PLANTES PEU CONNUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE. 967 
2. BEAUPREA SPATHULÆFOLIA . 
Frutex 2-metralis, ramosus, rotundatus, densus, ramis tere- 
tibus lævibus, albescentibus. 
Folia alterna, simplicia , subcoriacea, glaberrima, nitida, 
infrà punctulis minutissimis creberrimè conspersa, angustato 
vel obovato-spathulata, 12-15 centim. longa, basi in petiolum 
elongatum, gracilem infrà convexum suprà planum sensim at- 
tenuata, apice rotundato-emarginata, cæterum integra vel su- 
pernè rotundato-lobata crenatave, lobis integris vel emarginatis, 
nervo primario nervis secundariis pinnatis aliisque reticulatis 
utrinque conspicuis prominulis. 
Inflorescentia terminalis paniculata 45-16 cent. longa erecta ; 
racemis compositis bractea brevi, ovata vel spathulata stipatis 
racemoque terminali; ramis parte nuda compressis sulcatis gla- 
bratis vel ferrugineo-velutinis, parte florifera angulosis sulcatis 
eodem modo puberulis; rachi communi bracteas racemos fo- 
ventes ovato-lanceolatas vel lineari spathulatas, apice incrassatas 
obtusiusculas, 3 mil. cent. longas gerente, bracteolis superio- 
ribus pedunculos foventibus ovatis acutis brevissimis ; ramis se- 
cundariis adscendentibus, superioribus simplicibus, id est race- 
mosis, inferioribus secundario ordine ramosis ; florum pedunculis 
brevissimis approximatis. 
Fructus obovoideus, 6-7 mill. longus, nitidus. 
Habitat in locis aridis ferrugineis montis Cougui dicti ( Vieillard , 
n° 3097) (1). 
3. BEAUPREA DIVERSIFOLIA. 
Frutex 3-k metr. altus, ramis teretibus, albescentibus. 
Folia alterna, imparipinnata, coriacea, glaberrima. nitida, 
10-20 cent. longa, plerumque 2-3 juge, vel aliquoties 1-juga, 
vel rarius segmento terminal tantum instructa et ità simplicia 
spathulataque. Rachis gracilis usque ad medium nuda, suprà 
plana vel pauld concava nervoque medio notata, infrà convexa. 
Segmenta lateralia opposita, adscendentia, spathulato-cuneata, 
(4) Specimina floribus fructibusque prædita dedit cl, Pancher, anno 4870. 
