IPOCYtfEAE. 417 POOTIA. 



faasi attenuata obverse vel subobovato-oblonga acuta, acuminata, rari- 

 us obtusa, subtus pallida costulis arcuatis pluribus; pedunculi termi- 

 nales et iuterpetiolares erecti cymoso-pauciflori ; flores magni albidi 

 foetidi ; fructus globosi, 4—5 poll. in diam., divergentes.in pedicello 

 incrassato gemini, unde generis nomen. — Huc probabiliter Vinca 

 Noronh. in Verh. Balav. Genootsch. V. p. 85. 



Java, in de bergstreken. — Hamproe badak sund. — Het 

 hout is van geene waarde ; het melksap wordt soms uitwendig tegen 

 huidziekten gebruikt. 



XXIIT. POOTIA miq. Calyx (magnus) campanulato-tubulosus 

 ore brevi- 5-fidus, laciniis obtusis, coriaeeus, intus in tubo multi- 

 papillosus, deciduus. Corollae infundibuliformis tubus cylin- 

 clrico-angulatus, calyce subinclusus, superne leviter dilatatus stami- 

 nifer, limbi ampli 5-partiti laciniae sinistrorse imbricato-convo- 

 lutae obovato-rotundatae, faux (subpubera) subanuulato-incrassata. 

 T i 1 a m e n t a tota tubo adnata glabra, antherae infra faucem sessiles 

 sagittatae cuspidatae, stigmati adhaerentes, dorso ad basin impressione 

 ovali . Stylus 5-angulato-subalatus, s t i g m a t e pentagono, inferne 

 processus 5 patentes inter antheras prominentes exserente. O var ia 

 2 semiovoidea appressa glabra, e placenta prominente pluriovulata, 

 glandulis 5 crassis complanatis truncatis paullo brevioribus circum- 

 data. — Genus Voacangae et Orchipedae affine. 



1. Pootia grandifolia miq. in Verlag, en Mededeel, d. K. Acad, 

 v. Wet. VII. p. 193. Arbor vel frutex; rami glabri, folia opposita 

 petiolis alatis basi auriculato-amplexicaulibus quasi sessilia, e basi 

 attenuata vel acuta elliptico-oblonga subacuminato-acuta membrana- 

 cea, supra glabra saturate viridia, subtus pallida et in costulis (15 — 20 

 utrinque) et parenchymate minute pubera, 5 — 12 poll.longa, oppo- 

 sita inaequalia, pedunculi gemini terminales innovatione interbifur- 

 cales, angulati glabri lenticellosi, ^-pedales, apice bifurci, ramulis sub- 

 racemose floridis, bracteis caducis, flores ampli, albi ?, corollae tubo 

 6 lin. Ion™. 



'Ta va (horseield). 



XXIV, TABERNAEMONTANA plumier. Galyx 5-partitus 



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Flora van Ned. Indië. II. 



