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supra hiluni subconstricta, arillo ex apice integro in pilos seinen circum- 

 circa laxe circumdanles eoque 4— 5-plo longiores dissoluto. 



Arbor parva heterophylla, pube parca simplice brevissima. Stipulae 

 parvae. Folia longiuscule petiolata linearia usque obovata, petiolis bi- 

 glandulosis. Inflorescentiae axillares, 1-florae v. nonnunquam cymose 

 3-florae, pedunculis liberis, prophyllis evolutis euphylloideis , ßoribus pen- 

 dulis. Petala alba. — Species 1 insulam Mascarenarum Rodriguez in- 

 habitans. 



Mathurina penduliflora Balf. fil. ! I. c. ; Bak. ! I. c. 

 Nom. vulg. Bois gandine. 



Icon: Balf. in Phil. Trans, of the Roy. Soc. Lond. vol. 168 t. 21! 



Arbor usque ad 6 m alta ramis erectis; ramuli vetustiores cicatricibus folioruin 

 magnis densissime aggregatis obtecti, plicato-striati, sub epiderinide grisea brunnescentes, 

 hornotini tenniter multistriati , glabrati v. ad apicem brevissime seu pulverulento- 

 pilosuli, supra flurum delapsorum insertionem gemmulis minutis in cortice paene occultis 

 serialibus hinc Uli nc observatis, sed non evolutis. Stipulae ad petiolorum basin ipsam 

 prodenntes lineari-subulatae 0,8— 1,5 mm longae, brunneae, ad apicem pallidiores v. 

 flavidae, deciduae. Folia speciminum (v. ramorum ?) juniorum linearia usque 1,5 mm 

 angusta, remote crenulato-serrata, ad petiolos uon v. obsolete glandulosa, gradatim in 

 forrnam adultam transeuntia, haecce petiolos 15 — 20 mm longos, superne glandulis sub- 

 oppositis v. alternis vix prominentibus instructos gerentia, lanceolata v. obovata v. 

 obcuneata, 7 — 14 cm longa, 1,5—3 cm lata, 3 — 10-plo longiora quam latiora, acuta v. 

 breviter acuminata, mucronata, mucrone 2 — 3 mm longo saepius recurvato, ad basin 

 sensim angustata et integra, caeterum plus minus manifeste crenata, penninervia, nervis 

 lateralibus juxta marginem eglandulosum longiludinaliter conjunctis, utrinque glabra. 

 Flores verisimiliter homostyli; pedunculi 20— 35 mm longi; prophylla primaria anguste 

 v. angustissime lanceolata, mucronato-acuminata, 20 — 36 mm longa, 2 — 4 mm lata, 

 margine integra v. remote glanduloso-crenulata, basi stipulata, opposita v. subopposita; 

 pedicelli 20 — 40 mm longi, basi v. paullo supra basin articulati. Sepala ovato-lanceolata 

 v. elliptico-oblonga mucronato-acuminata, 20—28 mm longa, 6 — 7 mm lata, glandulis 

 dorso adnatis, 2mm latis, intus puberulis et longitrorsum sulcatis. Petala anguste 

 obovata v. late elliptico-lanceolata acuminata, 7— 9 mm lata. Filamenta basi glandulae 

 calycinae hoc loco acute excisae adnata, glabra 25 — 30 mm longa: antherae juniores 

 oblongo-lineares v. paene lineares, superne angustiores, 6-8 ««» longae 1,5 mm latae, 

 in '/ 5 — V» a ^' affixae, defloratae subreetae. Styli 40 — 45mm longi, antheras longe 

 superantes. Ovariuin elliptico-oblongnm glabrum multiovulatum. Fructus 20 — 25mm 

 Jongus, 8 — 10 mm crassus flavidus. Semina anguste obovata, vix 2 mm longa, 0,7 mm 

 crassa, brunnea, striis reticuli longitudinalibus magis elevatis, chalaza parva vix pro- 

 minente, raphe filiformi-prominula. 



Habitat in insula Rodriguez: Balfour fil. 



V. Turnera Linn. emend. 



Turnera Plum. Gen. Am. 15; {ex p.) Linn. Gen. n. 376 ; Juss. Gen. 313; 

 Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VIII, 141; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. VI, 123; DG. Prodr. 

 III, 346; Camb. in St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 154; Meissn. Gen. 123 



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