Gleniea. 859 



403 »n. 22?«; Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (1875) 682; Radlk. in Sitzungsber. 

 bayer. Akad. XX. (1890) 245, 286 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 

 325; Trimen, Hand-Book Fl. Ceylon I. (1893) 305, Atlas t. 25 - non Glenniea sp. 

 F. Müll., cfr. Castanospora. 



Flores spurie polygami, reguläres, parvi. Calyx profunde 5-sectus, segmentis 

 valvatis ovato-triangularibus subacutis coriaceis extus dense intus laxius cane- 

 scenti-tomentellis. Petala 5, parva, sepalis multo breviora, obverse deltoidea, un- 

 guiculata, ungue curvato, intus supra unguem squama magna quam petalum duplo 

 majore emarginata lateraliter cum petalo connata margine ut petalum ipsum sordide 

 crispato-barbata, pilis articulatis articulis successivis sensu opposito compressis, aucta. 

 Discus regularis, expansus, sublobatus, carnosus, glaber. Stamina 8, intra discum 

 circa pistilli rudimentum inserta, sat exserta (floris $ brevia), filamenta crassiuscule 

 filiformia, (in alabastro) bis genuflexa, glabra; antherae late ovales, obtusae, basi 

 leviter excisa affixae, introrsae, glabrae; pollinis granula trigono-placentiformia, tri- 

 porosa. Germen trigono-ovoideum, basi constrictum, 3-sulcatum, 3-loculare, laxe ad- 

 presse canescenti-pilosum, in stylum perbrevem angustatum, stigmate trilobo, lobis 

 suturalibus leviter sulcatis declivibus; gemmulae in loculis solitariae, suberectae, apo- 

 tropae, campylotropae. Fructus depresse globosus, carnosus, 3-vel abortu 2 — 1-locu- 

 laris, obscure Iobatus, estipitatus, glabratus; semina subglobosa, testa coriaceo-crustacea 

 brunnea, arillo nullo; embryonis cotyledones crassae, amylo foetae. 



Arbor magna. Rami teretes, leviter striati, "minutim lenticelloso-punctati, fusce- 

 scentes, glabri. Folia sparsa, pari-pinnata, nunc 1-juga (in forma 1. genuina), nunc 2-juga 

 (in forma 2. fuscata), sat petiolata, petiolis teretibus supra paullum complanatis basi 

 tumido-incrassatis glabris; foliola opposita, oblonga vel ex angustius oblongo lanceo- 

 lata, obtusiuscula vel breviter acuminata, margine undulata, basi subacuta vel rarius 

 subovata petiolulis brevibus incrassatis rugulosis insidentia, coriacea, nervis lateralibus 

 curvato-adscendentibus remotis ante marginem arcuato-anastomosantibus utrinque 

 prominulis, sat laxe reticulato-venosa (venis diachymate — toto quasi staurenchyma- 

 tico — circumfusis), glaberrima, fuscescentia (tannino foeta), supra nitida, subtus 

 opaca, epidermidis utriusque cellulis praesertim margine subtiliter punctatis, stomatibus 

 suborbicularibus, cellulis secretoriis nullis. Panicula terminalis, nunc parva, robusta 

 (in forma 1.), nunc longior, gracilior (in forma 2.), adjecta interdum inferiore folio 

 opposita (et ipsa terminali attamen a ramo ex ejusdem folii axilla ad latus rejecta), 

 rhachi ramisque thyrsoideis teretibus pulverulento-tomentellis spiciformibus sat dense 

 cymulas glomeruliformes sessiles gerentibus, bracteis bracteolisque minutissimis su- 

 bulatis tomentellis. Alabastra globosa, breviter pedicellata, e cinerascenti ochrascenti- 

 tomentella. 



Species 1, zeylanica. 



Genus calycis et fructus fabrica inter Talisiam et Castanosporam intermedium. 



G. unijuga (Thwait.) Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 300 n. 43, 

 304 n. 102, 166. — Sapindus unijugus Thwait. 1. c. 56. (1858), coli. n. 2465!; Walp. Ann. 

 VII. 4. (1869) 629. - Nephelium fuscatum Thwait. 1. c. 58. (1858), coli. n. 2577 ! ; Walp. 

 1. c. 630. - Gleniea sp. Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. I. 1. (1862) 404, -quoad 

 Sap. unijug. Thwait. — Euphoria? sp. Hook. f. ibid. 406, quoad Neph. fuscat. Thwait. 



— Gleniea zeylanica Thwait. 1. c. Add. (1864) 408, var. a (coli. n. 2465!) et jß (coli. n. 36761) 

 sine nom.; Teysmann et Binn. Cat. Hort. Bogor. (1866) Suppl. 392; Baill. 1. c. in annot. 

 (ut et sq. c. aut. »Hook, f.«); Hiern 1. c. (1875) 682, var. 1 et2 sine nom.; Bedd. Fl.sylv, 

 I. (1869 — 1873 )t. 153, ex Hiern; Trimen, Catal., in Journ. Ceyl. Branch R.As. Soc. IX. 

 (1885) 20 (c. var. unijuga et fuscata) et 1. c. (1893) 305 t. XXV, c. var. ß unijuga Trimen. 



— Sapindus Gleniei Thwait. mss. ex ipso 1. c. (1864) 408 in syn. var. ß (coli. n. 3676!). — 

 Euphoria fuscata (non Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI., cfr. supra) Hiern, 1. c. (1875) 682 

 in syn. var. 2. — Vulgo: Wal-mora Singal., Kuma Tamil. — Character ut supra. 



Formae sunt discernendae 2: 



