TABÜLA CCLXXTV. 



Melicope novaguineensis Val 



Valeton in Buil. Dép. Agric. X, p. 24 [1907]. 



Rutaceae. 



Fig. 1. Rarnulus florens et fructifer \. — Fig, 2. Folium. — Fig. 3. Infïorescentia. 



— Fig. 4. Flos j. — Fig. 5. Stamina. — Fig. 6. Petalum. — Fig. 7 et 8. Capsula. 



— Fig 9 Semen. 



Arborescens. Ramuli teretes, pubescentes pilis brevibus pa- 

 tentibus. Folia opposita petiolata, unifoliolata, foliolo oblan- 

 ceolato longe acuminato acuto in basin acutam vel obtusam 

 longe sensimque angustato, subcoriaceo supra glabro subtus 

 imprimis in nervis hirtello, in sicgo viridescente, nervis 

 lateralibns rectis patentissimis rmmerosis, subtus próminen- 

 tibus ante marginem nervo sinuato conjunctis, reticulato- 

 venoso. Thyrsi spiciformes densi in axillis superioribus peti- 

 olum vix superantes. Flores pediaellati, bibracteolati, parvi, 

 pentameri et tetrameri; sepala ovata pubescentia'; petala glabra 

 oblonga marginibus incurvis apiculo parvo inflexo; stamina 10 

 antherifera filamentis basi dilatatis, linearibus subulatis glabris, 

 epipetalis petalis dimidio brevioribus ima basi glaberrimis ; 

 gyuophorum parvum, quadrangulutn, ovarium 4-lobum, loculis 

 rotundis monospermis; stylus crassus, stigmate magno lobato. 

 Discus membranaceus obsoletus. Inflorescentiae fructiferae 

 pyramidatae. Capsulae pisiformes insigniter, imprimis trans- 

 verse reticulatae, 1 — 4 e quoque flore, endocarpio solubili 

 bivalvi. Seminis integumentum externum fragile nitens, atrum ; 

 testa dura; albumen membranaceum, embryo oblongus planus. 



Folia cujusque paris paullum inaequalia 23 — 25 cm. longa, 

 7 — 8 cm, lata vel etiam 16 cm. longa, 4.2 cm. lata. Petioli 



