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Iton. Rumph. J. c. Tab. 117 (satis bona, 3cd amentum dextram sepa- 

 ratum vix bujus Joci) — Bliime J. c. fig. 24 tbl. xylogr. 



Habitat teste Rumphio nullibi nisi in Archipelago Molac* 

 cano, raro in insula Celebes et Macassara; in filoluccis adeo 

 frequens ut Siri Daun ibi non plantetur, Bida Marau dicta; 

 malaice Siriboa, ternatice Bido Masoffo, macassarice Rapo 

 Leckoj — in Java insula ad radices montis Salak, aliquando 

 arboribus adhaerens, locis hnmilioribus (Blume! 1. c. et in 

 Herb. Lugd. Bat.), ibidem (Herb. De Less.!); — in Nepalia 

 (Wallich! n 6659. C. sp. mas.); — in insula Philippinis 

 (Cuming! n. 485 in Hb. De Less, et reg. berol.); — in ins. 

 Bourbon (Hb. De Less.! le vrai poivre de Mahe !) 



Frutex juxta arbores scandens, ramis cylindricis laevibns glabris, ja- 

 nioribns longitudinaliter fusee striatis, una facie plus minnsve planis, sab 

 lente inprimis versus nodos tenuissime puberulis, pnbe in axillis petioloram 

 et ramulorum aliquando floccosa. Internodia 5 — 7 cent, longa. Petioli 

 sub lente, sed non semper, subpuberuli, antice canaliculati , versus basin 

 stipula dorso adnata membranaceo-alnlati , membrana citius decidua, 

 inferiores 7, superiores 2^ — 1§ cent, long. Laminae foliorum saperiorum 

 angustiores magis oblongae, inferiorum latiores magis cordatae, 14 cent, 

 longae, 7| latae, basi lata inaequali leviter cordatae, apice oblique et 

 acute acuminatae; illae 11| — 15 cent, longae, 5 — 7 latae, basi obtusa 

 inaequali leviter excisae aut fere aequali cuneatim contractae ; onmes 

 membranaceae , baud vel obsolete pellucido-punctatae, supra aliquid niten- 

 tes, subtus pallidae, in axillis costulanim aliquando flavidae, reticulatae, 

 sub lente utrinque (an semper?) verruculis exiguis sparsis instructae, undc 

 attactu non omnino laeves, E nen'o medio utrinque tres ncrvi oriuntur, 

 quorum supremus remolius a basi ortus per anastomoses usque ad apiccm, 

 sequens supra ^ alt. ductus, infimus brevis ad basin delitescens; — ali- 

 quando adhuc unus subtilissimus ad basin accessorius. Anastomoses in- 

 primis e latere nervorum exteriore ortae, tenerae, reticulatae. Stipula 

 oppositifol ia membranacea glabra, lanceolata,carinata, acuminata , convo- 

 luta, cite decidua; 2J cent, longa. Amenta dioica, oppositifolia, 10—13 

 «ent. longa, tenuia, cylindrica, versus apicem attcnuata, pedunculis 

 filiformibus 25 — 3 cent, longis sustenta. Masc. filiformia, dependentia, 

 bracteis brevissime et crasse pedicellatis, pelta subrotunda glabra plana 

 appressa, in sicco nigro-fusca, marginibus membranaceis lutescentibus. 

 Stamina duo lateralia, filamentis brevissimis, antheris bilocularibus 

 oblongo-linearibus (sec. sp. masc. Herb. Lugd. Bat.) — In sp. masc. n«- 

 palensi caulis raraiquc terefiuscnli glabri, folia membranaceo-coriacea, 

 utrinque glabra, subopaca, sicca fuscescentia, subtilissime pellucido-punc- 

 tulata, inf. oyata, basi aequali aut inaequali rotundata, acuminata, 



