 2-Ioculare ; stylus breviter bifidus ; ovula in loculis solitaria, 

 e basi erecta, anatropa. Fruchts siccus, 2-coccus, 2-spennus. Seniiita 

 erecta, ovoidea ; testa Crustacea ; embrjo uiiniiuus, axilis, clavatus, 

 radicula infera. 



N. heterophylla, Bemd. (species unica). 



Frutex parvus, dense ramosus, ramis gracilibus pnmum furfuraceo- 

 hirsutis ferrumneis. Folia in raniorum confrrtorum lateralium brevis- 

 suuoruin arete conferta, magnitudine valde inaequalia, papyracea, 

 subsessilia^ lanceolata vel ovalia, 2 mm. -4 cm. longa, integra, 

 apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi cuneata Tel niiniraa rotundata, 

 supra glabia vel cito glabrescentia, subtus praecipue sccus costam 

 piiis longiusculis puboscentia ; stipulae ainplao, intrapetiolarcs, fim- 

 briatae vel setosae, ferru^ineae. Flores axillares, solitarii, subsessiles, 

 racteis e basi lata abrupte longeque acuminatis ferrugineo pilosis 

 suffulti, circiter 5 mm. diameiro. Calycis lobi lanceolati, ciliati, erecti, 

 corollae tubum aequautes. Corollae lobi ovati, divaricati. Stamina 

 corollae lobis brcviora, filameutis filiformibua ; anth(^rae introrsae. 

 Frnctits oblongo-ovoideus, C-8 nun. lougus, calycis lobis coronatus, 

 glaber, nudus, 2-coccuSj coccis tarde seccdentibus, axi persistente 

 nulla. 



SEYCTrELLKs : Mahe ; forest of the Mount Sebcrfc Estate, at about 

 400 m., /A A Thomasset, 181. 



I have not willingly proposed the new genus of Avhich this plant is 

 the type, but I am unable to bring the species under any hitherto 

 described genus nor can I give its exact position. It is named in 

 memory of the talented A. F. W. Schimper, who died at the early 

 ^ge of forty -five, from the effects of malaria contracted on the coasts 

 of Africa ^vhile he was engaged on tlie German Deep Sea Expedition.— 

 W, Butting IIemsley. 



Fig. 1, a stipule; 2, a flowor ; 3, part of calyx, di^ic, and section of ovary; 

 4, corolla laul open and pistil; 5, fruit; 6, seed; !» secUon of the isamc, showing 

 embryo; 8, embryo. All cnlargeil 



