fttOTEACEAE. 984 HELICIA. 



nato-ternatoque conferta (petiolo profunde canaliculato) subsessilia, 

 e basi obtusa vel emarginata subobverse oblonga acuminata, integer- 

 rima, firmiter pergamacea, 3 — 9 poll. longa, costulis paucis tenuibus 

 adscendentibus laxe reticulatis, racemum subsessilem laxiflorum sub- 

 aequantia, pedicellis subliberis vel liberis, 2 — 2i lin. lougis, gemi- 

 natim bractea par^a suffultis singulisque bracteolit conformi decidua 

 instructis, squamuiae hypogynae in annulum obsolete pauci-ciliato- 

 subdentatum (vix totae) connatae. Helicia oblongifolia Bennell l. c. 

 p. 83, Demtis foliis integerrimis H. attenuatae et obovatae simil- 

 lima. — Siccata viridulo-ilavescens. Bracteae apice tenerrime pauci- 

 pilo-sublacerae, et in virgineis ad basiu pedieellorum parvi hic illie 

 pili obvii. — (3. Subpetiolala Miq. (ad praeced. tendens) petiolis 

 distinctis l poll. lougis; folia supra nitida ; racemi brcvi-peduncu- 

 lati, folio sublongiores densiflori; pedicelli iufra medium conuati ; 

 il. flavescentes pollice paullo breviores. — Java (horsf.). — 

 (I. Sumatra, in Lampong (zoll., n. 1594 Z). 



4. Helicia Bennettiana miq. Glabra, folia subopposita vel oppo- 

 sita brevissime petiolata (petioli dorso valde incrassati), e basi obtu- 

 siuscula vix subemarginata cuneato-angusto-oblonga, apice sensimin 

 acumen obtusiusculum attenuata, integerrima, coriaceo-pergamacea, 

 supra nitida, subtus pallida et opaca, utrinque e costulis distantibus 

 laxe reticulata, 10 — 6 poll. louga; racemus pedunculatus, pedicelli 

 2 lin. circiter longi ad \ — \ raro altius connati, iiores pollicares vel 

 paullo longiores, squamuiae hypogynae ovales apice paucidentulae 

 glabrae liberae, arcte appositae. — Compage et colore partium II. 

 oblongifoliae proxima, pedicellis connatis et squamulis hypogynis 

 liberis glabris distincta. — Java (horsfield). 



5. Helicia loranthoides presl. Epimel. p. 247. Meisn. I. c. Folia 

 breviter petiolata coriacea obovata obtusa, basi attenuata, integerrima 

 utrinque prominule reticulata, glabra, supra nitida, 2 — 41 poll. longa, 

 petiolo 3 — 6 lin. longo, racemi axillares folio duplo longiores, rhachi 

 cum perigoniis ovario ramulisque novellis ferrugineo-tomentosa, pedi- 

 celli semiconnati crassiusculi perigonio triplo breviores, squamuiae hy- 

 pogynae liberae glabrae. — Luzon (cuming n. 858). 



6. Helicia OVata benn. Folia subsessilia ovata utrinque acuta 

 glaberrima integerrima, alterna et opposita, 10 poll. longa, C lata, 



