rhachi 3 -6 poll, longâ, teretiusculâ, sub lente visâ paululum pubere, inferne 4 y - 2 poll. nudâ.
Foliota opposita aut præsertim jugorum inferiorum alterna, pro arboris »täte et magnitudine et forma
dissimilia, plerumque lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, rarius elliptica, 5 -6 poil, longa, 4 -2 poll,
lata apice in acumen rectum vel leniter falcatum obtusiusculum angustata, basi in petiolum brevem
dorso incrassatum attenuata, subinæquilatera, integerrima,. coriacea, impellucida, supra glabra et
nitidiuscula, subtus ad nervum medium prominentem et ad venas laterales præsertim in axillis glan-
duloso-depressis pube rarissimâ evanidâ obsita. Racemi axillares, solitarii v. plures congesti, erecti,
modo yix 1 poil, longi et spiciformes, modo ad 4 -5 poil, elongati et inde a basi v. supra basin in
ramos divaricatos spiciferos divisi. Flores polygamo-dioeci, fasciculati, ad basin pedicellorum 1 - 2 lin.
longorüm tomentosorum bracteolâ parvulâ subulalâ deciduâsuffulti. Maso, femineis brevius pedicellati
et minores. Calyx ad basin usque inæquali-5 partitus; foliolis concavis, subciliatis, imbricato-conni-
ventibus; duobus externis lateralibus minoribus, crassioribus, ovalibus, interioribus subrotundis,
membranaceis. Petala 5, calyce breviora, erectà, lanceolata, obtusiuscula, concava, membranosa,
ciliata, supra unguem brevissimum planum processibus duobus ultra laminæ dimidium elongatis,
oblongo-spathulatis, ad apicem oblique retusis et plicatis, membranaceis, pubescentibus. Discus
carnos.us, convexus, obsolete crenulatus, glaber. Stamina 8 , liliformia, inter discum et ovarium
inserta, petalis duplo longiora, erecto-patentia. Filamenta liliformia, libéra, inferne pubescentia,
inæquilonga. Antheroe parvæ, extus ad basin affixæ, subglobosæ, didymæ, in alabastris erectæ, post
anthesin inclinatæ, biloculares, glabræ : loculis appositis, concretis, latere dehiscentibus. Pistillum
effetum in centro, minutissimunï, ovoideum, trigonum, hirsutulum, vertice in stylum brevem
conicum trisulcatum altenuatum. Fem. Calyx et corolla ut in mare. Stamina 8 , calyce paululo
longiora, filamentis inferne magis complanatis. Pistillum stamina superans, glabrum. Ovarium
ovoideum, triquetrum, basi constrictum, 3-loculare, ovula ope funiculi umbilicalis brevis apice
globoso-incrassati camosi angulo interno ad basin affixa, nephroideo-globosa, anatropa, stomate
centrifugo, videlicet ad Iatus dorsale. Stylus terminalis, crassus, subuliformis, curvatus. Stigma
simplex. Capsula obcordata, bi-v.-trilobfLvel abortu loborum duorum dimidiata, basi in carpophorum
breve calyce persistente cinctum constricta, apice stylo persistente apiculata, 5 lin. longa, 9 lin. lata,
coriacea, glabra, 5 - v. abortu 2 - d-locularis, loculicide 2 - 3-valvis, valvis intus glabris. Semina
ellipsideo-globosa, tota fere expansione funiculi umbilicalis membranaceo-sacciformi expansâ apice
pervio cincta, 4 lin. longa, 3 lin. lata, ventre rectiorà, in inferiore extremitate hilo ovali superficiali
notata. Testa crüstacea, tenuis, brunnea, nitida. Cotyledones oblique superpositæ, inæquales, crassis-
simæ, subcontortuplicatæ, flavo-virentes. In uno seminum trium a me examinatorum cotyledo inferior
inæquali-biloba, lobo minore seminis ventrem versus induplicato, in aliis duobus nullo lobi vestigio,
ad commissuras paululum sinuato-contortuplicata. Radical a inter cotyledones, ad seminis latus dorsale
prominens, fusiforrais, acutiuscula, reflexa, sulco decurrenti cotyledonis inferioris applicata, hilum
spectans.
SECTIO II. Elattostachys (4).
Petala minatissima, esquamulata, ad unguem constricta. Capsula lignosa, turbinata, subtrigona. — Fruticesv. arbusculoe
Archipelagi Indici; foliolis subdentatisv. répandis; floribusper spicasparvas amentiformes densasdispositis.
5. CUPANIA ZIPPELIANA.
C. fo lio rum rh a c h i a p te r â ; foliolis i- 4 -ju g is a lté ra is v. suboppositis ellipticis u trin q u e
su b a tte n u a tis v. ap ic e o b tu se a c um in a tis s u b re p a n dis coriaceis su b tu s in ven is ram u lisq u e
p u b e ru lis; spicis te rm in a lib u s subsessilibus simplicibus e lo n g a tis densifloris folio m u lto
b rev io rib u s. - 1
(1) In Sect. Molinoea De Cand., cujus C. lævis Peks. typus est habendus, et quoe habitu et formâ fructuum cum Pleuropteri
satis congruit, petala etiam sunt esquamulata, capsulæ coriaccæ, lobatæ v. alatoe.
Valentinia et Hypelate pinnata Herb. Zip p .
