Lepisanthes. 749 



iramo 60 cm (t. Hiern) longa; foliola 12 — 22 cm longa, 3 — 4 cm lata. Thyrsi 8 — 20 cm 

 et ultra, immo 60 cm longi. Pedicelli 1 — 2 mm longi. Alabastra diametro 5 — 6 mm. 

 In Indiae orientalis peninsula occidentali, ad Courtallum, Cochin, Travan- 

 cor, Tinneveley Ghats et Anamallay-Hills (cf. Hiern 1. c): Wight Herb., Distrib. 

 Kewens. n. 535! (Courtallum, m. Sept. 1835, flor.; Shenapherry Hills, m. Aug. 1836, 

 flor.; Hb. Kew., Paris., Berol.); Johnson! (Cochin; Hb. Kew.); Beddome n. 198! 

 (Hb. Kew.). — Fide Wight 111. p. 141 in Zeylania quoque obvia est, sed ex Hiern 1. c. 

 nulla exstant specimina zeylanica; dubie restat, an huc recensenda sint specimina 

 nimis manca a Mrs. Walker in Zeylania lecta, in Hb. Webb servata (ex Hb. Gardner, 

 ut videtur, provenientia), recedentia foliolis latioribus et inflorescentiis perbrevibus e 

 ramo vetusto erumpentibus fasciculatis, alabastris fere omnibus delapsis. 



29. L. longifolia (Hiern) Radlk. Sap. Holl.-Ind. (1877) 35 (105) et in Sitzungsber. 

 bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 276; King, Mater, etc. (1896) 429. — Hemigyrosa longifolia 

 Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (1875) 671! — Anomosanthes longifolia Pierre, Fl. 

 forest. Cochinch. Fase. 21 (1895) in textu ad tab. 327. — Frutex vel arbuscula glabrata, 

 innovationibus thyrsisque sufferrugineo-tomentellis; folia longe petiolata, 3 — 4-juga; 

 foliola opposita vel (inferiora) subalterna, anguste oblonga, breviter acuminata vel 

 acuta, basi angustata, chartacea, utrinque glabra, livescentia, supra laeviuscula, 

 glandulis profundius immersis interdum geminatis ornata; thyrsi solitarii vel fasciculati, 

 interdum ramificati, axillares vel supraaxillares, breviusculi; alabastra subglobosa; 

 flores magni, longius pedicellati; sepala dense rufescenti-tomentosa; petala 5, oblonga, 

 in unguem attenuata, extus praeter marginem rufo-tomentosa, intus supra unguem 

 squama deflexa integra vel bifida subtus puberula ecristata aueta; discus subregularis, 

 attamen uno latere angustior vel (sub fruetu) interruptus, glaber; stamina 8 antheraeque 

 dorso rufule hirsuta; germen ovoideum 3-sulcatum, 3-loculare, rufo-tomentosum, stylo 

 curvato puberulo terminatum; fruetus suborbicularis, 3-gonus, sulcis latis levibus 

 exaratus, pericarpio processibus conicis vel breviter filiformibus (»setis« Hiern) 

 flexuosis basi partim connatis sufferrugineo-hirsutis muricato, intus setoso, cellulis 

 saponinigeris instrueto; semen ellipticum, hilo prope basin lineari; cotyledones oblique 

 superpositae. 



Frutex 8 — 20-pedalis. Folia petiolo striato glabrato circ. 24 cm longo adjeeto circ. 

 75 cm longa; foliola superiora (majora) circ. 35 cm longa, 8 cm lata; petioluli puberuli, 

 1 cm longi. Thyrsi 5 — 8 cm longi. Alabastra diametro 6 — 8 mm; pedicelli 8, fruetigeri 

 15 mm longi. Petala cum ungue 3 — 4 millimetrali 8 — 10 mm longa; germen 5 mm 

 longum, 4 mm latum, stylo paullo breviore. Fruetus 2,5 cm longus et latus. 



In Malacca: Griffith Hb. n. 994! (Hb. Kew.); Maingay n. 446! (m. Maj. 1867, 

 flor. et fr. immat.; Hb. Kew.); King's Collector n. 5539! (Perak, m. Febr. 1884, 

 fol.), n. 8465, 10220. — Cf. etiam Ridley, Fl. Malay Penins. I. (1922) 494: »Dense 

 jungle low ground, not common, Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall); base of Gunong 

 Patai. Malacca (Griffith and Maingay). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang. Balik 

 Pulau (Curtis).« 



30. L. lamponga Radlk. in Records Bot. Surv. Ind. III. 3. (1907) 345 (reimpr. in 

 Fedde, Repert. VIII. [1910] 188). — Arbor medioeris, glabra; folia petiolata, 4 — 5?- 

 juga; foliola maxima, subopposita, superiora ex obovato curvata, intermedia late 

 oblonga, infima obovata, breviter acuminata vel infima obtusa, chartacea, nervis 

 lateralibus ante marginem evanescentibus, utrinque glabra, supra laeviuscula livescentia, 

 subtus laxe reticulato-venosa pallide subfusca, glandulis sat immersis utrinque ornata, 

 cellulis secretoriis per diaehyma sparsis instrueta, epidermide paginae inferioris sparsim 

 (in cellulis minoribus saepius geminatis) crystallorum concretiones parvas gerente; 

 thyrsi cincinnigeri albide puberuli (fragmentum tantum visum); alabastra subglobosa; 

 flores medioeres, sat pedicellati; sepala dense tomento brevi sordide albido induta; 

 petala 4 (alabastri tantum visa), extus inferne sericea, intus squama deflexa brevi 

 ecristata subtus villosa vel subglabra (petalorum lateralium obliqua) aueta; discus 



