cBLoRANTHUS. CHLORANTHACEREJ/E (aucron H. A SOLMS). 475 
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axillaribus paucifloris (basin versus omnino sterilibus), floribus minimis in 
bractear m membranacearum axillis fere inclusis, antheris in ovario alte in- 
sertis hilocularibus incurvis. 5 In China meridionalis prov. Kony-Tscheou 
(Perny 1858). Ch. monostachys R. Br. Bot, Mag. 2190? Suffrutex circiter or- 
gyalis, multicaulis. Caules tenues, quadrangulares, inferne ad nodos bisqua-- 
mati, apice tantum foliati. Folia 7.9 cm. longa, circiter 3 om. lata. Spice 
floriferee tenues, ramis omnino destitutze sat numerose. Flores minimi vix 
1 mm. longi. Fructus ignoti. — Species distinctissima ex habitu, floreque mi- 
nuto monandro statim rccognoscenda. Eadem ut videtur quam Chl. mono- 
slachys R, Br. vel eo arcte affinis cujus cum icone et descriptione optime 
quadrat. Cum vero in specimine unico valde manco Pernyano non contigerit 
ut flores invenirem triandros, qui tamen floribus monandris in planta Brow- 
niana immixti dicüntur, alio nomine designandam esse speciem putabam 
(v. s. in h. Mus. Paris.) B ' 
C. BRACHYSTACHYS (Bl. Fl. Jav. fasc. 8. p. 13 et 14. t. 2), foliis subcoria- 
. Geis glabris ex oblongo lanceolatis longe acuminatis grosse et argute ser- 
ratis basin versus integris in petiolum brevein attenualis, inflorescentia pro 
more brevi parte ramosa, bracteis floralibus coriaceis e basi naviculari lanceo- 
latis acutis, floribus magnis, antheris crassis cylindraceis reciis, drupis sub- 
globosis earnosulis. 3 In Asia tropica et subtropica orientali; in India orien- 
tali (Bengalia, Khasyia mont.), in ins. Ceylon (Leschenault, Thwaites 2201), 
3d Pulo Penang, peninsulee Malaecance (Wallich n. 6880), in ins. Jàya (Blume, 
Zollinger n. 1475), in China meridionali ad Hongkong (Seemann), in Japonia 
ad ^agasaki (Oldham), in ins. Supe (Cuming n. 1392, h. Boiss.), in ins. 
Formosa (Oldham n. 4682). — Miq. fl. Ind. bat. p. 801, Ann. Mus. lugd. bat. 
3. p. 129; Benth. Fl. Hongkong p. 334. C. monander R. Br. bot. Mag. 2190 
adnot. C. ceylanicus Mig. Fl. Ind. bat. I. p. 802. C. denticulatus Cord. in Adans. 
3. p. 296. Àscarina serrata Bl. Enum. pl. Java I. p. 79. Sarcandra chlor- 
anthoides Gardn. in M'Clelland's Calc. Journ. of nat. hist. 8, p. 348; Wight 
Ie. n. 1946; Le Maout et Deosne Traité gén. hot. p. 304 (anal.) ; Cord. in Adans. 
3. p. 301. Rami strictiusculi, glabri, siccitate striati. Ramuli oppositi, in- 
ternodio basali bisquamato haud foliato praediti. Folia 8-14 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. 
-lata, serratura arguta maxime variabili, dentibus nunc remotis, nuno ap- 
roximatis, in apiculum plus minus longum productis. Specimen Hongkon- 
ense valde mancum quidem foliorum forma lere ovata et serratura pro 
Ihore mutica 3. ozteris discrepat. Inflorescentiee ramulos terminantes parce 
ramosa, fructuum maturitatis tempore circ. 3 om. longae, drupas gerentes, sub- 
globosas vel e loboso ovoideas circ. 5 mm. longas et 4-4,5 mm. latas,secun- 
dur Blume pallidas, secundum Miquel rubras. A congenéribus jam omnium 
artium rigiditate coloreque quam exsiccatione induit rufo-fusco, primo au- 
Spectu differt. (v. s.) : 
S 2. Herbacei. — Herb: perennes, rhizomate repente preditz. 
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Bracte:e florifere subtrilobze. Drupe pyriformes, subcarnosg, ut 
videtur luteo-virides vel fuscidulz. 
* Brachyuri. Anthere subequilongz in squamam ad medium tripartitam 
connatze, connectivis vix ultra loculos productis crassis rotundatis. — Chlo- 
ranthus auct. omn. 
. C. sERRATUS (Ràm. et Schult. Syst. veg. 3. p. 461), caule simpliei ultrapedali 
herbaceo ad nodos bisquamato, foliis 4 approximatis brevipetiolatis magnis 
elongato-ovatis in acumen plus minus longum desinentibus grosse serratis, 
spica florifera terminali simplici vel ex basi bipartita, floribus in bractearum 
subtrilobarum axillis sessitibus vel subpedunculatis, antherarum connectivis 
crassis muticis rotundatis vix uitra loculos productis, drupa magna pyriformi 
viridula distincte cicatrisata. 2^ In Japonis ins. (Small, Wright, Ringgold 
and Rodgers, Zollinger n. 165), prope Hàkodaki (Wilford 1018), et joke 
P ; 
(Oldham n. 801 in h. Boiss.). — Miq: Mus. lugd. bot. 2. p. 201, 3. 
. Sieb. et Zucc. Abh. d. Münch. acad. t. 3. p. 232 ; Cord. in Adans. 3. p. 297. 
