3o5 



squamis arete cinctam, intus hirsutam et staminum pressione sulcatam 



elevatus. Stamina 8, circa pistillum intra disci cyathum inserta, quo 

 dammodo declinata, petala paullo superantia (floris £ breviora) ; fila- 

 menta filiformia, pilosa ; antherae ellipticae, obtusae, subintrorsae, dorso 

 supra basin emarginatam affixae, puberula; vel (praesertim floris $) gla- 

 brae, rubellae ; pollinis granula trigono-placentiformia, 3-porosa. Ger- 

 men (floris <j rudimentarium) in disci cyatho centrale, ovoideum, 

 3-loculare (loculo primo anteriore), inter loculos sulco profundiore, in 

 loculorum dorso sulco leviore notatum, inter sulcos processibus bre- 

 viter filiformibus basi partim cohaerentibus subfasciculatis pilosis et 

 glandulosis echinatum, loculis intus glabris ; stylus apicalis, filiformis, 

 sursum curvatus, apice subclavatus, lineis stigmatosis 3, brevibus 



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instructus ; gemmulae in loculis solitariae, axeos tuberculo basali insi- 

 dentes, erectae, campylotropae, apotropae, micropyle extrorsum infera. 

 Fructus sat magnus, 3-locularis, indehiscens, globosus, dense echinatus 

 (inde fructum juniorem Nephelii laffacei in mentem revocans), peri- 

 carpio sat crasso, corticoso, radiatim dense fibroso, sicco indurato 

 processibus subulato-filiformibus rigidis, apice flexibilibus, rubiginoso- 

 pilosis, basi contiguis circumcirciter vestito, intus materia gummoso- 

 resinosa obducto. Semina (immatura tantum visa) in loculis solitaria, 

 erecta, ovalia, lateraliter compressa, utrinque sulco levi ultra medium 

 notata, inde quasi hippocrepiformia, .intus plica testae a basi alte pro- 

 trusa, in loculamenta 2 apice conflua (uti Schleicherce semina) partita, 

 testa coriacea exarillata, hilo prope basin laterali. Embryo (nondum 

 evolutus), quantum e seminis configuratione interiore concludi potest, 

 hippocrepiformis (ut in Schleichera, cf. Gartneri fig. II, tab. 180). 

 Arbor mediocris {Pierre). Rami teretiusculi ut et thyrsi petiolique pube 

 molli e flavido cinerascente induti ; cortice primario cellulis secretoriis 

 tangentialiter ellipticis pluribus (4-10) seriatis, substantia saponino 

 affini farctis instructo, inde aqua agitato spumam efficients innova- 

 tionibus sufferrugineo-tomentosis. Folia sparsa, abrupte pinnata. 

 4-5 juga, longe petiolata, exstipulata ; foliola subopposita vel intermedia 

 alterna, breviter petiolulata, inferiora breviora, late ovata, basi obliqua 

 (latere exteriore breviore, angustiore), superiora elliptica, breviter 

 acuminata, integerrima vel apice obsolete sinuato-dentata, e membra- 

 naceo chartacea, nervis lateralibus approximatis obliquis subtus cons- 

 picue prominentibus, laxe reticulato-venosa, juniora supra in nervis 

 subtus undique molliter pubescentia, margine ciliolata. praeter nervos 

 mox glabrata tumejue glandularum lepidoidearum secreto resinoso 

 utrinque + obducta, staurenchymatis cellulis angustis plurimis septo 

 transverso instructis, pneumatenchj mate cellulis secretoriis persito. 

 venis praeter ultimas pertotum diachyma transmissis, epidermide 

 paginae superioris valde mucigera, paginae inferioris crystallorum con- 

 cretiones parvas sparsa ^aepius per paria approximates gerente. Thyrsi 

 in axillis foliorum superior* m singuli, ad apices ramorum paniculatim 

 congesti (illis JEsculi vel Ungnadia simil* ), a media vel tcrtia inte- 

 riore parte cincinnos stipitatos, laxiflorosgerentes ; bracteae bracteolae- 



II. Lee. Not. Syst. T. I, 21 decern b re (910 



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