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Baccanrea sp. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: Dorf Kabatiel an der Siidkûste [B. Branderhorst n. 277, Ç, IV. im 

 Dezember 1907]. 



Er liegen nur junge Friichte vor, so dass die Art nicht zu bestimmen ist. 



Antidesma L. 



J Antidesma contractum T- T- S. n. sp. 



Tab. LVI. 



Frute.x i — 2-metralis. Ramuli validiusculi, glabri, novelli vis. puberuli. Folia alternatim 

 bifaria, magna, breviter petiolata, ovato-oblonga, longissime, acutissime acuminata, basi longe 

 vel breviusculc lineari-coiitracta, integerrima, glabra, novella puberula, in utraque parte costae 

 mediae validae in sicco supra subtiisque prominentis nervis lateralibus c. 10 — 15 patentibus, 

 curvatis, a margine valde remote anastomosantibus, subtus prominentibus, laxe subtus 

 prominenter reticulato-venosa, c. 12.5 — 25 cm. longa, 4.5 — ir cm. lata, basi contracta c. 0.5 — 

 0.9 cm. longa; petiolus validus, supra in sicco sulcatus, initio puberulus, c. 0.5 — i cm. longus. 

 Stipulae deciduae, subulato-filiformes, puberulae, c. 0.5 — 0.95 cm. longae. Inflorescentiae (f in 

 innovationibus, breviter pedunculatae, simplices, laxe multiflorae, puberulae, c. 6 — 8 cm. longae. 

 Bracteae late ovatae, concavo-cucullatae, c. 0.075 cm. longae. Flores cf parvi, brevissime 

 pedicellati, pedicello puberulo, c. 0.03 — 0.05 cm. longo. Calyx ultra médium 3 — 4-fidus, intus 

 ad basin pilosus, c. o. i cm. longus et latus, laciniis late ovatis, concavis, ciliolatis. Stamina 

 2 — 3 in excavationes disci inserta, c. 0.16 — 0. 17 cm. longa; antherae triangulo-reniformes, 

 connectivo majusculo triangulo, thecis divergentibus, subglobosis. Rudimentum pistilli obsoletum. 

 Discus pulviniformis, semiglobosus, excavationibus 2 — 3, glaber, nitidus, calyce bene brevior, 

 c. 0.06 — 0.07 cm. diam. Inflorescentiae 9 axillares, subfasciculatae, simplices vel basi pauci- 

 ramosae, spiciformes, pedunculatae, laxe multiflorae, puberulae, c. 4 — 16 cm. longae. Bracteae 

 parvae, ovato-triangulae, puberulae, c. 0.07 cm. longae. Flores Ç parvi, vix pedicellati. Calyx 

 ovario haud adpressus, cupuliformis, ultra médium 4-partitus, laciniis erecto-patentibus, ovato- 

 triangulis, ciliolatis, c. o.i cm. longus, 0.13 cm. diam. Ovarium rectum, ovoideo-globosum, 

 obtuse angulatum, glabrum, c. o. i cm. longum, 0.075 cm. diam.; stigmata 4, terminalia, 

 divaricata, subulata, lateraliter compressa, recurva, acuta, simplicia vel in parte bidentata vel 

 bifida, c. 0.07 cm. longa. Discus annulari-cupuliformis, leviter crenulatus, glaber, carnosulus, 

 calycis laciniis multo brevior, c. o. i cm. diam. Drupa subglobosa, lateraliter paulo compressa, 

 glabra, c. 0.75 — 0.8 cm. longa et lata, in sicco valde compressa, reticulato-venosa, mesocarpio 

 crasse carnoso; putamen valde compressum, subovale, basi acutatum, grosse et profunde 

 reticulato-excavatum, c. 0.7 cm. longum, 0.57 cm. latum, pariete pergamaceo-corneo. Semen 

 valde compressum, reticulato-excavatum, c. 0.57 cm. longum, 0.425 cm. latum, integumento 

 membranaceo ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones planae, ovato-ovales, rotundatae, c. 0.375 cm. 

 longae, 0.3 cm. latae; radicula obliqua, cylindrica, obtusa, c. 0.14 cm. longa. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: Auf Hiigeln sùdlich des Geluks-Hiigels in c. 50 m. Meereshôhe im Urwalde 

 [G. M. Versteeg n. 1730, (f, und n. 1734, Ç, bl. und fr. im September 1907]; an dem 

 Noord-Flu.ss am Fusse des Nepenthes-Hûgels [G. M. Versteeg n. 1770, Ç, bl. im September 

 1907; Etna-Bai [J. W. R. Koch, n. 78, rj^, bl. im Dezember 1904]. 

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