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tinis ; raclii communi bracleas racemos fovenles lanceolatas, vel lineares, 
intégras seu obtuse brevissime(|ue 3-lobulatas, apice incrassatas obtusiusculas, 
plus minusve concavas. 5 mill. -2 J cent, longas gcrente, bracteolis superio- 
ribus pedunculos foventibus ovatis, acutis, brevissimis; ramis secundariis 
adscendentibus, superioribus simplicibus id est racemosis, inferioribus ter- 
tiario ordine ramosis ; florum pedunculis brevissimis, approximatis. 
Fructus obovoideus, 7-8 mill. longus, nitidus. 
Habitat silvas montis Mi dicli (Balansa, n° 1244). 
Obs. Species, ut videtur, B. spathulœfoliœ afïinis ; an speciei polymorphæ 
varietas ? 
4. Beauprea Pancherii. 
Frutex 2-metralis, densus, rotundatus. 
Folia alterna, imparipinnata, coriaces, glaberrima, nitida, 20-28 cent, 
longa, 3-4-juga ; rachis gracilis fere usque ad medium nuda, supra plana 
vel paulo concava nervoque medio ultra partem inferioretn nudam notata, 
infra convexa, apice in très lobos terminales inæquales (medio 3-4 cent, 
longo, lateralibus 1-3 cent, longis) crenatos rarius sul)integros sensim ex- 
pansa ; foliola opposita, 7-9 cent, longa, adscendentia, lanceolata, arcuata, 
margine exteriore concava crenulisque 1-2 versus apicem excisa, margine 
interiore paulo supra basim lobata, lobo oblongo obtuso vel subrotundo 5-10 
millim. longo, indeque crenulata, nervo medio secundariisque dichotome ra¬ 
mosis infra supraque conspicuis. 
Inflorescentia terminalis paniculata, 20-25 cent, longa, erecta ; racemis 
compositis, in axilla foliorum superiorum nascentibus seu bractea brevi ovata 
stipatis racemoque terminali ; ramis parte nuda compressé sulcalis gla- 
bratis, parle florifera angulosis sulcatis bine illinc ferrugineo-velutinis ; rachi 
communi bracteas racemos foventes ovatas brevissimas, vel foliaceas pinnati- 
sectas, 6-8 cent, longas (lobis subalternis linearibus obtusis 5-10 millim. longis, 
lobo terminali subsimili 2 cent, longo), vel lineares, intégras apice obtusas, 
supra concavas, nervo medio percursas, 3-4 cent, longas, vel ctiam lanceolato- 
subulatas, obtusiusculas vel acutas, concavas plus minusve glabralas gerente ; 
bracteolis superioribus pedunculos foventibus triangularibus, acutis, concavis, 
subglabratis, brevissimis; ramis secundariis adscendentibus, superioribus 
simplicibus id est racemosis, inferioribus qualernario ordine ramosis; tlorum 
pedunculis brevissimis, approximatis. 
Fructus obovoideus, 7-8 mill. longus, nitidus. 
Habitat in Nova Caledonia (Vieillard, n° 3094 ; specimen a clar. Faucher, 
atmo 1870, divulgation). 
5. Beauprea Balansæ. 
Fmtex 2-3 metr. altus, ramis leretibus, rugosis, glabris. 
