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_ 2 DiDTMOPANAX MACROCARPVM MiQ. {Pana,T macTOcarpim herb), Foliol;. (ligitato-quinata, modice 

 petiolulata. e basi acuta vel obtusa obverse oblonga apice rotundata. integerrima, crasse coriacea, su- 

 pra nitida nervis prominulis, subtus gilvo-tomentosa costulisque ntrinqne 6—8 pafuUs prominentibus 

 pertcnsa, 3—5 poll, longa; paniculae gUvo-tomentosae (aii compositac?) ramuli uUiiiii graciles (tripol- 

 hcares) prope apiccm subcapitato-racemoso-floriferi; pediceUi bracteis abbreviatis suffuiti fiorc paullo 

 lougiores; calyx obverse ellipsoideus tomentosus margine producto subdenticulato; styli 2 patentes. 

 Hab. Brasilia: sellow. 



3. DiDYMOPAWAX SPECIOSUM DECAISN. et PLANCH. /. C. P, speciosum WILLD. — DC. /. C. p. 254. 



P. arborea herd, persoon a thuilier datum. Specimen incoinpletura absque loco natal. A praeceden- 

 tibus difFert inflorescentiae indole; in ranmlis scil. ultimis inferne glomeruli florum subsessilium serius 

 florentmm, superne umbellulae praecociores observantnr. Flores dense pubescentcs; calyx 5-dentulus; 

 petala crassa valvata. 



Hab. India occidentalis ? 



PAKATROPIA DC 



Flores umbellulati, cum pedicello baud articulati licrniaphroditi, accodentibus quandoque mascu- 

 lis, ovario scil sterili. Calycis tubus cum ovario connatus, linibus brevissimus truncatus, rarius obscure 

 repandus. Petala 5—12 plurave, aestivatione valvata, sub anflicsi patcntia aut calyptratim dcci- 

 dua, utplurimum intus carinata. Stamina petalorum numero, filamentis subulatis vel filifoniiibus, an- 

 therk dorsifixis saepe versatilibus, loculis parallelis, connective brevi centro unitis, antice dchisccn- 

 tibus. Discus epigpius crassus plerumque sulcatus vel foveatus. Ovarium inferum vel subseraisupcnim, 

 5— 9-pIurive (usque 17?)-loculare. Stigmata parva loculorum numero papillaeformia in disci vertice 

 circulariter disposita, raro stylo brevi sulcato insessa. Brupa disco coronata, 4— 17-pyrena, sulcato- 

 angulata, matuxa subsicca, pyrenis pergamaceis, seminmu testa membranacea, albumine homogeneo. — 

 Conf. porro PL Ind. bat. I. 1, p, 753. — Hue etiam Parapanax m. FL Ind. hat, Suppl. I p. 338. 



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§ 1. Euparatropia miq. /. c. p. 753. Stigmata in disco eijigyuo sessilia, papillaeformia, 



t Polia unifoliolata, vel unifoliolata in eadem stirpe cum trifoliolatis. — ActinomorpJie iiiQ. Conun,. pkyt. 

 p. 102. Ft. Ind. hat. I. c. p. 749. (Genus charactere erroueo juxta Sciodaphylli huinilis bl. characte- 

 rem descriptum). 



1. Paratropia AVEPfis MiQ. //. sp. Scaudens? folia sparsa raodice petiolata unifoliolata, foUolo 

 e basi acuta ellipfico-oblongo passim sublanceolato breviter acuniinato, crasse corlaceo, obtectivenio; 

 pedunculi terminales gemini vel terni, singuli apice 2 — 3-umbelIulati, umbellulis pedunculatis 5—6- 

 fioris, pedicellis florem circiter aequantibus; calycis obconici margo repandus ; petala G cal}'ptratim 

 unita et decidua; stigmata 6. — SciodapJiyllum avene korth. herb. 



Petioli crassi basi antice stipulaceo-dilatati, ^ — 1 poll., petioluli 1 — 1^ lin. longi. Folioia glabra, supra lucida 

 costa media demom depressa, subtus e costa promineute obtecti-multivenia, veuis exsiccatione distiuctis, inte- 

 gerrima, 4 — 6 poll, longa, latitudine maxima vulgo circiter ad ^ longitudinis jjertingente. Pedunculi tripollica- 

 res, umbeltularum circiter pollicares, bracteis lanceolatis deciduis sulTulti. Petalorum crassorum calyptra anguste 

 couica decidua. Stamina 6, ftameniis anthems ovatas basi cordatas recurvulas biloculares (loculis dilatatis) 

 dorsifixas erectas, lateraliterque dehiscentes circiter aequantibus. Discus brevi-couicus sulcatus, centro trun- 

 cate stigmatosus, stigmatibus 6 parvis in orbem connatis. Ovarium 6-loculare, extus (calyx) in sicco sexsulca- 

 tum. Brupae pisi circiter mole, ellipsoideae vel obovoideae, 6-sulcato-anguIatae, sexpyrenae, pyrenu pergamacels 

 lenticuiari-ovoideis, pluribusve saepc abortivis, passim Jipyrenae. Albumen caniosum liojuogeueum albidum. 



Hab. Sumatra occidentalis : korthals. 



2. Paratropia parasitica miq FL Ltd. bat. I. c p. 757. Scaudens; folia alterua spar.sa, 



unifoliolata vel in vegetioribus simnl trifoliolata, foliolis ovato- vel elliptico obiongis sublanceolatisque, 



acate breviter acuminatis, supra basin distautor subserrulatis vel repandis, carnoso-coriaceis glabris; 



umbellulae in racemo terminaii pedunculate paucae, pedunculatae, 5 — 4-fiorae; calycis margo undatus; 



petala utplurinmm 7 etiam 6 calyptratim decidua; stamina 7 — 6 (an et 8?); stigmata 7 — 6 in disco 



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