Agrostistachys, Grossera. 105 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste, von Goncan 

 südwärts (Stocks!, Thomson!), Courtallam (Wight n. 201 1!), Devicolam (Meebold 

 n. 13467!). — Ceylon (Gardner!, Thwaites n. 2156!). 



Subsp. II. longifolia Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 726. — A. Gau- 

 dichaudii Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 406. — Folia anguste spathulato-lanceolata, 

 basin versus longe cuneato-attenuata, 24 — 48 cm longa, 5Y2 — 11 cm lata; costae secun- 

 dariae utrinque 16 — 18. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz und Philippinen. 



Var. a. subintegra Pax et K. Hoffm. n. var. — Folia subintegra, minute tantum 

 spinuloso-denticulata. 



Tenasserim (oder Andamanen) (Helfer n. 4921 !). 



Nota. Subsp. longifolia verisimiliter speciem propriam sistit, sed incomplcte tantum nota 

 est; nullo modo autem ad A. Oaudichaudii pertinet, quacum cl. Hooker plantam infeliciter 

 conjunxit. 



Var. ß. Massoana (Vidal) Pax et K. Hoffm. — A. Massoana Vidal, Rev. pl. 

 vasc. Filip. (1886) 342. — Folia argute spinuloso-dentata. 



Philippinen: Mindanao, Zamboanga (Whitford und Hutchinson n. 91 40!), 

 Palawan (Gurran n. 4135!), Negros (Foxworthy n. 13586!). 



11. A. Maingay i Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 406. — »Leaves sessile, ob- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire; spikes supra-axillary; bracts pubescent. Branches 

 as thick as the little finger. Leaves 12 — 14 by 3 — 3Y2 fach., thinly coriaceous, 

 tapering down to their insertion; nerves about 12 pairs. Capsule about 3 / 4 inch. diam.; 

 cocci crustaceous, hoary. Seeds Ys inch. diam. — I have seen only leaves, very young 

 spikes and fruits of this species« (Hook er f. I. c). 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malakka (Maingay). 



Species excludendae. 



A. africana Müll. Arg. in Flora XL VII. (186 4) 534 = Pseudagrostistachys afri- 

 cana (Müll. Arg.) Pax et K. Hoffm. 



A. comorensis Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIII. (1897) 523 = Tannodia 

 cordifolia Baill. 



14. Grossera Pax. 



Grossera*) Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIII. (1903) 281; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, 

 Pflzfam. Nachtr. III. (1908) 192. 



Flores dioici, petaligeri. Floris q^ calyx membranaceus, in alabastro ovoideus, 

 apiculatus, per anthesin in lacinias 2 — 3 valvatim fissus. Petala 5, calycem su- 

 perantia. Disci glandulae 5, liberae, alternipetalae. Stamina numerosa, 20 — 3 6, 

 receptaculo convexo affixa; filamenta basi irregulariter connata; antherae basi subcor- 

 datae, loculi connectivo crasso adnati, non penduli, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarii 

 rudimentum nulluni. Floris Q sepala 4 — 5, imbricata, basi et nervo medio incrassata, 

 libera. Petala 4 — 5. Disci glandulae 4 — 5, confluentes. Ovarium 3-loculare; ovula 

 in loculis solitaria; styli bipartiti, breves. Fructus capsularis, in coccos 2-valves dis- 

 siliens; columella centralis trialata, persistens. Semina ecarunculata. — Frutices glabri 

 vel glabrescentes. Folia alterna, petiolata, integra vel denticulata, membranacea, penni- 

 nervia ; stipulae parvae, citissime deciduae. Inflorescentia utriusque sexus ampla, termi- 

 nalis, paniculata, floribunda vel racemiformis, fasciculato-spicata; bracteae parvae; flores 

 dt pedicellati. 



Species notae 3, Africae tropicae occidentalis incolae. 



*) Genus dicatum Doctori Guilelmo Grosser Vratislaviensi, Cistacearum monographo, 

 directori instituti botanici, quod dictum est »Agricultur-botanische Versuchs- und Samen- 

 kontrollstation«. 



