Otophora. 763 



ammodo rubicundus, siccus brunneus, pericarpio tenuiter corticoso fragili granulato; 

 semina 1 — 2 larga, castanea, nitida. 



Frutex 1 m altus (et probabiliter altior quoque). Folia circ. 40 cm longa; foliola 

 15 — 25 cm longa, 7 — 9 cm lata, infima (stipuliformia) 1 — 2 cm longa. Paniculae circ. 

 20 cm longae, ramis inferioribus 3 — 4 cm longis. Fructus 3 — 4 cm, sicci 2 — 3 cm 

 diametro. Semina 1,5 — 2 cm diametro. 



In Philippinarum insula Luzon: Ramos et Edafio n. 28516 (in scheda 28561 !), 

 28533 (in silvis secus fluvios, alt. humili, m. Maj. 1917, fr.). 



Obs. Descriptio ex Merrill 1. c. et e fragmento a cl. Merrill benevole communicato. Species ab 

 O. fruticosa Bl. t. Merrill praesertim discrepans fructu multo majore. 



6. 0. sessilis King, Mater, etc. (1896) 430!; Ridley, Fl. Malay Penins. I. (1922) 

 495. — Frutex vel arbor parva; folia 5 — 6-juga, rhachi tereti striata glabra, foliola 

 alterna vel subopposita, sat larga, lanceolato-oblonga, breviter cuspidata, basi obliqua 

 sessilia, chartacea, nervis lateralibus e basi patula procurvis subtus valde prominenti- 

 bus, laxe reticulato-venosa, circa insertiones subtus setigera, ceterum glabra, supra 

 nitida, laevia, laete viridia, sicca olivacea, subtus violaceo-fusca, cellulis secretoriis 

 nullis, epidermidis paginae inferioris cellulis paucis tantum pachydermicis subreticu- 

 lato-punctatis, utrinque glandulis profunde immersis ornata, infima (stipuliformia) 

 ovato-rotundata; thyrsi pauci in paniculas axillares congesti, laxe cincinnos sessiles 

 gerentes, glabri; alabastra subglobosa; flores pallide, extus saturate rubri; sepala 5 

 (4 t. King), ovata, glabra; petala 5 (4 t. King), elliptica, breviter unguiculata, glabra, 

 intus squama minima subemarginata pilosula aucta; discus glaber; stamina 8 (6 t. 

 King), filamentis antherisque glabris; rudimentum germinis 2-merum, glabrum; fructus 

 baccatus, subellipticus, utrinque subacutus, a carpellorum marginibus compressus, 

 septo subnullo quasi 1-locularis, abortu 1-spermus, glaber; embryo compressus, cotyle- 

 donibus erectis fructus angulos spectantibus. 



Frutex 6 — 10-pedalis. Folia 70 cm — 1 m longa; foliola 20 — 30 cm longa, 7 — 10cm 

 lata, infima (stipuliformia) 5 — 6,5 cm longa. Paniculae 20 — 25 cm longae. Alabastra 

 diametro circ. 3 mm. Fructus ad 2,5 cm longus, 1,2 cm latus (t. King). 



In peninsulae malaicae ditione Perak: King's collector Kunstler n. 2460! (flor.); 

 Wray n.2883! (fruct.); n.5Q43! (Larut, dense jungle, rocky locality, alt. 600 — 800 ped., 

 m. Oct. 1883, folia; Hb. DC). - In Siam (ex Craib, Fl. Siam. enum. I. [1926] 328). 



7. O.glandulosa Radlk.n.sp. in Merrill, PI. Eimer, borneenses (1929)174. — Arbor?; 

 folia sat robusta, parte petiolari valida, abrupte pinnata, ad 5-juga; foliola alterna vel 

 subopposita (stipuliformia desunt), breviter sed valide petiolulata, petiolulis glabris nee 

 setosis, e basi euneata latiuscule oblongo-lanceolata, brevissime obtuse apiculata, ri- 

 gide chartacea, nitidula, supra vires'centia, subtus pallide subfusca, nervis subtus valde 

 prominentibus, epidermide paehydermica punctata, glandulis numerosis elongatis 1- 

 seriatim multicellularibus (^ vermicularibus) rubro-fuscis basi immersis crebris utrin- 

 que, praesertim subtus, ornata; inflorescentia e trunco divaricato-ramosa; sepala 5; 

 petala 5, oblonga, basi pilosa; stamina 7, brevissima, villosissima, antheris albide 

 pilosis; germen floris <§ rudimentarium glabrum; fructus breviter pedicellati, breviter 

 ellipsoidei, septo perbrevi 1-loculares, 2-spermi, rubiginosi, pericarpio tenuiter crustaceo 

 opaco: semina subplanoconvexa, testa tenuiter crustacea, nitida, atropurpurea. 



Folia cum parte petiolari 15 cm longa 65 — 70 cm longa; interjuga 6 — 8 cm longa; 

 foliola inter se subaequimagna, inferiora (parum majora) cum petiolulo circ. 7 mm 

 longo 18 — 20 cm longa, 6,5 — 7,5 cm lata, apiculo vix 5 mm longo. Fructus maturus 

 circ. 12 mm longus, 9 mm crassus. 



In insula Borneo indigena: Eimer n. 20128! (Sandakan, Myburgh Prov., Brit. 

 N. B. X-XII 1921) [= Ramos 1299 et 1693? ex scheda]. 



»The same species is represented by Wood 772, Sandakan, Ramos 299, 1693, 

 Sandakan, Clemens 10782, Mount Kinabalu, and Clemens 11175, Mount Kalawat, 

 British North Borneo, all named by Dr. Radlkofer« (Merrill, I.e.). 



