Xerocarpa. 99 



antico majore, fauce villosa; stamina 5 aequalia vel sub- 

 aequalia, longiuscule exserta, lobis corollae alternantia, 

 antheris basi bilobis, dorsifixis; stylus filiformis, exsertus, 

 stigmate breviter bifldo, lobis acutis horizontalibus ; ovarium 

 2-loculare, ex carpellis 2 conformatum; loculi 2-ovulati; 

 ovula pendula, marginalia, hemianatropa, funiculis supra 

 medium aut prope apicem ovarii insertis; fructus siccus, 

 capsularis, indehiscens, abortu 1-locularis, 1-spermus, ovo- 

 ideus; semen exalbuminosum. 



Distribution : New-Guinea (Kais.- Wilh.-land). 



Our genus is well characterized by its narrow corolla-lobes, 

 4 of which are nearly equal, its 5 stamens, and its typical lax 

 spikes. It has an affinity with Teysmanniodendron by its cap- 

 sular fruit and is without any doubt the 2nd genus belonging 

 to Kobrders' Teysmanniodendreea. 



1. X. avicennisefoliola H. J. Lam, nov. spec. — Arbor, 

 15—25 M. alta; ramuli tetragoni cum petiolis fulvo-tomentosi 

 vel subglabri, cortice brunneo; folia petiolata, 3-foliolata, 

 chartacea vel coriacea, in sicco utrinque fulvo-brunnea; 

 foliola lanceolata utrinque acuta, integerrima, saepe cum 

 nervo primario albo vel luteo curvata, viridia, utrinque 

 glaberrima, eglandulosa, interdum singulis pilis glandulisque 

 vestita, nervis secundariis paulo prominentibus; S'/g— 18 

 cM. longa, 1.1—6 cM. lata; petiolulo 0.5—2.3 cM., petiolo 

 1— 4V2 cM. longo; spicae vel paniculae molliter ferrugineo- 

 fulvo-pubescentes, 10—25 cM. longae, tomento, ut in 

 partibus novellis, variabiliusculae ; calyx truncatus vel regu- 

 lariter 5-denticulatus vel- dentatus, vel sinuato-undulatus, 

 extus dense incano-fulvo-pubescens, dein margine sub- 

 glabratus, fructifer auctus, basi 2 bracteolis lanceolatis 

 suiFultus, 0.3—0.35 cM. longus, 0.25 cM. latus; corolla 

 lutea V. luteo-coerulea v. griseo-lutea v. caeruleo-viridis, 

 tubo brevi, glabro, 0.15—0.2 cM. longo; subbilabiata, 

 labio superiore lobis 2 angustis, 0.5 cM. longis, 0.1 cM. 

 latis, labio inferiore lobis lateralibus 2 angustis, lobo medio 



