146 J. J. SMITH. ERICACEAE. 



Dimorphanthera V. v. Mucll. 



" Dimorphanthera d'Armandvillei J. J. S. in Bull. Jard. Uot. Buit. 2e sér. n. VIII (1912;, 54. 



Tab. XXXVIII A. 



Ramuli terctes, glabri. F"olia alterna, petiolata, elliptica, abrupte breviuscule acuminata, 

 anguste obtusa, basi in petiolum breviter contracta, subintegerrima, basi prope petiolum 

 utrinque glandula marginali ceteruni denticulis remotis in impressiones marginales immorsis 

 donata, margine recurva, glabra, c. 7-pIinorvia, nervis lateralibus curvatis, longe adscendentibus, 

 intra marginem anastomosantibus, venis irregularibus laxe rcticulatis supra impressis conjunctis, 

 nervis supra impressis subtus prominentibus, costa média supra ad basin prominente, coriacea, 

 c. 7 — 9 cm. longa, 3.3—4.8 cm. lata ; petiolus brevis, latus, transverse rugulosus, glaber, c. 

 0.7 — 0.8 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae a.xiilares, fasciculares, c. 7 — 9-florae. Bracteae adpressac, 

 brèves, triangulae, concavae. Flores médiocres, pediccllo sub ovario articulato, tereti, apice 

 incrassato, glabro, c. 1.5 cm. longo, in c. 0.225 cm- supra basin bracteolis 2 suboppositis 

 adpressis triangulis acuminatis acutis utrinque dentiferis concavis obtuse carinatis c. 0.2 cm. 

 longis donato. Calyx ovarium continuus, cupuliformis, 5-dentatus, glaber, c. 0.2 cm. altus, 

 0.45 cm. diam., dentibus erectis, corollae adpressis, late triangulis, breviter acute acuminatis, 

 marginatis, carnosulis, c. o. i cm. longis, 0.24 — 0.3 cm. latis. CoroUa urceolato-cylindrica, obtuse 

 quinquangularis, lateribus extus concava, basi bene contracta, fauce paululum constricta, 5-loba, 

 intus extusque glabra, tenuis, c. 2.1 cm. longa, i.i cm. diam., lobis recurvis, late triangulis, 

 convexis, c. 0. 175 cm. longis, 0.45 cm. latis. Stamina 10, dimorpha, ecalcarata. Stamina majora 

 episepala, c. 0.7 cm. longa; filamentum late linearc, supernc paulum angustatum et parce 

 hirtello-ciliatum, c. 0.3 cm. longum ; anthera supra basin dorsifixa, introrsa, V-formis, ultra 

 médium bifida, inferne angustata, basi libéra paulum lateraliter compressa obtusa hirtella, 

 c. 0.43 cm. longa, thecis sulco separatis, sulco longitudinali laterali alto instructis, tubulis 

 divergentibus, obtusis vel acutiusculis, poro magno longitudinali oblique oblongo-elliptico 

 hiantibus, c. 0.25 cm. longis, connectivo dorso infra furcationem costula longitudinali verrucu- 

 losa munito. Stamina minora z. 0.55 cm. longa; filamentum supra médium obtusangule recur- 

 vum, late linearc, basi vix dilatatum, superne parce ciliatum, antice infra locum insertionis 

 antherae calloso-incrassatum, inexspansum c. 0.225 cm. longum ; anthera supra basin dorsifixa, 

 leviter curvata, ambitu oblonga, ultra médium bifida, basi leviter incurva obtusa hirtellaque, 

 c. 0.4 cm. longa, thecis parallelia, antice sulco separatis, inferne lateraliter compressis, sulco 

 longitudinali laterali instructis, tubulis contiguis, acutis, poro magno introrso oblique oblongo- 

 elliptico hiantibus, connectivo bifido, tubulos dorso investiente sed apicem haud attingente, 

 ad basin tubulorum dilatato et utrinque antheram superante. Ovarium obtuse quinquangulare, 

 basi rotundatum, glabrum, c. 0.45 cm. altum, pachydermum, 5-locularc, loculis ecostatis, disse- 

 pimentis tenuibus, placentis apice incrassatis, ^^-ovulatis; stylus elongatus, filiformis, glaber, 

 c. 1.5 cm. longus. Discus orbicularis, leviter concavus, medio excavatus, lO-dentatus, leviter 

 undatus, glaber, c. 0.25 cm. diam. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: Johannes Keyts-Gcbirge in 2000 m. u. d. M., auf bemoosten Felsen, 

 alleinstehend. (J. H. I. le Cocq d'ARM.\XDViLLE, n. 244, bl. im Dezember 191 1). 



Zu dem Dimorphanthera- hxX.cw mit aussen kahler Korollc gehorcn D. meliphagidum 



