PLANTES PEU CONNUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE. 22! 



SYZYGIUM Gœrtn. 



1 . Syzvgium multipetalum Pan cher mss. 



Folia sat magna, oblongo-obovata, apice rotundato-emargi- 

 nata, brève petiolata, coriacea, lucida, reliculato-nervosa, ner- 

 vis infra prominuiis, margine paulo revoluta; cymae muitiflorse, 

 erectse, rigidse, crassse, terminales axillaresque, floribus sessili- 

 bus ; calyxtubo subcylindrico, sursum dilatato, apice constricto, 

 limbo truncato ; petala6-3 ineequalia; antherae dorsifixae. 



Arbor. Habitat in Nova Caledonia ad ripas rivorum locis ferrugineis 

 (Pancher, 1861-1862). - Ad ripas rivorum propeM'Bee (Vieillard, n°537). 



2. SYZYGIUM MACRANTHUM. 



Folia eliiptica, in petiolum brevem sensim attenuata, glabra, 

 supra vernicosa (in sicco rufescentia), nervis infra reticulatis 

 prominuiis instructa; flores cymosi magni, sessiles, cymis erec- 

 tis, tortuosis, breviter articulatis ; calyx tubo infundibuliformi, 

 limbo sinuato et subtruncato ; petalao, interno rostrato ; antherae 

 dorsifixae. 



Arbor. Habitat in sylvis montium Novae Caledonise prope Balade (Vieil- 

 lard, n° ^61). 



3. Syzygium densiflorum. 



Folia lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, breviter petiolata, 

 margine revoluta, nervis pinnatis sat distantibus, coriacea, supra 

 nitida, infra pallidiora nigroque creberrime punctulata; flores 

 cymosi, sessiles, cymis axillaribus terminalibusque versus ramo- 

 rum apicem in corymbum ramosissimum, strietum, çrectum, 

 densiflorum congestis ; calyx tubo infundibuliformi, limbo 5-lo- 

 bato, lobis sat distinctis, latis, obtuse cuneatis ; petala 5, inœ- 

 qualia; antherae basifixae. 



Arbor. Habitat in Novae Caledonise sylvis montium prope Balade (Vieil- 

 lard, n° 535). 



