3 ENGELHARDTIA R IG ID A .
T a b . I I I .
E. dioeca; pinnis 4 - 8 sub-sessilibus ellipticis obtusis basi oblique
attenuatis margine reflexis integerrimis coriaceis glabris. Blume
Bydr. X , p. 5 28.
Habitat : Altitudine circiter a.5oo ped. supra maris superficiem in monte Salak provincies Buitenzorg ad
fauces, quæ indigenis Passir Java nuncupantur. Equidem ipse hanc speciem fion legi, sed mense Julio a monli-
cola Bapa Santir, servorum meorum in plantis colligcndis diligentissimo, masculos accepi ramulos, quos ex
arbore procerissimâ carptos fuisse testabatur, cæterum et nominis vernaculi, et utilitatis ignarus.
Arbor excelsa, coronâ amplâ ramosissimâ.
Ramtjli oppositi vel sæpius altérai, divaricati, teretiusculi, e fusco cineracei,
glabri, petiolorum cicatricibus tuberculati, bine inde rimis longitudinalibus
transversisque notati, ac verruculis numerosis cretaceis plus minus oblongis
passim confluentibus vel in tubercula gibbosa aggregatis quasi leprosi : extimi,
prouti folia nondum explicata, sub-lepidoti et rufescentes, sub lente punctis
flavis conspersi.
F olia petiolata, alterna, plerumque patentia, rarius declinata, abrupte pin-
na ta , utplurimum quadrijuga. Petioli i |-3-pollicares, leviter angulati, supra
sulco longitudinali instructi, utrinque glabri verruculisque sordide ferrugineis
scabrati, versus basin incrassati. Pinnoe sub-sessiles, sub-oppositæ, patulæ,
1-25une. longæ, |-fere 15 une. latæ, superiores plerumque inferioribus majores,
ellipticæ vel oblongo-elbptieæ, nunc obovatæ, obtusæ vel (apprime inferiores)
rotundato-obtusæ, basi inæqualiter attenuatæ, i. e. basi exteriore longius in
petiolum decurrentes, integerrimæ, margine sub-revolutæ, planiusculæ, coria-
ceæ-, rigidæ, glabræ, supra lucidæ et siccando sordide fusco-purpuraseentes,
subtus cano-virescentes ( exsiccæ sordide fuscescentes ) punctulisque minimis
flavicantibus obsitæ. Nervus médius, perinde ac venæ latérales, supra depressus,
subtus prominulus. Rachis petiolis conformis, atlævior.
Spicæ dioecæ : masculæ ( quas solas possidemus ) axillares petiolisve delapsis
latérales, solitariæ vel confertæ, sub-sessiles, petiolis quam plurimum triplo
breviores, erectæ vel patentes, interdum simplices, sed plerumque fasciculato-
ramosæ, ramis circa |-i poil. longis,persæpe nutantibus, ob flores approximatos
sub-continuos cylindraceis, ad basin sub-articulatam haud raro bracteâ parvâ
lineari-lanceolatâ coriaceâ puberulâ caducâ munitis.