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supra hilum subcoustricta, arillo ex apice integre- in pilos semen circuni- 

 circa laxe circumdantes eoque 4— 5-plo longiores dissoluto. 



Ar bor parva heteropkylla, pube parca simplice brevissima. Stipulae 

 parvae. Folia longiuscule petiolata linearia usque obovata, petiolis bi- 

 glandidosis. Inflorescentiae axillares, 1-ßorae v. nonnunquam cymose 

 3-florae, peduneulis liberis, jjrophyllis evolutis euphyttoideis , ßoribus pen- 

 didis. Petala alba. — Speeles 1 insulam Mascarenarum Rodriguez in- 

 habitans. 



Mathurina penduliflora Balf. fil. ! I. c. ; Bäk. ! I. e. 

 Nom. vulg. Bois gandine. 



Icon: Balf. in Phil. Trans, of the Roy. Soc. Lond. vol. 168. t. 21! 



Ar bor usque ad 6 m alta ramis erectis; ramuli vetustiores cicatrieibus folioruin 

 magnis densissime aggregatis obtecti, plicato-striati, sub epidermide grisea brimnescentes, 

 hornotini tenuiter multistriati , glabrati v. ad apicem brevissime seu pulveralento- 

 pilosuli, supra florura delapsoraiu insertionem geramulis minutis in cortice paene occultis 

 serialibus hinc illinc observatis, sed non evolutis. Stipulae ad petiolornm basin ipsam 

 prodeuntes lineari-subulatae 0,8— 1,5 mm longae, brunneae, ad apicem pallidiores v. 

 flavidae, deciduae Folia speeiminum (v. ramorum?) juniorurn linearia usqne 1,5 mm 

 angusta, renaote crenulato-serrata, ad petiolos non v. obsolete glandulosa, gradatim in 

 formam adnltam transeuntia, haecce petiolos 15 — 20 mm longos, superne glandulis sub- 

 oppositis v. alternis vix prominentibas instractos gerentia, lanceolata v. obovata v. 

 obeuneata, 7 — 14 cm longa ; 1,5—3 cm lata, 3 — 10-plo longiora quam latiora, acuta v. 

 breviter acuminata, mucronata, mucrone 2 — 3 mm longo saepius reenrvato, ad basin 

 sensim aDgastata et integra, caeterum plus minus manifeste crenata, penninervia, nervis 

 lateralibus jaxta marginem eglandulosum longitudinaliter conjunetis, utrinque glabra. 

 Flores verisimiliter homostyli; peduncali 20— 35 mm longi; prophylla primaria anguste 

 v. angustissime lanceolata, mucronato-acuminata, 20 — 35 mm longa, 2 — 4 mm lata, 

 margine integra v. remote glandnloso-crenalata, basi stipulata, opposita v. subopposita ; 

 pedicelli 20 — 40 mm longi, basi v. paullo sapra basin articalati. Sepala ovato-lanceolata 

 v. elliptico-oblonga macronato-acuminata, 20—28 mm longa, 6 — 7 mm lata, glandalis 

 dorso adnatis, 2 mm latis, intas paberalis et longitrorsam salcatis. Petala anguste 

 obovata v. late elliptico-lanceolata acaminata, 7— 9mm lata. Filamenta basi glandalae 

 calycinae hoc loco acate excisae adnata, glabra 25 — 30 longa: antherae janiores 

 oblongo-lineares v. paene lineares, saperne angastiores, 6—8 mm longae 1,5 mm latae, 

 in '/ 5 — 7? alt. affixae, defloratae sabrectae. Styli 40 — 45 mm longi, antheras longe 

 superantes. Ovariam elliptico-oblongum glabram multiovalatam. ^ractas 20 — 25 mm 

 longas, 8 — XOmm crassas flavidas. Semina angaste obovata, ü mm longa, 0,7 mm 

 crassa, brannea, striis reticali longitadinalibas magis elev;»' , chalaza parva vix pro- 

 minente, raphe filiformi-prominula. 



Habitat in Insul i Rodriguez: Balfour fil. 



V. Turnera Linn, emend. 



T urner a Blum. Gen. Am. lö; {ex p.) Linn. Gen. n. 376; Juss. Gen. 313; 

 Poir. in Lern. Eneycl. VIII, 141; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. VI, 123; DC. Prodr. 

 III, 346; Camb. in St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 154; Meissn. Gen. 123 



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