Aphania. 701 



montana) instructo et crystallis (praeter nervis adjecta) singulis vel concretis persito, 

 cellulis crystallophoris interdum crebrioribus in Stratum subcontinuum staurenchymati 

 proximum congestis (A. longipes, Boerlagei, nicobarica, philippinensis, angustifolia, 

 Loheri, montana) et stäurenchymate ipso in nonnullis (A. longipes, philippinensis, 

 angustifolia, montana) concretionem in fere omni cellula foventi, raro cellulis cristallo- 

 phoris vix ullis (A. paucijuga, microcarpa, viridis, Philastreana, dictyophylla, quae 

 omnes, praeter ultimam, staurenchymatis cellulis altioribus excellunt), epidermide 

 duarum tantum specierum (sect. III.) mucigera, paginae inferioris stomata plerumque 

 sat magna vestibulo lato, saepius hiante, gerente et interdum cuticula granulata 

 insigni (A. philippinensis), glandulis microscopicis clavatis basi leviter, rarius pro- 

 fundus (A. paucijuga, dasypetala) in epidermidis foveolas immersis, interdum geni- 

 culatis (A. microcarpa, rubra, danura) utrinque ornata. Inflorescentiae (thyrsi vel 

 paniculae) axillares vel in ramulis parvis terminales, densius laxiusve ramosae, cymulas 

 (polychasia vel dichasia in cincinnos abeuntia) stipitatas vel subsessiles interdum 

 depauperatas et ad flores singulos reductas gerentes. Alabastra globosa, glabra, magni- 

 tudine cannabis grana aequantia. Flores expansi 6 — 8 mm lati, rubri vel albidi. Fructus 

 cocci rubri, cerasorum vel pisorum magnitudine, nonnullarum edules (^4. senegalensis, 

 A. rubra). 



Species 22, 1 Africae tropicae, reliquae Asiae tropicae continentalis et insularis 

 nee non {4) Novae-Guineae incolae. 



Genus fruetu drupaceo coccato inaxime affine generi Erioglossum quasi Erioglossi species 

 flore regulari exhibens. Florum et pericarpii indole ad genus Otophora quoque accedit, quod vero 

 fruetu baccato integro, nee coccato, differt ut et foliorum spurie stipulatorum fabrica peculiari. 



Conspectus specierum. 

 Sect. I. Pycnaphania Radlk. Sap. Holl.-Ind. (1877 — 1878) 69 

 (220), in Durand, Ind. Gen. (1887) 74 et in Engl. u. Prantl, 

 Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 318: Endocarpium crassius- 

 culum, cartilagineo-crustaceum; pollen subgloboso-ellipsoi- 

 deum; foliorum epidermis non mucigera; species africana. 

 Fructus cocci (longius v breviusve) ellipsoideo-obovoidei (sp. 

 guineensi-abyssinica) 1. A. senegalensis. 



Sect. II. Euaphania Radlk. 11. cc: Endocarpium tenue, cartila- 

 gineo-chartaceum, rarius quodammodo incrassatum (in A. 

 nicobarica et A. Philastreana); pollen trigono-placentiforme; 

 foliorum epidermis non mucigera; species asiatico-novogui- 

 neenses. 

 A. Folia pinnata. 



a. Fructus cocci globosi (in sp. n. 3 fructus ignoti, in n. 5 

 dubii, in n. 7 juveniles tantum visi). 

 aa. Folia 4— 6-juga, foliola breviter petiolulata, petio- 



lulis totis incrassatis (sp. novoguineensis) . . . . 2. A. sphaerococca. 

 bb. Folia 3 — 4-juga, foliola longius petiolulata, petio- 

 lulis infra medium tantum incrassatis (sp. novo- 

 guineensis) 3. A. longipes. 



cc. Folia 2-, rarius 1- vel 3-juga. 



a. Foliola elliptico-oblonga, cuspidata (sp. novo- 

 guineensis) 4. A. cuspidata. 



ß. Foliola elliptica, utrinque subacuta (larga); rami 

 petiolique lenticellis crebris exasperati (sp. 



celebica?) 5. A. Boerlagei. 



y. Foliola superiora late, immo latissime lanceolata, 



inferiora subovata (sp. nicobarica) 6. A. nicobarica. 



