Aphania, Thraulococcus. 717 



basi pilosulis, antheris subglabris pilis brevissimis glandulisque interdum adspersis; 

 germen obcordato-didymum, 2-loculare, glabrum; fructus 2-coccus, coccis oblique 

 divaricatis breviter ellipsoideis, semina coffeae subaequantibus (t. Roxburgh) glabris 

 aurantiacis minus succulentis. 



Frutex vel arbor 6 — 10-pedalis. Rami 4 — 8 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 4 — 5 mm 

 rarius usque 6 cm longo adjecto 20 — 40 cm longa, 5 — 10 cm lata. Paniculae 10 — 30 cm 

 longae. Alabastra diametro circ. 3 mm. Pedicelli vix 1 mm longi. Fructus cocci (sicci) 

 circ. 8 mm longi, 6 mm lati et crassi. 



In fndiae orientalis parte boreali-occidentali (Rohilcund), in Bengala 

 orientali et Assam, in Burma et Tenasserim, in Laos, in insulis Andama- 

 nicis et Nicobaricis: In Rohilcund t. Hiern 1. c. 1875; Duthie 1. c. 1903; — in 

 Bengala et Assam: Wallich, Gat. n. 8051A! (Hb. Hamilton e Dinhutti et Gon- 

 gachora), n. 8051G! (Silhet, fr.; Hb. DC., Mart., Webb), n. 8052E! (ibid., fl., foiils 

 superne latioribus, inferioribus longius petiolatis; Hb. DC., Webb); Roxburgh (na- 

 tive of the Delta of the Ganges and of the parts to the east of it, 1. c. 1832, Ghitta- 

 gong, F. Buchanan, a. 1797, I.e. 1814; Scytalia vertcillata I.e. 1832 introdueta dicitur in 

 Hort. Calcutt. a. 1798 e Moluccis — an errore?); Griffith, Distrib. Kew. n. 1011! 

 (East Bengal, fl.; Hb. Berol.); Hooker f. et Thomson in Hb. Ind. or.! (Bengal or., 

 regio tropica; Hb. Berol., Vindob.); Voigt (Soonderbuns, 1. c. 1845); Prain (Sundri- 

 buns, eastern and northern forests, I.e. 1903; Western Sundribuns, village shrubberies 

 south of Calcutta and Howrah, 1. c. 1905); King's Gollector n. 265! (Ghittagong 

 Hill Tracts, a. 1886 fl.; Hb. DC. ex Hb. Calcutt.); Clarke n. 16911! (Burisal, Bengal, 

 m. Febr. 1892 fl.; Hb. Berol.); - in Burma: Wallich, Cat. n. 8051D! (Attaran 

 River, foot of Pabong Hill, m. Jan. 1827, fl.; Hb. DC, Webb); Helfer n. 100! (Moul- 

 mein, m. Mart. 1837, fl.; un arbre svelte de la hauteur de 10 — 15 pieds, se trouvant 

 dans les plaines sous l'eau pendant le monsoun; Hb. DC, Berol.); Helfer, Hb. Distrib. 

 Kew. n. 1011! (cf. supra Griff.; Tenasserim and Andamans, fl. et fr. juv.; Hb. Monac, 

 Vindob.); Falconer n. 369! (Tenasserim, Moulmein, fl.; Hb. Rheno-Traj. ex Hb. 

 Calc); Kurz (tidal forests in Pegu et Tenasserim, 1. c. 1877); — in Laos inferiore: 

 Thorel (Lakone, ex H. Lee. 1. c); —in ins. Andamanicis et Nicobaricis: Kurz 

 {frequent in the tidal forests of the Andamans 1. c. 1877); Prain (Great Coco, 1. c. 

 1891); Kurz (Nicobar Islands: Kondil, Garden collectors 1. c. 1876). 



Culta in Horto Calcuttensi: Roxburgh! (Scytalia verticillata fl. et fr.; Hb. 

 Martius); Wallich, Cat. n. 8051A! (fl.), n. 8052A! (Hb. Roxb.), B! (Hb. Hamilt.), 

 C! (Hb. Wight), D! (Ht. Calc); id.! (in Hb. Schumacher, nunc Havn.; in Hb. Puerari, 

 nunc DC; fl.); id. (?)! (ex Hb. Lambert in Hb. Martius; ex Hb. Banks? in Hb. Deless.); 

 insuper ex Hb. Calc. comm. exstat in Hb. Monac.!, fl., et in Hb. Rheno-Traj.! speeimen 

 foliis simplieibus longius petiolatis alterumque foliis pinnatisectis; Griffith n. 1013! 

 1014!, qui numeri in Cat. Kew. omissi sunt (foliis partim simplieibus, partim pinnati- 

 sectis; Hb. Kew.); Pierre n. 4088! (fl., a. 1863); — in Horto Bogoriensi: Teys- 

 mann et Binnendijk 1. c. 1866. 



Obs. In particulis sat tenuibus, ut folii sicci sectionibus transversalibus obtinentur, quoad 

 epidermidem in Alcohol sub microscopio investigatis pars mueipara membranarum ad basin cel- 

 lularum hemisphaerica facile observatur; aqua non semper mutatur, certe vero adjecto aeido 

 hydrochlorico diluto, cujus ope in mucilaginem fluidam dissolvitur; eodem modo in A. rubra Radlk. 



22. Thraul0C0CCUS Radlk. 



Thraulococcus Radlk. Sap. Holl.-Ind. (1877) 22 (92), in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. 

 XX. (1890) 236 283 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 318. - 

 Nephelium sp., Sapindus sp. aut. var., cf. lit. spec. 



Flores spurie polygami, $ et $ (£ mentientes) in eadem inflorescentia, reguläres, 

 medioeres. Alabastra subglobosa, adpresse puberula, magnitudine cannabis grana 

 aequantia. Sepala 5, coneava, suborbicularia vel late obovata, imbricata, 2 exteriora 



