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Arborescens ; petioli crassissimi basi cristulis 4 — 5 circularibus 

 subintegris nee fimbriatis manicati; lamina glabra e basi trun- 

 cata suborbicularia bipedalia vel majora, suprema minora fere 

 usque ad basin 5 — 7-fida segmentis oblongis vel obovatis majo- 

 ribus profunde pinnatifidis, costa media validissima supra me- 

 dium saepissime digitato-tripartita , laciniis latiusculis oblongis 

 vel obovatis margine serrulato-spinosis ; stipulae in ligulam ob- 

 tusam connatae. TJmbellae compositae bracteis caducis; radiis 

 circa 15 — 20 crassis 8 — 10 cent, longis 5 — 10 mill. diam. apice 

 tripartitis; radiolo intermedio breviore flores steriles subfoemi- 

 neos 8-loculares baccaeformes 7 — 11 cent, in diam. globosos 

 longe pedicellatos gerente, radiolis lateralibus infra medium 

 decidue bractiolatis , radioli intermedio plusquam duplo longi- 

 ores radiis longitudine subaequales apice capituliferi. Capitula 

 multiflora bract eolis 4— 5-basi involucellata. Flores hermaphro- 

 diti 8 — 10 m. m. longi sessiles arete congesti mutua pressione 

 basi angulosi. Calycis margo obsoletus; corolla crassa in ala- 

 bastro globosa dein apice irregulatiter 4 — 5-fida, basi tubulosa; 

 stamina plurima, 18 — 26, uniseriata antheris apice emarginatis 

 basi profunde sagittatis dein exsertis. Ovarii loeuli permulti 

 (ad 25). Stigmata sessilia tumido-verrueuloso-radiantia. Fructus 

 globosi in massam carnosam conferruminati. Semina compresso- 

 laminaria. Albumen aequabile. 



Novo-Guinea ad Ranoi. {Becc. PL Pap. N°. 441). 



b. Flores hermaphroditi pedicellati. Pedicelli omnes bracteolati. 



8. E. Carpophagarum. — Osmoxylon Carpophagarum 

 Becc. Males. I. p. 1%. 



Arborescens; petioli crassissimi basi cristulis 4 — 6 circularibus 

 undulatis subintegris denticulatis nee fimbriatis manicati, folia 

 glabra exsieeando tenuiter subcoreacea e basi truncata suborbicu- 

 laria, bipedalia vel majora fere usque ad basin 7-fida segmentis 