Habit. In sylvis litoreis Novoe Guineæ provinciæ Lobo.
Descr. Frutex ramosissimus, in ramulis novis striatis teretiusculis et præsertim in foliis inexplicalis tomenlo
brevi rufescenti obductus ; râmuli vetustiores glabri, virescenti-cinerei, interdum lineis aliquot
decurrentibus notati. Folia plerumque impari-pinnata, alterna, patentia, 5 -4 0 poil.; rhachi
2 ^ - 7 poil., postice teretiusculâ et 1 - 2 ^ poil, nudâ, antice inter foliola supra in angulum prominente,
dorso striatà, ut petioluli, pube brevi fuscâ tandem déliquescente. Foliola in iisdem raniülis magnitudine
valde varia, 5 -5 - j poil, longa, 4{ - 2 { poil, lata, alterna v. subopposita, pétiolulis 4 - 2 lin.
longis insidentia, elliptica, utrinque subattenuata v. apice obtuse acuminata, basiinterdumsubin-
æquali-attenuata, margine paululum repanda etundulata, coriacea, impellucida, glabriuscula, supra
ad nervum medium acute prominentem et subtus maxime in axillis venarum subarcuatarum latera-
lium puberula; venis supra vix conspicuis, subtus, ut nervus médius, acute-prominentibus. Spicoe
ad apices ramulorum vel exalis foliorum superiorum, solitariæ, 4 - 4 \ poil., brevissime pedunculatæ,
erectæ, simplices, elongatæ, cylindricæ, densæ, bracteatæ, rufescenti-tomentosæ. Bracteoe sessiles,
imbricatæ, 4-floræ, 4-lin., ovato-lanceolatæ, coriaceæ, extus dense-tomentosæ, intus concavæ et
glabræ, deciduæ. Flores parvi, sessiles. Calyx profunde 5-pa rtilus, imâ in stipitem v. pedicellum
brevem crassum carnosum constrictus, tomentosus; laciniis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, raembra-
naceis, subæqualibus, in præfloratione apice imbricatis. Petala 5, minutissima,'calycis laciniis alterna,
triangulari-ovata, concaviuscula, margine villosiuscula, basi in unguem brevissimum excavatum
constricta. Discus annularis, brevissimus, crenulatus, in fundo calycis,. glaber. Stamina 8 , raro
pauciora, calyce breviora, disci margini interiori circum ovarium inserta, erecta, conniventia, æqui-
longa, glabra. Filamenta brevissima, subuliformia. Antheroe basi affîxæ, immobiles,'oblongæ,
oblusæ, basi emarginatæ, obtuse-quadrangulares, leviter curvatæ, purpureæ, loculis duobus appositis
conjunctis latere longitudinaliter dehiscèntibus. Pistillum centrale, sessile, stamina longitudine
aliquantum superans, hirsutum. Ovarium ovoideum, superne in stylum brevem, crassum,
rectum attenuatum, 3-loculare; ovula in loculis solitaria, ad basin anguli centralis ope funiculi
umbilicalis crassi stipitiformis affixa, ascendentia, anatropa. Stigma terminale, obsolete tridentatum,
imberbe.
4. CUPANIA VERRUCOSA.
C. foliorum r h a c h i a p te r â ; foliolis 2 - 4-jugis su b a lte rn is o b lo n g o -lan cèo la tis o b tu se
a c um in a tis b a s i o b liq u e a tte n u a tis su b re p a n d is v. rem o te -d e n ta tis m em b ran a c e is su b tu s in
v e n is ram u b sq u e p u b e ru lis; spicis a x illa rib u s subsessilibus simplicibus e longa tis densifloris
folio m u lto b re v io rib u s ; fru c tib u s rac em o sis tu rb in a tis tric o sta tis su b v e rru co sis g lab ris.
Habit. In calcariisJavæoccidentalis et in montants insulæ Timor, ubi div. Spanogiie specimina foliolis minus pellucidis quam in
javanicis, sed pari ter punctis pellucidis glandulosis raris notata collegit. Præcedenti valde aflinis sed foliolis magis oblongis,
apice in acumen longum obtusum productis, margine sæpe remote dentatis, texturoe tenuioris, differt.
Descr. Arbor mediocris, ramosissima. Rami teretes, fusci, rugulosi, glabri, novi obsolete striati, ut
rhaches foliorum superiorum, tomento brevi flavo-virenti oblecti. Folia 5 -4 ped., abortu unius
foliolorumsupremorum impari-pinnata, 3 - 5 -rarissime 2-juga: rhachi 3 -6 poil., antice subflexuosâ,
supra in angulum acutiusculum prominente, basin versus teretiusculâ et hic 4 - 4 ^ poil. nudâ.
Foliola alterna, rarissime opposita, pétiolulis 4 -2 lin. longis in juventute puberulis suffulta, 3 ^ -7
poil, longa, 4 -2 poll, lata, oblongo-lanceolata, apice plerumque in acumen longum obtusum leviter
falcatum augustata, basi suboblique-attenuata, inæquilatera, subrepanda vel sæpius. irregulariter
remote-dentata, membranacea, punctis raris minutissimis pellucidis, opaca, semipellucida, supra
glabra, subtus ad nervum medium et venas laterales prominentes pube brevi tandem evanidâ. Nervus
médius supra glaber acuteque prominulus, subtus magis obtuse prominens et in venarum axillis sine
in, ‘ 7*1