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J. Perkins u, E, GiJor. 



Monimiaceae. 



manifeste minora. Stamina 4 in receptaculi medio in tubum brevem cjlindraceum latera- 

 liter connata, antherarum loculis in staminibus dilatatis apicalibus horizontalibus rimis 2 

 horizontalibus dehiscentibus. Flores Q : receptaculum receptaculo (^f simillimum , sed 



Fig. 1 3. Tetrasynandra laxiflora (Benth.) Perk, 

 therarum columna. 4 Anthera a latera visa. 



\ Flos (5- 2 Id. longitudinaliter sectus. 3 An- 

 5 A, a fronte visa. 6 Flos ^ horizontaliter 



sectus, quasi diagramma. (See. Perkin 



majus. Carpella 10 — 15, parva, dense conferta, pilosa. — Folia opposita, integra vel 

 dentata, glabra vel pilosa. Flores in apice caulis vel ramormn vel saepius in foliormii 

 axillis in paniculas paucifloras vel multifloras dispositi, ramis plerumque in dichasia 

 simplicia desinentibus, rarius unifloris, ramis inferioribus plerumque masculis, superioribus 

 femineis. 



Species 3, in Australia endemicae. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Planta floresque glabri \. T. 



B. Planta floresque pubeseentes. 



a. Paniculae elongatae laxae. Carpella stipitata %. T. laxiflora. 



b. Paniculae breves. Carpella sessilia 3. T. puhescens. 



\. T. longipes (Benth.) Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 569. — Kihara 

 longipes Benth. Fl. austral. V. (1870) 289. — Folia elliptico-oblonga vel ovata, 1 6 cm longa, 

 6,5 cm lata, 1 cm longe petiolata, membranacea, utrinque glabra, apice acuta, basi cuneata, 

 margine in parte 2/3 superiore crenulato-denticulata, nervi venique utrinque vix prominentes. 

 Inflorescentia 1 1 cm longa, pedunculus 2 cm longus, pedicellus 2 cm longus; flores (J^ 



I mm diam. ; flores Q 2 mm diam. ; carpella 11 — 13 oblonga, conica. Drupae ovoideae, 

 1,25 cm longae, glabrae, laeves , in receptaculo incrassato manifeste dilatato affixae, 

 stipitatae. 



Australien: Queensland. 



2. T. laxiflora (Benth.) Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 569. — Kibara 

 laxiflora Benth. Fl. austral. V. (1870) 289. — Folia elliptica vel oblonga, 5 — 10 cm longa, 

 acuminata vel obtusa, basi acuta vel rotundata, integra vel remote denticulata, coriacea, db 

 pubescentia. Inflorescentia foliis brevior, pedicellus 4 — 8 mm longus; flores (J^ circa 3 mm 

 diam.; flores Q 6 mm diam.; carpella 30 (ex Benth.). Drupae subglobosae, 1,25 cm 

 longae stipitatae (Fig. 13). 



Australien: Queensland. 



3. T. pubescens (Benth.) Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 569. — Kibara 

 puhescens Benth. Fl. austral. V. (1870) 290. — Folia ovato-oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, 



II — 13 cm longa, 4,5 — 5 cm lata, 1 — 1,2 cm longe petiolata, apice anguste acuminata, 

 apice ipso acutiuscula, basi cuneata vel cuneato-rotundata, integra, papyracea vel subcoriacea, 

 adulta glabrata. Inflorescentia (^ 5 cm longa, pedicellus 5 mm longus; flores (^ 2 mm 

 ■diam. ; receptaculum valde cupuliforme, coriaceum. 



Australien: Queensland und N. S. Wales. 



