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Fratei picrumquc 5-6-ix;claIis, erectus, digitum crassus articafata- 

 nodosus , nodis parum tamidis , dichotome ramosus, rami subcylindrici 

 striati vcrruculosi , medullosi , aliquando subfistulosi , iiitemodiis 6—7 

 cent, longis, ramuli striatuli. Petiolus 24 cent, longus, subtrigono- 

 teres, basi caulem amplectens et nodum marginans, anticc canaliculatus, 

 utnnque ala 5 cent. Jonga membranacea alatus, cito labente, cicatricem 

 circum caulem circularem supra petioli cicatricera rdinquente. Laminae 

 22-28 cent, longae ac latae, membranaceae , margine aliquomodo nn- 

 dulatac et sul)crosuIae , nervis plcrumque 11-13, nervo medio supra 

 basin tnfido, nervisque relicjuis versus margines dichotomis et anastomo- 

 santibus. Pagma sup. subniteus , attactu baud omnino laevis, inf. pallide 

 «nd.s, elevato-reticulata. lentis ope pilis in nervorum rate puberula. 

 leduncuh plerumque binali , unus major i, minor 2 cent, longus, 

 amenta 3-6, pcdicellis | cent, longis sustentalineari-cylindrica, 3—10 

 cent, longa, erecta, pallide viridia et adspectu albido-punctulata. Sti- 

 pnlae bractcales ad basin pedunculorum 13—15 cent., ad pedicello- 

 rum 2—3 cent, longae membranaceae, longe acuminatae, versus basin 

 stnatae, cito deciduac. Bracteae pedicellatae, peltatae, pclta trianga- 

 kri-rotundata vel sublunata, medio carnosa, nuda, marginibus pilis albo- 

 luteohs vdlosula. Stamina 2, filamentis brevibus carnosis , antberis 

 subglobosis bilocularibus, loculis membranaccis. Ovarium subgloboso- 

 tngonum, stigmatibus 3 cuspidatis. Baccae obovato-trirronae , apice 

 truncato-umbonatae, pericarpio tenui, semine triquetro fusco nitidulo 

 (sec. sp. Javan. Herb. Lugd. Bat.) 



Sp, in Penang lecta his simiJia, folia gerunt sabrotunda, basi reni- 

 lormi-cordata, 13-nervia, n. medio trifido, pedunculos binos 3-6- 

 stacbyos. 



Sp. Herb. Wight, babitu diversa luxuriantia sed solidis characteribus 

 tamen baud discrimmanda. PctioIi 30—33 cent, longi, ad J alt. an- 

 gustealati. Laminae ovato-rotundatae breviter acutae , basi prolunde corda- 

 tae,lobis divcrgcntibus, utrinque nigro-glandulose punctatae, 13-nerviac 

 n.mediobistrifido,42cent.Jongae,41 latae. Pedunculi duo, oligostacbyi! 

 Sp. in ins. Bourbon lecta et nomine P. latifolii ex Herb. Mus. 

 Paris, communlcata (a quibus Sieberiana ex ins. Mauri tii non diffe'- 

 runt) a Javanis rccedunt : 'oliis paullo minoribus 14— 17 cent longis 

 latisque, novem-nerviis, supra versus margines sparsissime et minu'tissimc 

 pubcruhs, subtus in nervis venulisque versus margines hii-tello-puberulis. 

 Bractcarum tomentuni magis albicans. 



Sp. a a. BERNIER ia ins. Madagascar lectum foliis eminet supra 

 magis hicidis, subundecim-nerviis. Pedunculus solitarius 11 cent 

 longus, trislacby us, aracntis breviter pediccllatis crassis brevibus maturis 

 baccs onust.s, 5-7 cent, longis, 4-5 n.m. crassis. Baccac olwvatac 

 Irigonac verlicc irapresso-lruncatae, glandulis luscis majusculis conspcrsae, 

 stigmalum cualnoc uml^ouatac, 1 mm. longao, pericarpio tcnui , 



