QUIVISIA « MELIACEÆ (AUCTORE C. DE CAND.). A91 
vatisve, integris, utrinque glabris; cymis pedunculalis, folia sub- 
æquantibus, filiformibus, 2- floris; floribus longe pedicellatis ; calyce 
cupuliformi, glabro, repando-acute 4- dentato ; petalis 4 glabris; tubo 
glabro 8- denticulato, denticulis antheriferis ; ovario subgloboso hir- 
suto. — Filipes Baker! in Flor. Maurit. 
hamuli juniores subtiliter hirtelli, dein glabri, pallide argillacei, 
circiter 2 mill. crassi. Folia circiter 21 mill. longa, 13 lata. Floris pe- 
dicellus 15 mill. longus. Calyx membranaceus. Petala ovato-oblonga, 
obtusa, membranacea, vix 3 mill. longa. Antheræ oblonga glabrae. 
In insula Mauritii (Du Petit- Th. in herb. mus. Par. ; Gardner in 
herb. Kew.). 
5. Q. laciniosa ( Balf. (il. in Flor. Maurit., p. 46); foliis plerumque 
oppositis, breviter petiolatis, e basi ecuneato-aeuta obovatis, integris 
vel obtuse pinnatifidis, utrinque glabris; cymis pedunculatis, filifor- 
mibus, 2- floris; floribus longiuscule-pedicellatis ; calyce cupu- 
liformi acute 4- dentato, extus puberulo; petalis 4 ellipticis subgla- 
bris; tubo eylindrico, glabro, crenulato, denticulis 8 antheriferis ; 
antheris oblongis glabris; ovario hirsuto 4 loculari, stylo glabro. 
hamuli glabri, argillacei. Folia ad 25 mill. longa, 1 cent. lata, 
lirma, opaca, glaucescentia. Nervi secundarii adscendentes utrinque 
circiter 10. Floris pedicellus vix 2 mill. longus. Calyx firmulo-mem- 
branaceus. Petala 3 mill. longa. Antheræ oblongæ tubum subæquan- 
tes. Ovarium globosum. Stylus cum stigmata cylindrico-discoideo 
stamina æquans 
In insula Hodrignas (Balf. ! in herb. Kew.). 
6. @. decandra (Cav. Diss. 7, pl. 211); foliis alternis, modice 
petiolatis, e basi cuneato-acuta oblongo-ellipticis, apice obtuse brevi- 
ter cuspidatis, integris, utrinque glabris ; racemis pedunculatis, mul- 
floris, quam folia dimidio-brevioribus, adpresse puberulis ; floribus 
pedicellatis ; calyce cupuliformi, acute denticulato, extus puberulo ; 
petalis 5, extus fulvescenti-sericeis ; tubo cylindrico glabro, brevis- 
sime ad basin cujusque antheræ 2-denticulato, antheris 10; ovario 
subgloboso dense florido-villoso 5- loculari. — Prodr. 9. 1, 
p. 629; A. Juss. Mem. Mel. p. 65, tab. 12, fig. 1* (analysis). Gilibertia 
decandra Willd. ! sp. v. 2, p 551. Quivisia racemosa Don Ench. v. 1. 
p. 465. Ginnania racemosa Rem. syn. fasc. 1, p. 90. Quivisia Maurit. 
ana Baker |. c. (pro parte). É 
Ramuli juniores bite adpresse puberuli, dein glabri fuces- 
centes, lenticellis coneoloribus eonspersi. Folia formula, subopaca, 
hitidula, 65-85 mill. longa, 3-4 cent. lata. Nervi secundarii subtiles 
utrinque circiter 14. Florum pedicelli ad 5 mill. longi. Petala subco- 
riacea5 mill.longa, ovata apice acuta, in æstivatione'leviterconvolutiva. 
