| Description: |
Gossia virotii (Guillaumin) N. Snow (Fig. 20) Austrobaileya 8 (2): 192 (2010). — Myrtus virotii Guillaumin, Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, sér. B, Bot. 4: 33 (1953). — Typus: New Caledonia. Grande Terre, South Prov., Vallée de la Rivière de Humboldt, environs de la Case Marc (ancien campement pages), 130 m, 13.XI.1940, Virot 411 (holo-, P [P00602573]; iso-, A[00255457], NOU[NOU006235], NY, P[P00462850], Z). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. South Prov., Baumann-Bodenheim 8119, Col de Vulcain, 11.XI.1950, (P[P00459517], US, Z); Col de Vulcain, 900 m, 11.XI.1951, Baumann-Bodenheim 8184 (P[P00459519], US); Col de Vulcain, 11.XI.1951, Bauman 8209 (A, P[P00459520], US); Vale des von Mts Humboldt, 3.XI.1924, Däniker 459 (Z[Z-000050488]; Vallée Koéalagoguamba, 9.X.1977, MacKee 34057 (NOU [NOU028911], P[P00462841]); Hte vallée de la Tontouta, 22.X.1968, Veillon 1857 (NOU [NOU028913], P[P00462844]). REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P00462850. ETYMOLOGY. — After Robert Virot (1915-2002), French botanist and collector of the holotype. DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY AND PHENOLOGY. —Southern Grande Terre in maquis over ultramafics (Fig. 20), to c. 130 m. Flowering August through February; fruiting September through March. DESCRIPTION Shrubs To 1 m tall. Branchlets Round, internodes mostly greater than 5 mm long, emerging pubescent becoming glabrous and grayish. Petioles 0.5-2 mm, emerging hairy becoming glabrous. Leaves Coriaceous, 2-4 per node. Petioles Less than 2 mm long. Blades 1.5-3.0 × 0.2-0.6 cm, broadly linear to very narrowly obovate, base cuneate, margins slightly recurved, apex retuse, sparsely hairy becoming more or less glabrous below, midvein sulcate above throughout, venation inconspicuous but secondary veins slightly raised above, inconspicuous to not visible below. Inflorescences Of ascending axillary monads, infrequent, pedicels less than 5 mm. Calyx Lobes 4, whitish pubescent above. Petals Said to be whitish (none seen). Stamen disk Pubescent. Anthers Said to be ovate (none seen). ... |