250 GNETUM. 
SEcri0 I. GNEMON. Caulis arboreus, erectus. 
1. GwETUM GNEMON Linn. 
Gnemon foliis elliptico- oblongis utrinque angustatis, 
amentis monoicis solitariis v. subumbellatis, drupis sessili- 
bus ellipsoideis acutiusculis. 
Gnemon-boom Valent. Ind. III. 174. 
Gnemon domestiea ftumph Amboin. I. 181. t. 71. 12. 
Gnetum Gnemon Linn. Mant. 125. Blume Nov. fam. 30. Bron- 
gniart ad. Duperrey 6. t. 1. 
Tankil s. Kitankil Sunad. Maningjo s. Meningjo Malai. 
B. ovALIFOLIUM ( Blume l. c. ), foliis minoribus subacutis, drupis 
obtusioribus. 
Wilde Gnemon-boom Valent. Ind. III. 174. f. 22. 
Gnemon sylvestris Rumph Amboin. I. 183. t. 13. 
Gnetum ovalifolium Poiret Supplem. II. 810. 
Gnetum sylvestre Brongniart ad Duperrey 12. 
Habitat in. cultis per omnem archipelagum malaicum et mo- 
luccensem , B. in Java et aliis Moluccis ad radices montium 
altissumorum spontaneum. 
»,Arbor ramis articulatis, ad articulos nodosis, cylindricis, lz- 
»vibus. Folia opposita, breve petiolata, ovato-lanceolata v. ovato- 
»oblonga, acuta, integerrima, nervis pinnato-reticulatis. Amenta 
»axillaria solitaria, breve pedunculata, articulata. Flores circa 
,axim nodosum verticillati, vertieillis multifloris androgynis, in- 
,voluero integro, urceolato obvolutis; floribus masculis circiter 
»iriginta submarginalibus, femineis subduodecim, circa axim in- 
,sertis, pilis numerosis, fasciculatis, articulatis, submoniliformi- 
,bus, flores :equantibus et intermixtis. Flores masculi. Calyx, 
,vel involucrum proprium, obconicus, truncatus, mutua pressione 
»obpyramidatus, undique clausus, irregulariter v. subbivalvim de- 
»hiscens. Stamen unicum, calice primum inclusum, filamento 
,brevi, deinde calice rupto exsertum , filamento elongato, supe- 
,rius incrassato. Anthera bilocularis, loculis discretis, termina- 
»libus, ovatis, rima longitudinali superne dehiscentibus. Pollen 
,tenue, ovatum v. subglobosum, pellucidum , non distincte rum- 
»pens, granula minuta, spherica emittens. Flores feminei. Ovu- 
