THF. PHANKROGAMS OF 1 HE JUAN FEKNANDE? ISLANDS 



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Rutaceae. 

 Fagara L. 



jo. F. niayu (Bert., Hook, et Arn.) Engler. JOHOW, Estud. 105. — 



Fig. 14 a— d. 



Masatierra: The largest forest tree and one of the commonest, ranging 

 Irom Pto Frances to 0. Juanango and Co Chumacera and from about 2C0 m 

 (or less) to more than 600 m (unr. fr. Dec. 1916, no. 194; buds 11 /± 17, no. 617; 

 male fl. 18 /s 17, no. 617 b, leg. K. BaCKSTROm). 



Fig. 14. a— d Fagara niayu: a rf flower with gynaeceum, b 9 flower (one petal removed) 



with staminode, c $ in fruit, lateral and apical view, and one carpel, all X j; d three leaflets, 



the central from the lower surface; e F. externa, two leaflets, d— e nat. size. 



Leaves to 16 cm long, 3 — 7 paired; leaflets 25 — 43 X 11 — 13 mm, ellipt- 

 ical — lanceolate, faintly or not acuminate, base cuneate, short petiolate; glands 

 between the marginal teeth distinct but otherwise few or at least few pellucid 

 ones. Margin of leaflet forming a regular arch; the teeth only 7 to 9 on each 

 side and mostly all of the same width. 



Area of distribution: Endemic in Masatierra. 



*7i. F. externa now spec. — Fig. 14 e. 



A F. mayu insulae Masatierrae incola praecipue diftert foliorum fabrica. 

 Folia ad 19 cm longa, 5 — 8 paria; foliola subsessilia, ovato-elliptica, basi late 

 rotundata, sat longe et distincte acuminata, 25 — 48 X 13 — 15 mm, margine 

 dentibus inaequalibus utroque latere ad 20 vel ultra sat irregulariter undulato- 

 serrata, punctis pellucidis creberrimis conspersa. Planta foeminea fructifera 

 solum lecta. Fructus maturus irregulariter tuberculato-rugosus; carpella omnia 

 quinque saepe fertilia. Semina subglobosa, nitida, atropurpurea. 



