Pometia. 931 



— Pometia sp. Teysm. et Binn. I.e. (1866) 214! c. nom. vulg. »Tawan meera«. — 

 Pometia tomentosa »Kurz« ap. Hiern in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (1875) 691 part., i. e. 

 quoad Maingay n. 459! etc. ex Hiern ipso in lit. — Nephelium diplocardia Ferd. Müll., 

 Descr. Notes on Papuan PI. II. (1876) 21; Scheffer, Enum. PI. Nouv.-Guin in Ann. 

 Jard. Buitenz. I. (1876) 179. — Dabanus pinnatus O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. I.. (1891) 

 143. — Euphoria pinnata (non »Poir.«) Jacks. Ind. Kew. II. (1893) 931. — Vulgo*): 

 Dawan Amboinensib. t. Rumph. 1. c. (1743) c. var. D. Batu etc., cf. supra syn. Dabanus; 

 Dawa Vitiensib. t. Seem. I.e. (1865); Däu in statione Muliama (Neu-Mecklenb.) t. 

 Prof. Krämer in sched.; Thav incolis insulae Rotuma t. Dr. Bennett in »Gatherings 

 of a Naturalist« ex Seem. I.e.; Täwä Samoensib. t. Reinecke, I.e. (1898); Tauan 

 Novo-Guineensib. t. Mentzel in sched.; Tawan meera Amboin. t. Teysm. et Binn. 

 1. c. (1866); Tauwan itam iisd. t. Robinson in sched. (cf. Merrill, 1. c. 1917); Lengsar 

 s. Langsir sundaice t. Blume, 1. c. (1847); Lengsir s. Leungsir sundaice t. Koord. 

 I.e. (1903); Ki lengsar Van Eden, Houtsoort. (1872) 98 n. 1360; Koengki, Koengkil 

 sundaice ex K. Heyne, I.e. (1917); Kajoe Lemboe t. Horsfield in sched.; Kajoe- 

 sapi s. Sapi javanice t. Koord. I.e. (1903); Butongale Celebicorum t. Blume, I.e. 

 (1847) sub var. alba; Boeton-gale s. Boeton-gole makassarice Filet, Woordenb. 

 (1888) 64 n. 1464— 1465; Lema, Woesel, Taoen in Celebes t. Koord. I.e. nee non 

 Kajoe-tali et Lasoene ibid. p. 218, 219; Wussol in Celebes septentr. t. Warburg in 

 sched.; Kasai in Selangor t. Ridley in sched.; Buma in N.-Guin. t. Lauterb. in sched.; 

 Spirit t. Pulle im südl. Neu-Guinea; Magtolisay in lingua Visaya t. Clark in sched.; 

 Malugay in lingua Tagalog t. Merritt in sched. et Foxworthy, 1. c. (1907); Apitbabou 

 et Mamaco in ins. Mindanao t. Eimer in sched.; Ibo in ins. Negros t. Curran in sched. 

 (f. disseeta); Hpagha-nja-zoo birmanice t. Kurz, 1. c. (1870); Litchi Pometia Gallis 

 t. Spach, 1. c. (1834) 63. Fructus, quorum arillus edulis est (an et semina?, uti Schum. 

 1. c. [1898] profert) Attaun audiunt in Ins. Neu-Lauenburg t. Warburg in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. XIII. (1891) 364, et Oote in Novo-Guinea (Madang, ad portum »Friedrich 

 Wilhelms Hafen«) t. Ledermann in sched. ad n. 10607. — Rami teretes, sulcati, ut et 

 paniculae, foliorum rhaches foliolaque subtus ad nervös, nunc glabri, nunc hirtelli, 

 nunc minutim tomentelli; folia maxima 5—9-, immo 15-juga; foliola subopposita, 

 oblonga vel superiora euneata, acuta vel acuminata, basi angustata vel praesertim 

 inferiora inaequaliter obtusa vel subcordata, latere interiore majore (rhachin et foliola 

 proxima superiora obtegente — P. diplocardia Blume), infima suborbicularia, basi 

 subcordata, stipuliformia (sat magna), omnia breviter tumide petiolulata, remote 

 subrepando-dentata, chartacea vel subcoriacea, nervis lateralibus ± approximatis ob- 

 liquis, utrinque (nervis saepius exceptis) glabra, nitida (cellulis secretoriis interdum — 

 in speeiminibus tongaensibus et vitiensibus — destituta); paniculae axillares et termi- 

 nales robustae, sulcatae, ramis rigidis patulis foliis floralibus plerumque ad foliola 

 stipuliformia reduetis suffultis puberulis thyrsoideis, interdum iterum ramosis, sat 

 dense cincinnigeris; cincinni breviter stipitati, confertiflori, bracteis bracteolisque subula- 

 tis puberulis; flores longe pedicellati; calyx puberulus; petala obverse deltoidea, latissi- 

 ma, subtruncata vel emarginata, calycem duplo superantia, intus laxe pilosa; stamina 

 (6 ex Forster) elongata, basi puberula; germen puberulum; fructus cocci sat magni, 

 ellipsoidei vel subglobosi, glabrati, nitidi. 



Arbor procera, 40—60, immo 120 pedes (t. Koorders, 50 m) alta, ramis in comam 

 amplam expansis, trunco crasso basi angulato, ligno rufescenti, durabili, utili (Blume, 

 I.e.; Koorders, I.e.). Rami paniculigeri 6— 8 mm crassi. Folia paniculis vicina 30— 

 45 cm, reliqua ad 1,5 m longa; foliola illorum 15 — 25 cm longa, 5—8 cm lata, reliquorum 

 40 cm longa, 10 cm lata, infima 4 cm longa, 3 cm lata. Paniculae 30 — 50 cm longae, 



*) Quoad norninum vulgarium interpretationem notandum quod invenitur in Hasskarl, Neuer 

 Schlüssel zu Rumph's Hb. Amb. (1866) 203 — 205 alibique: Batu - lapis, besaar = magnus, gabba 

 gabba = mollis s. femina, itam = niger, lacki lacki = mas, mera = ruber, puti = albus. 



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