PLANTES PEU CONNUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE. 231 



Ailanthus simplex Panch., mss. 



Frutex. Habitat in sylvis montium propre Balade (Vieillard n° 2^3), in 

 locissylvulosishuniidis (Pancher, 1862). 



2. SOULAMEA TOMENTOSA. 



Folia impari pinnata, plurijuga, longe petiolata, petiolis flavo- 

 tomentosis, foliolis suboppositis, ellipticis vel oblongis, basi inœ- 

 quali rotimdatis, apice obtusis, subemarginatis, margine integro 

 plus minusve undulatis, subsessilibus, supra puberulis, infra se- 

 cundum nervos primarios tomentosis, cœterum pubescentibus ; 

 nervis primariis pinnatis, secundariis tenuiter reticulatis, infra 

 pra3cipue conspicuis. Flores unisexuales tetrameri in racemis 

 et stirpibus (?) distinctis ; feminei (masculi desunt) pedunculati, 

 in racemum elongatum, folio tamen dimidio breviorem, dispo- 

 siti, rachi communi tomentosa, fasciculos paucifloros alternatim 

 gerente ; lobi calycini 4 ovati, basi intus pilis rigidis et corpus- 

 culis claviformibus ornati ; petala h spath ulato-lanceolata, apice 

 obtusa, glabra, sepalis duplo longiora; stamina sterilia 8; 

 fructus immaturi obcordati, tomentosi. 



Habitat in Nova Caledonia circa Port-de-France (M . Thiébaut, 1865). 



3. SOULAMEA MUELLERI. 



Folia imparipinnata, paucijuga , plerumque ternata, longe 

 petiolata, petiolis puberulis, foliolis oppositis, praeter nervum 

 médium vix puberulum glabris, terminalibus longe, lateralibus 

 breviter petiolulatis, ellipticis, basi inaequali parum attenuatis, 

 apice rotundatis, integris, margine subincrassatis revolutisque, 

 nervis primariis pinnatis, secundariis utrinque tenuiter reticula- 

 tis, infra prœcipue areolatis. Flores unisexales, tetrameri vel 

 pentameri, in racemum elongatum folio paulo longiorem dispo- 

 sai; fructus compressi alati, obcordati, glabri (e spec. unico 

 imperfecto). 



Habitat in Nova Caledonia (Mueller misit 1865). 



