﻿218 DICOTYL. seu EXOGEN^E. phyllochi amys. 



P. spinosa, ramis teretibus griseis, masculis glabris, femineis dimidia longitu- 

 nalia dissimilia prasbentibus, latere nempe supenore glabro, inferiore pilis 

 brevibus fuscescentibus pubescenti, fofiis vix subcoriaceis_, obovatis, ellip- 

 ticis vel sublanceolatis , inferne et superne attenuatis, lma basi obtusis, 

 apice plus minus longe acuminatis, margine inferne integris, superne remote 

 dentatis, facie superiore poris elevatis conspersis, penninerviis, stipulis gla- 

 bris lanceolatis aciftis, squamis inflorescentise masculae glabris, perigonio 

 masculo puberulo, perigonio femineo glabro, sepalis lanceolatis, basi cor- 

 datis, apice longe acuminatis, demum fructu duplo quadruplove longioribus. 

 3 In peninsula Indiae orientalis (Wight, n. 2710) ; in altis montium Indiae 

 rara et frigido tempore florens (ex Roxb.) ; in jugis montium circareusium 

 (ex Hook. in Bot. Beech.) ; in calidis et siccis insulaa Zeylaniee sat frequens 

 (Thwaites, n. 1074); in insula Timor (Riedle); in sylvis Salak octob. flo- 

 rens (ex Blum Bijdr). Epicarpurus spinosus Wight, Icon. tab. 1962 partim. 

 Trophis spinosa Roxb. Fl. ind. p. 762. T. taxiformis Spreng. Syst. 3, p. 902, 

 et Hook. et Arn. in Bot. Beech. voy., p. 215. T. taxoides Heyne in Roth, Nov. 

 plant. Ind. or. p. 368. Trophis? Heyneana Wall. list n. 4642. Epicarpurus 

 Timorensis Decne, Herb. Timor, p. 171, tab. 21. Taxotrophis Roxburghii Blum. 

 Mus. lugd.-bat. 2, p. 78: Miq. Fl. Ind. bat. 1, pa.rs altera, p. 279: Thwaites, 

 Enum. plant. Zeyt. p. 264. Petiolus infra teres, glaber, supra sulcatus et bre- 

 vissime pubescens^ 2-3 millim. longus. Limbus glaber, 4 £ - 9 j centim. 

 longus, 1-4-J centim. latus, nervis utraque facie prominulis, secundariis ex 

 utroque nervi medii latere 8-10, obliquis, rectis, rete venularum laxo, oblique 

 elongato. Perigonium femineum fructiferum 20-28 millim. longum. (v. s.) 



IV. STREBLUS Lour. Flora coch., 4d. 1 (1790), 2, p. 614; id. 2 (1793), 2, 

 p. 754 ; Blum. Mus. bot. lugd.-bat. 2, p. 78 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. bat. 1, pars 

 post., p. 277.— Trophis Retz, Obs. 5, p. 30 ; Willd. Sp. plant. 4, pars 2, p. 733; 

 Spr. Syst. veg. 3,p. 902; Roxb. Fl. ind. 3, p. 761. — Epicarpurus Blum. 

 Bijdr. flor. ned. Ind. p. 488. 



Flores dioici interdum (ex Blum.) polygami. Masculi in glomerulos 

 breviter pedunculatos axillares conferti, bibracteati, perigonium 't-par- 

 titum laciniis aestivatione imbricatis. Stamina asstivatione inflexa, flla- 

 menta demum patentia longa, antherss introrsas 2-loculares loculis 

 reniformibus parallelis. Rudimentum pistilli in centro. Feminei 1-4 in 

 axillis foliorum aggregati, longe pedunculati. Perigonium 4-phyllum, 

 foliolis siccis concavis, ovarium tegentibus. Ovarium 1-loculare, 1-ovu- 

 latum. Ovulum prope apicem loculi suspensum, anatropum. Stylus ter- 

 minalis. Stigmata 2 filiformia longa. Fructus globosus perigonio accres- 

 centiinvolucratus; pericarpium tenue pergamaceum.Semen suspensum. 

 Testa tenuissima. Albumen nullum. Embryo globulosus, radicula conica 

 supera, cotyledonibus valde inaequalibus, altera exteriore majore parte 

 crassissima ita inflexa et cucullata ut recessum clausum facie inte- 

 riore circumscribat et apice complanato emarginato lobis duobus ob- 

 tusis radiculam amplectatur, altera minima tenui obovata recessu 

 majoris inclusa. — Arbor, v. frutex, inermis dioica indica et javanica, 

 ramulis foliisque distichis, foliis coriaceis, breviter petiolatis, stipulis 

 lateralibus parvis caducis. 



S. asper (Lour. Fl. coch. ed. 1 (1790), 2, p. 615), foliis obovatis, apice bre- 

 vissimeet obtuse acuminatis, adbasim plus minus attenuatis imaba^i obtusa, 

 margine subsinuato-dentatis v. subintegris, imprimis subtus scabris, pedun- 

 culis femineis unifloris, masculis capitato-multifloris. ^ et 5 In India orientali 

 cis- et transgangetica, necnon in Insulis Zeylania, Andamans, Moluccis et Phi- 

 lippinis ; in montibus Himalaya ad Kota dun, Kumaon, 700 metr. alt. (Strachey 

 et Winterbottom, Himalayan herbarium, n. 1 ); in valle dicta Door, Kanaor infer. 

 (Royle) ; in plan. ganget. inf. (coll. J. J.) ; in Malabar, Goncan, etc. (Stockes, 



