Lepisanthes. 739 



(1923) 500, c. nom. vulg.: Sarakag (Negr.). — Frutex; folia 4 — 5-juga, petiolo longo 

 substriato sufferrugineo-tomentello; foliola subopposita, breviter oblonga, petiolulo 

 longiusculo basi incrassato insidentia, chartacea, nervis lateralibus crebrioribus (utrin- 

 que circ. 15) approximatis oblique patulis margine manifeste anastomosantibus subtus 

 valde prominentibus, supra praeter nervös puberulos subglabra, subtus praesertim 

 in nervis venisque pilis brevibus subulatis patulis obsita, utrinque glandulis fere totis 

 immersis ornata; paniculae (an semper?) infra folia laterales, sat amplae, rhachi 

 ramisque thyrsoideis laxe dichasia vel cincinnos glomeruliformes gerentibus tomento 

 fusco-ferrugineo subhirsuto indutis; alabastra subglobosa, fusco-tomentosa; flores 

 majores; sepala 5, orbicularia; petala 5, in unguem attenuata, extus ad basin pilosa, 

 intus glabra, squama biloba ecristata subtus longissime subfusco-villosa aucta; discus 

 regularis, glaber; stamina 8, pilosula, antherae ex oblongo subulatae, apiculatae, 

 connectivo angusto glabro; rudimentum germinis biloculare, obovatum, pilosulum; 

 fructus ut in specie sequenti, attamen major, tomento brevi aurantiaco indutus, endo- 

 carpio albide splendenti solubili; semen ut in specie sequenti. 



Frutex 2-metralis. Folia petiolo 8 cm longo adjecto circ. 50 cm longa; foliola circ. 

 18 cm longa, 5 — 6 cm lata; petioluli 12 mm longi. Panicula 20 — 25 cm longa, rhachi 



2 — 3 mm crassa; rami thyrsoidei 8 — 14 cm longi. Alabastra diametro 5 mm. Fructus 



3 cm latus, 2 cm altus et crassus. 



In Philippinarum insula Luzon: Cuming n. 785! (prov. Tayabas; Hb. Kew., 

 Boiss., Webb.); R. C. Mac Gregor n. 12492! (prov. Laguna, Calauan, m. Nov. — Dec. 

 1910, fr.; comm. ex Hb. Manil.). 



A Merrill I.e. adjiciuntur: MacGregor n. 22899; Ramos et Edano n. 26588, 

 33663. 



15. L. schizolepis Radlk. Sap. Holl.-Ind. (1877-1978) 87 (238), in J. Perkins, 

 Fragm. Fl. Philipp. I. (1904) 60 et in Philipp. Journ. Sc. VIII. (1913) 445, c. f.2.; F.-Vill. 

 Noviss. App. ad Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 3, Add. (1883) 349; Merrill, Enum. Phil. PI. II. 

 (1923) 500, excl.? syn. »L. perviridis Elm.« - L. sp. Vidal, Cat. Herb. (1892) 52! — 

 Vulgo: Balungay tagalice t. Alvarez in sched.; praeterea ex Merrill I.e.: Bayag- 

 dagä (Tag.), Pamalatangen (Ilk.), Pospos (Bik.). — Frutex vel arbuscula (Loher) 

 vel arbor sat magna (Alvarez); folia 3 — 6-juga, petiolo striato subglabro; foliola 

 lanceolato-oblonga, breviter petiolulata, apice acuta, basi superiora subeuneata, in- 

 feriora obtusa, interdum inferiora abbreviata late ovata, chartacea, nervis lateralibus 

 paucioribus (utrinque circ. 10) remotiusculis procurvis subtus prominentibus, laevia, 

 nitida, pallida, glabra nee nisi pilis microscopicis subulatis patentibus subtus adspersa, 

 rarius pilis longioribus crebris subtus hirtella, utrinque glandulis fere totis immersis 

 ornata; paniculae terminales vel axillares, amplae, basi iterum ramificatae, rhachi 

 ramisque patulis thyrsoideis laxe dichasia vel cincinnos sessiles glomeruliformes geren- 

 tibus breviter sordide flavescenti-puberulis; alabastra globosa ochroleuco-sericea; flores 

 medioeres; sepala 5, orbicularia; petala 5, in unguem attenuata, extus infra medium 

 sordide villosa, intus praeter squamam ecristatam, nunc exciso-bifidam, nunc (in 

 forma 2.) integram subtruncatam vel subrepando-3-denticulatam villosam glabra; 

 discus regularis, glaber; stamina 8, filamenta superne dense villosa, antherae subulatae, 

 apiculatae, connectivo angusto glabro; germen biloculare, late ovoideum, sufferrugineo- 

 tomentosum, intus glabrum, Stylus subnullus, stigma obtusum; fructus bilocularis, 

 transversim ellipsoideus, sulco inter loculos exaratus, inde subcoccatus, 2-spermus, vel 

 abortu 1-spermus subglobosus, adpresse ochraceo-tomentellus, intus glaber, cellulis 

 secretoriis nullis, endocarpio pergameno solubili nitidulo; semen loculo conforme, ventre 

 planum, dorso convexum, ad loculi basin affixum, glabrum, testa tenui spadicea; 

 embryo plano-convexus, subhemisphaericus, cotyledonibus crassis oblique juxtapositis, 

 amylo faretis, radicula ad seminis basin punetiformi. 



Frutex 3-metralis vel arbor 1 2-metralis. Folia petiolo 5 — 18 cm longo adjecto 

 20— 60 cm longa; foliola 15 — 28 immo 38 cm longa, 7 — 9 immo 16 cm lata; petioluli 



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