266 DICOTYLEDONEJX. CYRTANDRA. 
Sectio 13. — PorvNEsrEX. 
Tab. nostra XXXII. 
Folia opposita, in paucis 3-4-na, subæqualia, plane petiolata. — 
Flores cymosi, pedicellis longiusculis, aut (in paucis) cymæ contractze, 
pedicellis fasciculatis (vix umbellatis). — Calyx florifer sepius usque 
ad dimidiam partem divisus, lobis late lanceolatis; tenuis aut subco- 
riaceus, inæqualiter subspathaceo-2-5-lobus, proventu a basi deci- 
duus. — Corolla extüs glabra aut villosa, non pilis longis sericea. 
— Ovarium glabrum aut parce pilosum; discus annularis. — Bacca 
ellipsoidea, vel in C. dolichocarpa lineari-cylindrica. — Species 40, in 
Polynesia, ab ins. Philippinis usque ad ins. Sandwich. 
* Cyme peduneulate, composite, multifloræ. 
125. €. cymosa (J. R. et G. Forst.! Char. Gen., p. 6); foliis 
magnis, late ellipticis utrinque acuminatis, crenatis, glabratis subtüs 
secus nervos pubescentibus; pedunculis longis, umbellato-cymosim 
multifloris, calycis sub-5-partiti segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis mox 
deeiduis. Gærtn. f. Fruct., 3, p. 235; Lam. Dict., 2, p. 246; Vahl 
Symb., 2, p. 2, Enum., 1, p. 104; Willd. Sp. Pl., 1, p. 79; Pers. 
Syn., 2, p. 165; Rem. et Sch. Syst., 1, p. 138; Spreng. diee , 
p. 39; Dietr. Sp. pl., 1, p. 541, Syn. pl, 1, p. 44; DC. Prodr., 
p. 282. C. latifolia, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ., 2 (1843), p. ee 
DC. Prodr., 9, p. 283. Besleria cymosa, Forst. Fl. Ins. Austral., p. 44, 
n. 237; 
Rami robusti, quadrangulares, glabrati, apice fulvo-tomentelli. 
Folia opposita plus minus inæqualia, usque ad 4 dm. longa, 26 cm. 
lata, matura suprà pilis minutis remote inspersa, juniora supra hir- 
tella subtüs tomentella; nervi primarii laterales utrinque 7; petioli 
5 em. Peduneuli 5-7 cm., tomentelli; bracteæ 8 mm., oblongæ, 
caducæ ` umbellæ 3-5-radiatæ, ramis 2-3-chotomis ; bracteole 4 mm., 
lanceolatæ; pedicelli 7 mm. Calycis segmenta 9 mm., tomentella (e 
Bentham 1. e. 6 sed videntur semper 5 in exemplo ipso Benthami). 
Corolla 1 em., tubo recto extüs glabro, ore fere zequali. Ovarium gla- 
brum; stylus minute Segen discus 1 mm., annularis. Bae Lens 
ellipsoidea, sessilis. 
Ins. New Hebrides ; Tanna (Forster, n. 6 in he E n. Ti in d 
