Litchi, Cubilia. 921 



Accedunt nee loco nee collectore indicato: Hb. Linne n. 62!, Hb. van Royen n. 63! 

 114! (Hb. Lugd.-Bat.), Hb. Jussieu n. 11379A! B! (Hb. Paris.), Hb. U. S. North Pacif. 

 Expl. Exp. under Comm. Ringg. et Rog. n. 73! (leg. Ch. Wright? Hb. Paris., comm. 

 ab A. Gray). 



Forma glomeriflora: Blume?! (Java; ex Hb. Lugd.-Bat. comm. c. Hb. Berol.); 

 Zollinger! (Hort. Bogor.; a. 1856 comm. c. Hb. Martius). 



58. Cubilia Blume. 



Cubilia Blume, Rumphia III. (1847) 100; Walp. Ann. II. (1851 — 1852) 221; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 2. (1859) 553; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. I. 1. (1862) 400; Vidal, Sinops. 

 (1883) 97, 342, 370, 378, Atlas XXII. t. 35 f. F? (fruetus apertus!, sed tuberculis nimis 

 elongatis, fere Nephelii mutabilis Blume); Boerlage, Handleid. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 1. 1. (1890) 

 266; Harms in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. (1897) 333 inter genera in- 

 certae sedis; Koorders, Fl. Minahassae in Meded. Plantent. XIX. (1898) 402 — 406!, 407 

 et in Ic. Bogor. I. 4. (1901) 51-53 t. XCII, XCIII; Radlk. in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. III. (1907) 205; Merrill, Interpret. Rumph. Herb. Amb. (1917) 

 338, Spec. Blancoanae (1918) 240, Enum. Philipp, fl. pl. II. (1923) 505. - Nephelium 

 Baill. Hist. PI. V. (1874) 395, part., quoad syn. Cubilia. — Euphoria sp., Litchi sp.? 

 Connaracea? (Agelaea sp.?) aut. var., c. lit. spec. 



Flores spurie polygami, reguläres, sat parvi. Calyx floris <$ e globoso ventricoso- 

 urceolatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus brevissimis conniventibus subacutis valvatis, floris 9 

 subeupularis, latius apertus, dentibus obtusis, pilis brevibus basi tumida lateraliter 

 affixis sufferrugineo-tomentellus, intus subglaber hieque in parenehymate subepider- 

 mali crystallorum concretiones parvas crebras fovens. Petala 5, e deltoideo breviter 

 oblonga, parva, calycem non superantia, vix unguiculata, basi margine subinflexa, 

 esquamata, utrinque rufescenti-villosissima. Discus carnosus, calycis fundum vestiens, 

 glaber. Stamina 5( — 6), intra discum circa pistillum vel pistilli rudimentum inserta, 

 ereeta, denique subexserta; filamenta e filiformi complanata, glabra vel extus laxe 

 pilosula; antherae ellipticae, utrinque paullum excisae, introrsae, thecis connectivo 

 cum filamento continuo aequilato intus adnatis, glabrae; pollinis granula inter minora 

 (diametro circ. 0,009 mm), Hrigono-globosa, triporosa. Germen obcordato-dicoccum, 

 2-loculare, muricatum, tomentosum; Stylus inter coecos brevis validus, 2-partitus, lobis 

 coccis respondentibus basi coecorum pressione complanatis; gemmulae in loculis soli- 

 tariae, a basi ascendentes, apotropae, campylotropae. Fruetus plerumque abortu 1-coc- 

 cus, coccis ovoideis coriaeeis olivaeeis processibus breviusculis pyramidatis partim 

 lateraliter compressis rigidis (fasciculis vasorum sclerenchymate auetis percursis, epider- 

 mide crystallophora obduetis) denseechinatis, folliculatim secus medianam dehiscentibus 

 denique bivalvibus. Semen hilo lato suborbiculari affixum, ovoideum, testa tenuiter 

 crustacea fusco-spadicea nitida parte tertia inferiore vel usque ad medium arillo libero 

 oleoso-carnoso aurantiaco (vel subcoriaceo in vivo albo, t. Koorders) dorso ^ fisso 

 margine eroso-denticulato obtectum. Embryo subrectus; cotyledones crassissimae, 

 lateraliter juxta-positae, conferruminatae nee non cum stratis testae interioribus com- 

 presse spongiosis ab exterioribus secedentibus aretissime cohaerentes, amyli granulis 

 parvis foetae; radicula brevis, papilliformis. 



Arbor excelsa, trunco erecto basi in costas aliformes produeto, ligno duro albo, 

 cortice griseo. Rami teretes, striati, cinnamomeo-puberuli, mox glabrati, fuscescentes. 

 Folia alterna, abrupte pinnata, aecrescentim 5 — 6-juga, exstipulata, petiolata, petiolo 

 basi incrassato rhachique teretibus leviter striatis glabris; foliola opposita vel sub- 

 opposita, inferiora breviora ovata, superiora oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata saepius 

 subfalcata, acuta vel obtusiuscula, integerrima vel apicem versus remote subdentata, 

 basi inaequali (latere interiore longiore latioreque) petiolulis brevibus supra sulcatis 

 insidentia, chartacea vel subcoriacea, nervis lateralibus remotiusculis procurvis vel sub- 

 stricte oblique erectis subtus prominentibus prope marginem evanescentibus, supra 



