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breviter et subabrupte acuminata, suceulento-membranacea, in sicco 

 opaca, integra, 4-7 poll, longa, nervis utrinque 5-6 non prominentibns, 

 chrysolitbis striiformibus adspersa ; flores albidi, masculi pedicellis 

 capillaribus^-|-lin. longis, in cymas glabras parviusculas subaxillares 

 pedunculo gracili -^-1^ pollicari suffultas aggregati, feminei glomerulos 

 axillares hemisphaericas densas formantes. — P. Heyneanc^ quoddamodo 

 affinis. — In arboribus scandens in sylvis ins. Katchall. 



33. Artocarpus peduncularis, nov. sp. — Arbor vasta 80-100 pedalis, 

 ramulis novellis parce pubescentibus ; stipulae lanceolatae, minute et 

 sparse appresse sericeae ; folia ovalia ad ovali-elliptica, petiolo 2-3 

 pollicari suffulta, basi obtusa v. rotundata, 6-7 poll, longa, obtusis- 

 sima, glabra, laevia, coriacea, nervis 8-9 utrinque strictiusculis subtus 

 acute prominentibns percursa, venis transversis exiguis vix prominen- 

 tibns; amenta mascula cylindrica, l-l^- poll, longa, pedunculo 2^-3^ 

 pollicari glabro suffulta ; syncarpia cylindrico-oblonga ad irregulari- 

 bulLito-oblonga, i\^ Freycinetim insignis non absimilis, lJ-2 poll, longa, 

 pedunculo 3-4f pollicari glabro, baccis apicibus convexis 5-6-gonis et 

 stigmatibus coronatis quasi tessellata oligosperma ; semina magna, 

 ovoidea, semipoUicaria. — In sylvis primaevis ins. Kamortse. 



34. Gnetum 7nacropodum, nov. sp. — Frutex alte scandens, glaber ; 

 folia lato-oblonga v. elliptica, basi acutiuscula, petiolo |-|- pollicari 

 suffulta, apiculata, 6-7 poll, longa, 3^-4 poll, lata, tenui coriacea, 

 glabra laxiuscule sed conspicue reticulata; spicae femineae paniculatae 

 e ramis ortae, involucris circularibus brevissimis angustissimis ; flores 

 bracteolis piliformibus cinereo-fulvis cincti ; drupae elliptico-oblongae, 

 stipite crassiusculo 8 lin. ad 1| poll, longo suffultae, laeves, obtusae, 

 apiculatae, luteae dein aurantiacae, poll, longae. — G. funimlari valde 

 affine, et differt reticulatione laxa et textura tenuiore foliorum et 

 stipite. — Frequens in sylvis primaevis Kamortae. 



35. Areca augusta, nov. sp. — Arborea, 80-100 pedalis et altior, 

 trunco gracili cinereo annulato-cicatrisato usque 1 ped. crasso ; folia 

 8-12 ped. longa, pinnata, brevissime petiolata, racbi supra plana 

 tomento canescenti ferrugineo-subfurfuraceo obducta ; pinnae 3-2l 

 ped. longae v. longiores, anguste lineares, sessiles, acuminatae, multi- 

 nerves, coriaceae ; spadix glaberrimus, decomposito- et intricato- 

 ramosus, 2J-3| ped. longus, rami axibus excicis subgeniculatim inserti, 

 extremitates versus frequentius masculi, deorsum flores femineos 

 saBpius flore masculo unico associatos 3-seriatos obducti ; flores mas- 

 culi c. 2^ lin. longi, sessiles, bracteis latis laevissimis sustenti ; sepala 

 lato-ovata, obtusa, lin. circiter longa ; petala concavo-oblonga, obtu- 

 siuscula, rigide coriacea ; stamina 6, filamenta brevissima basi in 

 annulum coalita ; florum femineorum sepala et petala subconformia, 

 lata, concava, imbricato-involuta ; ovarium ovato-conicum ; drupae 

 elliptico-oblongae, utrinque acutiusculae, poll, longae, coccineae, epi- 

 carpio parce carnoso, endocarpio tenui-fibroso ; semen oblongum, 

 sutura ventrali impressa longitudinali percursum, laxissime impresso- 

 venosum ; albumen ruminatum. — Frequens in sylvis primaevis ins. 

 Kamort^. [Tab. 170.] 



36. Orania [Veitchia) nicoharica, noY. sp. — Palma 50 60 pedalis 

 trunco annulato usque | ped. in diametro ; folia pinnata, 5-8 ped. 

 longa, brevissime petiolata, petiolo et rachi glaberrimis; pinnae 3-2 

 ped. longae, sessiles, lineares, coriaceae, apice bilobatae, lobis brevibus 



