Gossia aphthosa subsp. aphthosa

(Figs 4D-G; 5)

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. North Prov. Plateau du Col des Roussettes route forestière près de Riv Ouen – Sieu, 21°25’45.19”S, 165°27’15.01”E, 29.IX.1964, Blanchon 994 (NOU[NOU029700], P[P00462860]); Touho, Ponandou, 20°49’12.00”S, 165°13’45.12”E, 15.V.1973, MacKee 26722 (NOU [NOU053234]); Tiwaka: Pente Sud, Inédète, 250 m, 30.III.1974, MacKee 28444 (NOU [NOU029696], P[P06668973]); Ponandou, le Captage, 27.X.2005, Munzinger 3084 et al. (P[P05121899], WELTU) .

REPRESENTATIVE HERBARIUM SPECIMEN. — P 05121899.

DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT AND PHENOLOGY. — Central and northeast parts of Grande Terre; over micaschistes and gneiss, 250 m.

REMARKS

A reliable diagnostic character is the corky swellings surrounding the base of the petioles (Fig. 4D-E, G). The hypanthium of some (e.g., MacKee 28444) can be prominently sericeous; the leaf blades of some appear to be only thinly coriaceous (e.g., Munzinger 3084).