Schleichera. 873 



Moritzi, Turcz., Hohenack., cfr. Mischocarpus fuscescens, sundaicus, Elattostachys 

 apetala; non Beddome, cf. sp. excl.; non Ferd. Müll., cf. spec. excl. et Mischocarpus 

 exangulatus; nonVidal (1883), cf. lit. spec. — Conghas P. Herrn. (1717), cf. lit. spec. — 

 Cussambium (nee Cassumbium ut ap. Benth. et Hook. f. alibique legitur) Rumph. msc. 

 (circ. 1690) Hb. Amboin. I (ed. Jo. Burm. 1741) 154, s. Cusambium, 155 (t. 57?, de 

 qua Blume 1. c. 148: »Rumphius . . . arborem hanc insignem optime descripsit, addita 

 tarnen figura ei tarn dissimili, ut de commutatione aliqua cogitandum sit«), excl. syn. 

 Pongu, Hort. Malab. IV, t. 35 a Jo. Burm. adjeeto; Buchoz, Hist. univ. II. (1773) 

 t. 98 (i.e. Decas X, t. 8, copia ex Rumph. I.e.); Lam. Enc. II. (1786) 230; Hamilt. 

 in Mem. Werner. Soc. V. 2. (1826) 356, 357; O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. I. (1891) 143, 

 III. 2. (1898) 73, 109 n. 166. — Bima, part. Noronha, Relat. PI. Javanens., inVerhand. 

 Batav. Genootsch. V. (1790) 1, cf. lit. sp. et Euphoria longana Lam. — Koon Gärtn. 

 Fruct. II. (1791) 486 t. 180 f. 11 excl. syn. »Ochna Schreb. Gen. n. 891« (fig. optima 

 seminis arillo privati — nee »fruetus sine epicarpio«, uti Blume putat, in descript. errore 

 pro nuce habiti et cum carpidiis Ochnae confusi; perperam a Hook. f. et Thoms. in 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. I. [1875] 105 citatur ad Pachygonem ovatam Miers, Menispermacearum; 

 perperam ab O. Kuntze 1. c. [1891] exeluditur). — Melicocca sübg. b »Schleichera 

 Willd.« Meissner, Gen. PI. (1836 — 1843) 53 (38 et 346 n. 23b). — Pistacia sp., Scytalia 

 sp., Melicocca sp., Stadmannia sp., Conghas sp., Euphoria sp., Sapindacea dubia aut. 

 varior., cf. lit. sp. 



Flores spurie polygami, dioiei, reguläres, parvi. Calyx profunde 4 — 6-partitus, 

 subvalvatus, mox apertus, laciniis ovatis acutis, extus glabriusculis, margine (ut et 

 intus) laxe pilosis glandulisque raris clavatis obsitis. Petala 0. Discus regularis, sub- 

 patellaris, carnosulus, sinuatus, glaber vel hispidulus (in var. cambodiana Pierre). 

 Stamina 5 — 9, plerumque 6 — 8, circa pistillum inserta, ereeta, denique longe exserta 

 (floris $ breviora); filamenta filiformia, laxe pilosula; antherae parvae, obovatae, apice 

 emarginatae, introrsae, dorso planiusculo supra excisuram basalem affixae, glabrae; 

 pollinis granula trigono-placentiformia, triporosa. Germen (floris <$ rudimentarium) 

 ovoideum, leviter 3-gonum, 3-sulcatum, 3- (rarissime 4-)Ioculare, hirtum, in stylum 

 erectum rigidum superne glabrum attenuatum, stigmate trilobo, lobis dorsalibus 

 crassiusculis recurvatis; gemmulae in loculis solitariae, prope basin affixae, adscen- 

 dentes, apotropae, campylotropae. Fruetus subbaccatus, siecus corticoso-crustaceus, 

 globosus, plerumque abortu 1-locularis, magnitudine cerasi, mucronatus, nunc inermis, 

 nunc spinis lateralibus brevibus paucis (insectorum ictu t. Pierre effectis) armatus 

 (Cussambium spinosum Hamilt., Schleichera aculeata Kost.), glabratus, pericarpio ut 

 in genere Talisia trabeculis (extus crassioribus) percurso, endocarpio subchartaceo 

 glabro; semen erectum, ovale, lateraliter compressiusculum, arillo pulposo (eduli, 

 saporis grati aeiduli) sicco tenuissime membranaceo involutum, testa crustacea brunnea, 

 sub strato breviter staurenehymatico e cellulis sclerenchymaticis, intimis parenchy- 

 maticis,exstructa; embryo notorrhizus, hamato-complicatus (hjppocrepiformis); cotyle- 

 dones sat crassae, arete cohaerentes, carnosae, oleo et aleuro foetae (ad oleum »Macassar« 

 parandum inservientes, nauseam efficientes, t. Trimen); radicula brevis cum cotyle- 

 donum parte inferiore testae plica profunda ampla excepta. 



Arbor grandis, cortice cinerascente verrueuloso glabro, ligno duro rubenti utili. 

 Rami teretes, striati, pallidi, juveniles pubescentes, mox glabrati, laccae speciem 

 exsudantes (t. Kurz et Brandis). Folia paripinnata, 3- (rarissime 2- vel 4-)juga, 

 petiolata, sat larga, petiolo tereti striato basi incrassato, nunc glabra, nunc pubescentia 

 (Schi, pubescens Roth, etc.), juvenilia purpurea; foliola sursum aecrescentia, elliptica, 

 obtusa vel emarginata, interdum breviter acuminata, basi subacuta vel euneata inter- 

 dum inaequali (tumque foliolorum superiorum latere interiore, inferiorum exteriore 

 breviore), petiolulis perbrevibus insidentia, rigide chartacea, nervis lateralibus patentibus 

 sat approximatis subtus prominentibus, aretiuscule reticulato-venosa, venis majoribus 

 per totum diaehyma transmissis, ultimis pneumatenehymate circumfusis, supra nitida, 



