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bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 276-278, XX. (1890) 238-241, 284 et in Engl. u. Prantl, 

 Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 319 f. 165; Vidal, Sinops. (1883) 97; Boerlage, Hand- 

 leid. Fl. Nederl. Ind. I. 1. (1890) 270; Pierre, Fl. forest. Cochinch. Fase. 21 (1895) in 

 textu ad tab. 327 emend.; King, Materials Fl. Malayan Penins. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 LXV. 2. (1896) 427; Koord. et Valet. Bijdr. Booms. IX in Meded. Plantent. LXI. (1903) 

 164; Koord. Exk.-Fl. Java II. (1912) 535, 538; - non Zollinger coli. n. 3345, 3456, 

 cfr. Otophora fruticosa et O. alata. — Lepisanthus, non alior., Reichenbach Handb. 

 (1837) 285. — Lepidanthes Hassk. Catal. PI. Hort. Bog. (1844) 224. — Scorododendron 

 Blume, Rumphia III. (1847) 149; Walp. Ann. II. (1851-1852) 211 (sphalm. Scoro- 

 dendron); Miq. i. c. 561; Benth. et Hook. f. 1. c. 403 n. 37 (sphalm. Scorodendron); 

 Boerlage 1. c. 270; Pierre 1. c. — Anomosanthes Blume 1. c. 151 in obs.; Benth. et 

 Hook. f. I. c. 402 n. 36; Beddome, Fl. silv. (1896-1873) Anal. Gen. LXXII. (ex 

 Hiern); Baill. 1. c. 402; Boerlage 1. c. 269; Pierre 1. c. — Hemigyrosa (non »Bl.«, cfr. 

 Guioa) Benth. et Hook. f. 1. c. 395 n. 11, charactere seeund. Cupaniam canesc. Pers. 

 a Bl. generi suo Hemigyrosae obiter adjeetam, i. e. L. tetraphyll. Radlk., descripto; Baill. 

 I.e. 418 spec. excl.; Hiern I.e. 670; Kurz 1. c. 290; Vidal I.e. 94 part.; Boerlage I.e. 258 

 part.; Trimen, Hand-Book Fl. Ceyl. I. (1893) 301; Gooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay (1902) 264. 

 — Ratonia (non »DG.«) Koorders, Plantkund. Woordenb. (1894) 32 c. syn. Anomosanthes 

 Bl. et Lepisanthes Bl. — Sapindus sp., Molinaea sp., Cupania sp., Hemigyrosa sp., Mil- 

 lingtonia sp., Moulinsia sp., Erioglossum sp., Sapindacear. sp. aut. var., cf. lit. spec. 

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

 reguläres (sect. I.) vel oblique symmetrici (sect. II. — IV.), inter majores. Sepala 5, 

 coneava, coriacea, basi incrassata, extus (praeter marginem) pube subsericea induta, 

 intus glabra vel ima basi tantum sericea, imbricata, exteriora duo minora orbicularia, 

 interiora plerumque late ovata vel elliptica, sphaeroideo-coneava. Petala 5, vel in 

 floribus symmetricis 4 (infimi sede inter sepalum 3. et 5. vacua), sepala superantia, 

 spathulata, lamina ovata vel oblonga in unguem subaequilongum (in alabastro vero 

 brevissimum) complanatum attenuata, extus infra medium cum ungue sericeo-villosa, 

 intus glabra et supra unguem squama brevi lata integra vel in squamulas duas fissa 

 deflexa varie cristata vel nuda glabra vel subtus villosa aueta. Discus in floribus 

 regularibus completus, patelliformis, margine elevato repando-pentagono, angulis inter 

 petalorum insertiones obtusis interdum puberulis, ceterum glaber rarius hirtellus 

 (L. palawanica) vel intus sericeus (L. euneata), in floribus symmetricis nunc inaequalis, 

 supra petalum deficiens angustatus vel interruptus, nunc omnino 1-lateralis, semi- 

 lunaris, glaber vel tomentosus. Stamina plerumque (7 — )8, rarius (8 — )10 (L. pallens, 

 deficiens, latifolia), rarissime 11 — 12 (L. assamica), intra discum inserta, petala paullu- 

 lum superantia (floris $ breviora); filamenta filiformia, ^ complanata, inferne pilis 

 brevioribus, superne longioribus erectis villosa; antherae oblongae vel ellipticae, in- 

 trorsae, connectivo dorso dilatato nigro-fusco plerumque ad lineam medianam albide 

 villoso ; pollinis granula subglobosa, trisulca, triporosa. Germen (floris <$ rudimentarium) 

 2 — 3-gono-ellipsoideum, 2 — 3-sulcatum, 2 — 3-loculare, plerumque dense tomentosum, 

 in stylum brevem tomentosum apice tumidum, integrum vel breviter 2 — 3-lobum in 

 alabastro deflexum attenuatum; gemmulae in loculis solitariae, ellipsoideae, hilo infra 

 vel (in sect. IV.) fere supra medium longitudinali ad medium angulum centralem 

 affixae, interdum hilo orbiculari prope basin insertae (L. schizolepis, tonkinensis), 

 micropyle infra medium dorsali, hilo saepius subopposita, vel ventrali, hilo proxima 

 (sect. IV.). Fructus subdrupaceus, breviter ellipticus, longitudinaliter 2 — 3-sulcatus, 

 inde obtuse 2 — 3-lobatus, 2 — 3-locularis, loculis tumidis, fruetuum bilocularium sub- 

 globosis, interdum abortu partim evanidis, indehiscens, coriaeeo-carnosus (L. Listeri, 

 burmanica, mekongensis) vel sclerenchymate interjeeto plerumque corticosus, interdum 

 processibus parvis verrueoso- vel muricato-appendiculatus (L. trichocarpus, longifolius), 

 tomento brevi hirto e cano flavescenti vel rufulo indutus, intus pilis setaeeis hirsutus 

 vel glaber [L. Listeri, euneatus, schizolepis, burmanica), rarius utrinque glaber (L. 



