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lineare, glabrum; anthera bifida, dorso conspicue bicalcarata, ad 0.475 cm. 

 longa, tubulis exappendiculatis. Discus pulviniformis. 



Frutex, ramulis teretibus, glabris, lenticellis verruciformibus adspersis. 

 Folia magiia, alterna, petiolata, suborbicularia ad late ovalia, apice brevis- 

 sime late obtuse apiculata, basi brevissime in petiolum acuminata, integer- 

 rima, margine in sicco anguste revoliita, glandulis marginalibus c. 3 — 4 

 parvis impressis remotis utrinque supra basin, utrinque glabra, in utraque 

 parte costae mediae nervis lateralibus c. 3 — 5 patentibus valde curvatis 

 longe adscendentibus intra marginem anastomosanlibus, laxe reticulato- 

 venosa, sicco nervis subtus manifeste venis tenuiter prominentibus, nervis 

 venisque in foliis novellis supra prominuiis, in foliis adultis vix prominulis, 

 coriacea, supra nitide sordide cinerea, subtus opace cinnamomea, c. 9.5— 13 

 cm longa, 5.8—10 cm. lata; petiolus validiusculus, glaber, c. 4— 0.7 cm. 

 longus. Inflorescentiae in ramulis novellis axillares. patentes, subsessiles, 

 breviter racemosae, dense c 8— 15florae, nonnullis squamis imbricantibus ad 

 basin, racliide c. 5—1.4 cm. longa. Flores nutantes, pedicellati, plerumque 

 7meri, pedicello curvato, glabro, sub ovario articuiato, c 1.4 cm. longo. Calyx 

 brevissime cupuliformis, 71obus, carnosulus, glaber, c. 0.65 cm. diam., lobis 

 late iriangulis, obtusis, partim obsolète ciliolatis, concavis, extus convexis, 

 c. 0.06—0.07 cm. longis, 0.17-0.2 cm. latis. Corolla campanulata, ad c. 

 2/5 partes infra apicem '/fida. utrinque glabra. explanala c. 84 cm. longa, 

 1.7 cm. lata, laciniis subovato-triangulis, obtusis, convexis, c. 36 — 0.4 cm. 

 longis, 0.25 cm. lalis Stamina 14, 0.625—0.675 cm. longa; filamentum 

 leviter sigmoideum, lineare, ima basi brevissime dilatatum, antice convexum, 

 glabrum, c. 0.3 — 0.325 cm. longum; anthera in '/a supra basin dorsifixa, 

 fere ad médium bifida, c. 0.42—0.475 cm. longa, parte inferiore oblonga, 

 basi obtusa oblique 41obulata, echinulato-papillosa, dorso ad apicem calca- 

 ribus 2 conspicuis adscendentibus subulatis papillosis c. 0.125 cm. longis 

 donata, thecis antice sulco profundo separatis, latere alte canaliculatis, 

 tubulis erectis, parallelis, teretibus, nudis, inappendiculatis, poro introrso 

 oblique ovali hiantibus, c. 175-0.2 cm. longis. Ovarium brève, subsemi- 

 globosum, glabrum, maceratum c. 0.38 cm. diam., 71oculare, loculis 00 

 ovulatis; stylus in excavatione disci insertus, teres, truncatus, glaber, c. 

 84 cm. longus Discus pulviniformis, medio excavatus, glaber, c. 0.425 

 cm. diam. 



Celebes: Goenoeng Tolongan. (Expédition L. van Vuuren, Rachmat 

 n. 1000, bl. im Januar 1914). 



Von dem habituell ziemlich âhnlich sehenden V. barandanum ViD. von 

 den Philippinen ist dièse neue Art u. m. durch breitere Blàtter, kiirzere 

 Bliiten usw. verschieden. 



Die Bliiten sind nach Angabe weiss. 

 :, Beschreibung nach Herbar. 



