746 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



In Zeylania: Macrae! (Hantam; Hb. Webb, ex Hb. Gardner?); Walker n. 27! 

 88! (circ. 1833; Hb. Deless. ex Hb. Graham);. Thwaites n. 607! (Central Province 

 up to an elevation of 3000 feet, 1. c; var. ß. hot drier parts of the Island; fl. et fr.; 

 Hb. Berol., Deless., Webb. etc.). 



Obs. Affinis Lepisanthi tetraphyllae (Vahl) Radlk. 



22. L. membranifolia Radlk. Sap. Papuas, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LVI. (1920) 

 252 annot. et 269. — Erioglossum membranifolium Radlk. Sap. Holl.-Ind. (1877) 17, 

 55 (87, 125) et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. x Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 317. - Frutex?; 

 rami petiolique pilis sordide flavis subhirsuti; folia 3 — 4-juga; foliola ex obovato 

 oblonga ellipticave, obtusa vel late acuminata, larga, basi subaequali petiolulis brevibus 

 parum incrassatis insidentia, membranacea, nervis lateralibus procurvis subtus pro- 

 minentibus, utrinque viridia, nitidula, supra subglabra nee nisi pilis microscopicis 

 subulatis adspersa inque nervis pilis subflavidis subhirsuta, subtus pilis patulis sparsis 

 molliuscule pubescentia, utrinque glandulis capitatis ad medium usque (praesertim 

 supra) immersis ornata; thyrsi breves in ramulis lateralibus terminales, dense cincinni- 

 geri, cincinnis substipitatis; alabastra subglobosa, breviter pedicellata; (alabastri) 

 sepala 5, extus canescenti-sericea; petala 4, spathulata, extus supra unguem pilosula, 

 intus glabra, squama brevi deflexa cristata glabra aueta; discus semilunaris, glaber; 

 stamina 8, filamenta apice attenuata, subglabra, antherae ellipticae; germen tri- 

 loculare, glabrum, stylo brevi; fruetus ignotus. 



Rami diametro 5 mm. Folia petiolo 12 cm longo adjeeto circ. 50 cm longa; foliola 

 (superiora) circ. 25 cm longa, 10 — 12 cm lata, inferiora minora. Thyrsi 4 — 5 cm longi; 

 bracteae bracteolaeque parvae subulatae. Pedicelli 2 — 3 mm longi, supra medium 

 articulati, puberuli. Alabastra diametro circ. 3 mm. 



In Nova-Guinea: Beccari it. sec. n. 29'! 29"! (Ramoi, a. 1872; Andai 1872; 

 flor.; Hb. Florent.). 



Obs. Characteres anatomici exaetius examinati stirpem (alabastris tantum praeditam) inter 

 generis Lepisanthes species asciendam esse docuerunt. 



23. L. granulata Radlk. in Records Bot. Surv. Ind. III. 3. (1907) 344 (reimpr. in 

 Fedde, Repert. VIII. [1910] 187). — Arbor?; rami teretes, cortice cano lenticelloso- 

 punetato, juveniles thyrsique dense sordide puberuli; folia 4-juga, petiolo leviter 

 striato; foliola opposita, oblonga, superiora elongata, omnia utrinque subacuta, con- 

 spicue petiolulata, membranaeeo-chartacea, nervis lateralibus (utrinque 8 — 10) oblique 

 procurvis, laxe reticulato-venosa, glabra, glandulis profunde immersis ornata; thyrsi 

 dense cymulas paucifloras brevissime stipitatas gerentes; flores — ?; discus (sub fruetu 

 relictus) semilunaris, glaber; fruetus medioeris, subglobosus, obscure 3-sulcatus, 3-locu- 

 laris, extus sordide tomentellus, intus parce pilosus, siecus cellularum sclerenchymati- 

 carum congregationibus crassioribus prominulis leviter granulatus, cellulis secretoriis 

 nullis. 



Rami circ. 8 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 8 cm longo adjeeto circ. 40 cm longa; foliola 

 cum petiolulis circ. 8 mm longis 10— 20 cm longa, 3,5 — 5 cm lata. Fruetus diametro 

 1,8 — 2 cm. 



In Burma superiore: J. C. Prazer! (a. 1894, fr.; ex Hb. Galcutt. comm. c. Hb. 

 DC); id. (sub n. 24 et nom. erron. »L. montana Bl.« comm. ex Hb. Manil.). 



24. L. Kunstleri King, Mater, etc. (1896) 427. — Arbor sat alta, ramis robustis; 

 folia 6-juga; foliola subopposita, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, breviter cuspidata, basi 

 rotundata, submembranacea, nervis lateralibus (utrinque 9 — 13) e basi patula arcuato- 

 adscendentibus, utrinque reticulato-venosa, glabra, pallide subfusca, glandulis (parum) 

 immersis ornata; paniculae quodammodo supraaxillares, ereetae, pauciramosae, bre- 

 viter peduneulatae, cincinnos breviter stipitatos 3 — 5-floros gerentes, minutim to- 

 mentosae; alabastra globosa; flores majores, insignius pedicellati; sepala tomentella; 

 petala 4 (5 t. King), extus infra medium villosa, intus supra unguem squama deflexa 

 lata subtus sericea dorso crista subconformi biloba instrueta aueta (alabastri tantum 



