Lepisanthes. 737 



teolaeque 1 — 2 mm longae, subulatae, tomentellae. Pedicelli 7 — 10 mm longi. Ala- 

 bastra circ. 6 mm longa, flores 1 cm longi. 



In Martaban: W. Gomez n. 342! = n. 7497! in Hb. Wallich, n. 2013! in Hb. 

 DG. (Tavoy et Keloben, m. Oct. 1827, flor.). 



10. L. Listeri King msc. ex Radlk. in Records Bot. Surv. Ind. III. 3. (1907) 344 

 (reimpr. in Fedde, Repert. VIII. [1910] 187). — Frutex?; rami teretes, lenticellis 

 oblongis bilabiatis instructi petiolique striati, hirtelli; folia 4-juga; foliola subopposita, 

 obovato-oblonga, breviter acuminata, basi angustiore obtusa petiolulis longiusculis 

 incrassatis insidentia, membranacea, nervo mediano supra vix, subtus valde prominente, 

 utrinque nervisque lateralibus subtus hirtellis, supra sublaevia, nitidula, subtus reti- 

 culato-venosa, opaca, glandulis immersis ornata, cellulis secretoriis instructa; thyrsi 

 supraaxillares, (bini vel terni) fasciculati, laxe cincinnigeri, cincinnis subsessilibus; 

 flores non visi nisi partes sub fructu pedicellato relictae; sepala 5, sufferrugineo- 

 tomentella; petala 5 (?), in unguem attenuata, extus sericeo-tomentella, squama — ?; 

 discus regularis, glaber; stamina e basi complanata filiformia, superne subvillosa; 

 fructus breviter ellipsoideus, 3-locularis, loculis compressis, extus adpresse sufferrugineo- 

 tomentosis, intus glabris, pericarpio carnoso; semen ellipticum, hilo longo affixum, 

 glabrum; embryo rectiusculus, cotyledonibus lateraliter juxtapositis, radicula basilari 

 crassiuscula obtusa paullulum incurva. 



Rami 1cm crassi. Folia petiolo 22 cm longo adjecto circ. 70 cm longa; foliola 

 superiora (majora) cum petiolulo 1-centimetrali circ. 30 cm longa, 14 cm lata, inferiora 

 17 cm longa, 6 cm lata. Thyrsi 6 — 7 cm longi; bracteae bracteolaeque subulatae 

 2 — 3 mm longae. Fructus (immaturus) 25 mm longus, 18 mm latus, pedicello 12 mm 

 longo basi articulato suffultus. 



In Assam: J. L. Lister! (Duphla Hills, Dikrung valley, a. 1874; comm. ex Hb. 

 Calcutt.). 



11. L. acutissima Radlk. in Philipp. Journ. Sc. XX. 6. (VI. 1922) 657; Merrill, 

 Enum. Phil. PI. II. (1923) 499. — Frutex mediocris, glaber, cauliflorus; trunci ramique 

 flavescenti-cani, teretes, lenticelloso-punctati; folia paripinnata, 2- vel 3-juga, petiolo 

 tereti elongato striato; foliola lanceolato-oblonga, in acumen elongatum acutissimum 

 sensim attenuata, basi inaequaliter obtusata (latere exteriore paullulo latiore longiore- 

 que) petiolulis breviusculis subcylindricis hirtellis insidentia, chartacea, nervis laterali- 

 bus remotiusculis procurvis, flavo-viridia, utrinque opaca, praeter nervum medianum 

 subtus pilis brevibus laxe adspersum glabra, glandulis praesertim supra profunde 

 immersis ornata, epidermide paginae inferioris sparsim (plerumque in cellulis geminatis) 

 crystallorum concretiones parvas gerente; thyrsi ad trunci basin (10 cm supra solum) 

 pauci fasciculati, breviusculi, dense ckicinnigeri; flores mediocres; sepala flavide tomen- 

 tosa, intus glabra; petala 5, lanceolata, unguiculata, dorso praeter marginem sericeo- 

 tomentosa, intus glabra et supra unguem squama brevi biloba deflexa glabriuscula 

 aucta; discus regularis, tomentellus; stamina 8, apice pilosa, antherae glabriusculae; 

 germen trigono-ovatum, triloculare, dense flavo-tomentosum, in stylum apice glabrum 

 attenuatum, loculis intus infra gemmularum insertiones dense pilosis. 



Frutex 1 — 2 m altus, truncis digitum crassis. Rami foliati 4 — 5 mm crassi. Folia 

 petiolo 10 — 12 cm longo adjecto ad 45 cm longa; foliola superiora cum petiolulis 5 mm 

 longis ad 30 cm longa, 8,5 cm lata, inferiora fere dimidio minora. Thyrsi 4 cm longi. 

 Flores 5 mm longi, albi. 



In Philippinarum insula Palawan: Merrill n. 9564! (ad lacum Manguao, alt. 

 80 m, m. Mai 1913, fl.; comm. ex Hb. Manil.). 



Obs. Inter species floribus regularibus germineque 3-locuIari praeditas excellens inflorescentiis 

 ad trunci basin erumpentibus discoque tomentello. 



12. L. cuneata Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (1875) 680; King, Mater, etc. 

 (1896) 428; -non F.-Vill. Noviss. App. ad Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 3, Add. (1883) 349, 

 perperam adjecta indicatione »vidi vivam«. — Frutex vel arbor parva; rami teretes. 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama.) 165. 47 



