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E n. medio percurrente ulnnque e basi vel fere c basi duo ncrvi oriuntar, 

 quorum infimus marginalis tenuissimus in quibnsdara obsoletus, alter 

 fortior narallele cum margine supra | alt. adscendens, tcrtius in minori- 

 bus non procul a basi, in majoribus ad | — J alt. ortus usque ad apicem 

 ductus, omnes anastomosibus subpatulis prominulis baud crebris juncti. 

 Stipula oppositifolia tardius decidua lanceolata carinata Icviter cnr- 



vata p-labra 4 5 mm. longa. Amenta feminea in ramulis tcnuibus 



oppositiiblia subglobosa vel ovato-globosa, 3—4 mm. circiter crassa, nas- 

 centia deflcxa, dcin patula et demum erectiuscula pedunculis 2—3 

 mm. longis glabris sustedta, baccitera adspectu in sicco nigra baccis pro- 

 minulis verrucosa, 6—7 mm. crassa. Bracteae subcoriaceae iKjdicellatae 

 pcltatae, pclta suborbiculari glabra fusca pauUo pallidius marginata, 

 concava dein rcplicata, inque amento baccifcro baud visibilis, an decidua, 

 an inter baccas excrescentes demersa. Ovarium obpyramidatum glabrum, 

 apice libcro paullo protractum, stigmatibus 3 — 4 brevi-lanceolatis ercctd- 

 rccurvatis basi subcobaerentibus, supra albo-puberulis. Baccae maturac 

 in syncarpium coalitac, obpyramidato-globosac tctragonae, apice libcro 

 semigloboso, stylo brevissimo stigmatibusque aut eorum rudimentis 

 instructac, 2 mm. circiter longae et totidem iere latae. Pcricarpium 

 tenue saporis piperiti. Semen dcpresso-globosum obsolete tetragonum, 

 basi rotundata bylo orbiculari , apice brevi mucroneinstructum, testa atra 

 nitida laevi vix areolata, dura subcrustacea. Albumen albo-farinosum 

 saporis piperiti. Amenta masc. tereti-filiformia erectiuscula vel patula, 

 levitcr curvata, 1—3 cent, longa 1| mm. crassa, pedunculis 3—4 

 • mm. longis glabris sustenta. Bracteae subsessilcs coriaceac orbiculatae. 

 Stamina duo, filamentis brevissimis, antberis bilocalaribus albi- 

 dis loculis subglobosis et sulcatis, apice unipunctato-imprcssis (sec. sp. 

 Javan.) 



43. ChaTtca penangensis. — Wallich List. n. 6642 

 B. cunt P. Lonckite '). Glabra, foliis inembranaceis pellucido- 

 punctatis, oblique oblongis vel sublanceolato-oblongis inaequi- 

 lateris, basi levitcr inaequali aculis, apice longe acurainatis, 

 acuraine acutato, septiipli- vel noveno.nerviis,stirpisniasc. basi 

 aliquando rotundalis summisque lanceolalis, ainenlis masc. 

 ' filiformibus rectiusculis, femineis ovato-globosis, bracteis bre- 

 viler pedicellatis orbiculatis, ovario globoso in stylum longum 

 altenuato, stigmatibus 4 lanceolalis revolulo-recurvalis. 



Habitat in Penang Indiae orientalis, Zooby (Wallichl 1. c.) 

 Frutex dlchotomc ramosus, nodosus. Ramuli teictiusculi vol suiicme 



t) Spcriiuina (olio citato contcnta rniu masr. P. LonchHis commixU 



