dé MELIACEÆ (AUCTORE C. DE CAND.). 591 
Paniculæ cymulæ 1-floræ, breviter pedicellatæ, bracteolæ minutæ 
acutæ, Petala oblonga apice acuta, 3 mill. longa, subcoriacea, in æsti- 
vatione valvata. Antheræ ellipticæ, glabræ, dorsi infra medium inter 
tubi denticulos sessiles. Loculi in ovario 1-ovulati. Stylus glaber, 
ovarium æquans. Stigma disciforme. Panicula basi tantum fructifera. 
Capsula fuscescens, rubescenti-lenticellosa, 25 mill. longa. Semen 
oblongo-ellipsoideum, testa membranacea, cotyledonibus torulosis, in 
loculo longitudinalibus lateralibus. 
In Nova Caledonia, monte Balade (Vieillard, n, 221, 258 in herb. 
Mus. Par.) ; supra Conception alt. 700 m. (Balansa, n. 1440 in herb. 
DC.); inter Tchiaor et Balade, alt. 500 m. (Balansa, n. 3309 in herb. 
DC.) 
25. A. Chaanpionii (Hiern! in Hook. Flor. Brit, Ind. pars 3, 
p. 962); foliis breviter petiolatis, impari-pinnatis, 9-jugis ; foliolis 
opposilis, petiolulatis, e basi cuneata obovatis apice rotundatis, 
utrinque glabris; paniculis quam folia pluries brevioribus, simpli- 
cibus, peduneulatis, glabris, paucifloris ; calyce orbieulari, integro, 
glabro; petalis 4, glabris; tubo cylindrico, glabro, crenulato ; ovario 
sessili, glabro ; fiie tu ovato-pyriformi, 2-loculari, 2-spermo, ex apice 
subdehiscente. 
Arbor magna, ramulis glabris fuscescentibus, elenticellosis. Folia 
circiter 18 cent. longa; foliola subcoriacea, opaca, epunctulata, in 
sicco subtus rubiginoso-fuscescentia supra virescentia; terminalia 
reliquis paullo majora, 91/, cent. longa, 4 cent. lata ; nervis secunda- 
riis subtilibus, adscendentibus, utrinque circiter 4-5. Rhachis eum pe- 
tiolo circiter 3 cent. longo teres, glabra. Cymulæ 1-floræ longiuscule 
pedicellatæ. Flores ovato-oblongi. Calyx subeoriaceus. Petala oblonga, 
apice acuta, in æstivatione valvata, subcoriacea, circiter 4 mill. longa. 
Antheræ ovato-oblongæ, apice apieulate, vix 4 mill. longe. Stylus 
ovarium multum superans, glaber, cum stigmate disciforme carnoso 
tubum stamineum æquans. Semina verisimiliter exarillata, tegumento 
externo soluto arillum simulante, Fructus vix 2 cent. longus, glaber, 
fuscescens. 
In Ceylon (Thwaites, n. 1193, 2448 in herb. Berol., n. 405 in herb. 
DC. et Berol.). 
26. A. Vieillardi ; foliis longe petiolatis, abrupto-pinnatis, 3- 
jugis ; foliolis oppositis, longiuscule petiolulatis, e basi cuneato-acuta 
oblongo-obovatis oblongo-ellipticisve, apice rotundatis vel obtuse 
subacuminatis, amplis, utrinque glabris; paniculis apice ramulorum 
confertis, quam folia multum brevioribus, remote breviter ramulosis 
glabris; floribus subsessilibus, globosis; calyce acute 5-dentato, 
