366 MONOGRAPHIA MONIMI ACEA R t) M. 



45. CiTRIOSMA CRISTATA. 



C. ramis initio mimitissime lepidotis, tandem glabratis; foliis oppositis, 

 amplis, oblortgo-laiiceolalis, aciiminatis, integerriniis, adultis lUrinqiie gla- 

 berrimis et subcoriaceis ; racemis crassis ac lepidolis ; floribiis omnibus longe 

 pedicellalis, mascubs confertissimis et 12-1 5-andris ; perigonii ore intègre, 

 masciili lato, feminei 8-io-gyni angustissimo; stylis brevissime exsertis. 



Citrosma crisftitiim Pœpp. et Endl., Nov. Gen. et Sp. plant., tom. II (1838), p. 47, Uib. 164. 

 Citrosma macropliyUu Mari., m»c. in suopte Herb. el sclied. 



Arbdsccla monœca, circiter biorgyalis ac, ut refertur, pauci-ramosa. Rami foliiferi 

 medullosi, lereles seil i» noilis liinc et inJe altcrnatim compressi, primitiis lepidibus dis- 

 eiformibus minutissiinis et confertissimis obtccti proptereaque cinei'eo-rtifuli, mox vertim 

 accrescendo quasi ex toto giabrati aut sparsim taiitum lepidifcri, lepidibus eciliatis imini- 

 nutisque. Folia decussatim opposita, longe oblonga aut oblongo-lanceolata, breviter 

 acuminata, basi attcnuata, 25-35 cenlim. longa. G-!) centim. lata, integerrima, anticc in 

 priiicipio glabia, poslice vero paicissime iepidifci'n, adulta ulrinque glabenima et rninu- 

 tissime glanduloso-punclata (luci obversa), pctio'.o insuper valido, superne canalicuiato et 

 acute marginalo, sparsim minutissimeipio lepidifcro,sufrulta; nervis crassis, tertinriis mire 

 transversim parallelis. Kacemi geminalim alarcs, crassi, sa?pius compresso-dilatatiramum- 

 quc fasciattim fingentes, apice pra'scriim copiose lepidotl, 2-3 centim. longi, patonles, ullra 

 médium laxifluri (fem nci), apice autcm confertidoi'i (raascuii). Flores ulriusque scxus 

 pedicelio 1 centim. circiter longo patenti a»qua!i et lepidifero in structi, feminei numéro 3-6, 

 masculi 15-20. Pericomi'm masculum poiutiforme, anthesis temporc late aperlum et in 

 acie inti'grum, veli rudimenio nullo. SrAMi.>iA 12-15 subaîqualia, vix exserta, glaix-i'i i.ma, 

 imis perigonii parictibus inserta, omnia introrsa;//awPH<a petaioidea, lineari-ob'onga, 

 basi vcrolaliora et in verticc acutata; anl/iem ovata, 2-loba, paginœ suslentnculi aiiticae 

 sub illius apice tola adiiata, et ex more valvalim dehiscens, va'.vis ovato-rotundis, exi- 

 guis, a basi suinnioleniis circumcirca sokitis, ab invicem liberis et rcvolulis pcrsislenti- 

 bus; polliii, paliido. I'erigomu.m femineum globosumv. globoso-conicum, limbo distincte 

 subdostitulum, ore ((uasi integro auguste apertum, vélo conico breviter ultra protracto, 

 os integcum replcnli, perlusoque clausum, intiis deniqiic glabruin et 8-101 ciilatum, 

 loculis moiiocarpidiatis. Caiumuia scssilia, noniiiliil pubonila, punctato-glandulosa, in 

 stjlum longum ut solet desinentia; styli, sub veli tegmine jam coaliti, extus brevissime 

 prodeunt nec in aère desciscunt.OvDi.r.Msolitarium, obovatum, anatropiim, imocarpidio, 

 ut Cdriosmœ decet, inscrtum, ereciura. Fkuctus iiiimaturus globosus, glabratus veloque 



