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PLANTARUM NOVARUM 



YEL MINUS GOGNIÏARUM DIAGNOSES 



T. A. SPHAGUK 



II 



FLACOURTIACE>E 



ONCOBA G1LGIANA Sprague sp. nov.; lypi in Herb. Kew. Al> 

 afflni 0. glauca, Planen., ramis florentibus anthesi fere defolialis, sepalis 

 haud caducis, styli ramis lineari-oblongis fructuque apice depresso 

 recedit. Arbuscula 4 — 6 m. alla, ramulis validiusculis irrégularité!' cos- 

 latis, cortice cinereo, novellis gracilibus brunneis. Petioli 1,5—13 cm. 

 longi, adulti pallidi. Lamina ovata, apice obtuse acuminata, basi rolun- 

 data, 7 — 17 cm. longa, 3—9 cm. lata, utrinque subtiliter reticulala, supra 

 exsiccando glaucescens, venulis paullo prominulis vel (in foliis velustis) 

 leviter impressis, subtus vena media lateralibusque prominentibus, 

 venulis prominulis; vense laterales utrinque 5—6. Rami florenles fere 

 defoliali. Racemi axillares, sessiles, 2 — 4 flori, in pseudo-fasciculos 

 contracti, rhachide communi 2—8 mm. longo. Pedicelli 1,5—3 cm. 

 longi. Sepala 3, valde concava, elliptica, rotundata, 1,6 — 2 cm. longa, 

 1 — 1,5 cm. lata, coriacea, anthesi patentia, demum reflexa. Pelala 

 circa 12, alba (exsiccando flavescentia), obovala, longe unguieulata, 

 3,5—4 cm. longa (ungue 4—5 mm. longo incluso), 1,5 — 2 cm. lata. 

 Ànlherae 4 — 5 mm. longée. Ovarium 1 mm. stipilatum, ovoideum, 

 8 — 10 mm. longum, apiculo 1 — 1,5 mm. longo, supra apiculum cum 

 stylo articulatum; Stylus 10—12 mm. longus, apice infundibuliformis, 

 ramis 5 lineari-oblongis, 1,5—3 mm. longis, apice reflexis stigmatosis. 



