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3. Cupania Brackenridgei, Sp. Nov. 



C. glabella; foliis Q-S-foliolatis ; foliolis oblongis vel sublanceolatis sub- 

 acuminatis basi attemiatis crebre penninerviis subtus badiis ; paniculis 

 compositis folio brevioribus ; capsula compressa obovato-cuneata trun- 

 cate biloculari. 



Hab. Ovolau, Feejee Islands. 



A shrub or small tree, nearly glabrous; the young shoots, petioles, 

 &c, clothed with a minute rusty scurf rather than pubescence. 

 Petioles angled, much dilated at their insertion. Leaflets 6 or 8, 

 varying from oblong or ovate-oblong to broadly lanceolate, more or less 

 acuminate, tapering at the base into a short and margined partial 

 petiole, 2h to 4 inches long, chartaceous, glabrous or nearly so, entire, 

 thickly feather-veined (the veins conspicuous and more or less reticu- 

 lated), the upper surface pale green, the lower tinged of a brownish or 

 chestnut hue. Flowers not seen. Fruiting panicles compound, shorter 

 than the leaves, mostly axillary, loose. Capsules compressed, obovate- 

 wedge-shaped, approaching to obcordate, but the apex is only truncate, 

 and tipped with a persistent style, 5 lines in length and breadth, 

 acute at the base, not at all stipitate, clothed with a very minute 

 rusty scurf, two-celled, crustaceous in texture; the whole interior 

 lined with a dense coating of bristly hairs. Seeds (immature) soli- 

 tary, ascending from near the base of the cell, showing only a rudi- 

 mentary arillus. 



4. Cupania leptobotrys, Sp. Nov. 



G. glabella; foliolis 14-20 lanceolato-oblongis acuminatis basi rotundatiz 

 longiuscule petiolulatis glabris concoloribus ; paniculis gracillimu 

 racemifloris ramosis folio wquilongis cum petiolis junioribus tomen- 

 tulosis; floribus polygamo-monoic'is ; calyce quinquepartlto persistente 

 petalis squamwformibus multoties majoribus; anihens 10 subsessilibus ; 

 capsula obcordato-triloba stipitata. 



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Hab. Ovolau, Feejee Islands. 



