332 ' L - Radlkofer. 



LXIII. L. Radlkofer, Sapindaceae asiaticae 

 novae vel emendatae. 



Aphania. 



I. Aphania nicobarica Radlk. in Engl, et Pr. Pfl.-Fam., Nachtr. Ill 

 (1907), p. 203 (no men, c. syn. Kurz. seq.). — Sapindus montanus, non 

 BL Kurz. Veget. Nicobar Id. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLV, 2 (1876). 

 p. 125! — A. montana, non BL, Radlk. Sap. Holl.-Ind. (1877—1878), 

 p. 69 (220), quoad specim. nicobarica!; King Mater, etc. (1896), p. 426. 

 quoad specim. nicobarica, ,, King's collector" no. 527 !, ,, Jelinek" ! ; Brandis 

 Indian Trees (1906), p. 192, verisimiliter hue recensenda ob indie. ,,An- 

 damans and Nieobars". — Vulgo : ,,Nuje" Nicobaricis, t. Kurz I.e. 



Frutex ; rami teretes, striati, glabri, cortice griseo, lentieellis pallidis 

 punctati; folia 2 — 3-juga, breviter petiolata, foliola opposita, superiora 

 late elliptico-lanceolata, obtuse acuminata, basi subacuta petiolulis brevi- 

 bus insidentia. inferiora minora, angustiora, subovata, chaftacea, nervis 

 lateralibus oblique patentibus remotiusculis praesertim subtus prominenti- 

 bus. reticulato-venosa, supra sublaevia, nitida, subtus opaca, glabra, 

 pallide viridia, cellulis secretoriis nunc obviis nunc nullis, crystallorum 

 cone ret ionibus prope paginam superiorem sat crebris, glandulis basi 

 immersis ornata; paniculae axillares, singulae vel paucae fasciculatae. 

 sufferrugineo-puberulae, rhachi glabrescente ramisque laxe cyinulas sub- 

 sessiles gerentibus: alabastra subglobosa, brevissime pedicellata; sepala 5, 

 glanduloso-ciliata ; petala 5, marginc pectinato-ciliata, intus basi squamulis 

 binis villosis aucta; stamina 7( — 8), filamentis villosiusculis, antheris 

 glandulis singulis adspersis; germinis rudimentum dimerum, obcordatum, 

 glabrum ; fruetus 2-coccus, coccis divaricatis globosis glabris, codocarpio 

 subcrustaceo. 



Rami ca. 4 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 2 — 3 cm longo adject o 15 — 30 cm 

 longa; foliola superiora 12 — 18 em longa, 5 — 8 cm lata, inferiora ea. 8 cm 

 longa. ca. 3 cm lata, petiolulis ca. 5 mm longis. Panicula 10 — 20 cm longa. 

 Alabastra diametro ca. 3 mm. Fruetus coeci diametro ca. 13 mm. 



In insulis Nicobaricis: Jelinek no. 141! (Exped. Novara 

 a. 1857—1859, Hb. Vindob. no. 182; Nankowry ex Kurz 1. c); Kurz 

 no. 25948! („Frequent in the tropical forests of Kaniorta, entering the 

 beach -forests" m. Febr. 1875, fruct.; Hb. Kew.); King's Collector 

 no. 527! (no. 1884, flor.; ex Hb. Calc. comm. c. Hb. DC. specimen cellulis 

 secretoriis nullis a reliquis recedens). 



Obs. Affinis Aphaniae cuspidatae (Hi) Radlk., quae inter alia differt 

 foliolis elliptico-oblongis cuspidatis. 



2. Aphania maerophylla Radlk. — Sapindac. indet. Koord. Fl. 

 Minahassae in Meded. Plantent. XIX (1898), p. 407. — Aphania Danura 

 Radlk. in Koord. — Schumacher, Syst, Vetz. Hb. Koorders III Celebes 

 (1914), p. 75, coll. 18015/5.! — Vulgo- .Jla-i-Janqhr in lingua Tooelcoer, 

 f. Koord. 



