Nephelium. 969 



elliptica, breviter obtuse acuminata obtusave, basi angustata, tenuiter petiolulata, 

 tenuiter vel (var. rigida Blume) rigidiuscule chartacea, nervis utrinque 8 — 12 e patenti 

 arcuato-adscendentibus subtus prominentibus, subtiliter subclathrato-venosa, supra 

 glabra, sicca subfusca, nitida, margine saepe involuta, subtus juniora densius, adultiora 

 laxius pilis supra basin lateraliter affixis sericeo-puberula, rubescenti- vel (var. vulgo 

 Ranvantan dicta t. Blume) flavescenti- vel cinerascenti-glaucescentia, cellulis secretoriis 

 instructa, epidermide nunc vix nunc sat mucigera; paniculae axillares et terminales, 

 ad ramulorum apices confertae, folia subaequantes vel breviores, parum ramosae, 

 superiores saepe in thyrsos eramosos elongatos graciles reductae, laxiuscule fasciculi- 

 gerae; flores apetali, parvuli, conspicue pedicellati; calyx submembranaceus; discus 

 profunde lobatus, glaber; fructus cocci breviter ellipsoidei, squarrose truncato-echinati, 

 processibus breviusculis conicis striatis partim ultra medium fasciculato-connatis rigidis 

 apice truncatis in fructu juniore contiguis dein undique patentibus glabris; semen 

 breviter oblongum, micropyle apicali; embryo rectiusculus, cotyledonibus subaequali- 

 bus, radicula papilliformi. 



Arbor 15 (Labillardiere), ad 30 — 40 (Blume), immo 60 (King's Collector) pedes 

 alta. Rami paniculigeri 3 — 5 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 2 — 6 cm longo adjecto 15 — 30 cm 

 longa; foliola cum petiolulis 3 — 5 mm longis 6 — 15 cm longa, 2,5 — 6 cm lata. Paniculae 

 (thyrsive) 7 — 16 cm longae. Calyx 4 — 5-fidus, laciniis ovatis obtusis vel partim acutis, 

 extus hirtellus, intus puberulus. Stamina 5 — 7 — 8, filiformia, praeter apicem dense 

 villosiuscula; antherae puberulae. Germen (floris $) plerumque 2-coccum, hirtum, 

 stylo laevius longiusve bifido, cruribus recurvatis, interdum (in eadem panicula) dimi- 

 diatum, 1-coccum, stylo simplici laterali, vel 3-coccum, stylo 3-i'ido (var. trigyna Blume, 

 in cujus specimine vero ab ipso inscripto in Hb. Lugd.-Bat. servato non nisi germina 

 2-cocca inveni). Fructus cocci (processibus exclusis) 3 — 4 cm longi, 2 — 3 cm lati, 

 coccinei vel in var. vulgo Ranvantan dicta vitellini (t. Blume), sicci subfusci processi- 

 bus 4 — 5 mm longis, ultra maturitatem progressi denique (uti Labillardiere, I.e. 473 

 indicat) apice secus lineam medianam fissi. Semen (siecum) 2,5 cm longum, 1,6 cm 

 Iatum (arillo et nucleo edulib. t. Labill. 1. c). 



In peninsula malaica, in insulis Sumatra, Java et Borneo, nee non in 

 Philippinis, spontanea et eulta: Griffith n. 997/2! (Malacca, fl.; Hb. varia), n. 1002! 

 (Hb. Kew.); Maingay n. 450! part. (Hb. n. 1628, m. Jan. 1865-1866, fl. et fr. juv.; 

 Hb. Kew., Berol.; cfr. N. hamulatum, costatum, obliquinerve)\ King's Collector n. 6478! 

 8675! (Perak, m. Aug. 1884, fl., germ. interdum 1-cocco, m. Mart. 1886 fr. semimat., 

 sub nom. N. chryseum a cl. King ed. et c. Hb. DC. comra.; reliqua a cl. King 1. c. sub 

 N.chryseo enumerata speeimina coli. Scortechini, Ridley n. 407, 6358, 6374 non 

 vidi); — circa Singapore: T.Anderson n. 38 ! (m. Oct. 1861, fr.; Hb. Kew.; vix 

 dubie = N. Griffithian. Kurz part., 1. c); Kurz! (Hb. Kew., c. indic. : = Griff, n.1002); 

 Hüllet n. 644! (m. Febr. 1885, fl.; Hb. Kew.); S.Meyer, Schles. bot. Tauschver. 

 n. 297! part. (part. N.lapp., N.chrys.; Singapore, m. Apr. 1896, fl. 9', Hb. Berol.); 

 Ridley (as an escape in some of the woods on the Pahang River), n. 12! (eulta in 

 Hort. Singapor. a. 1899, fl., sub nom. N. chryseum adjecto, uti 1. c. 1900, nom. vulg. 

 Pulassan comm. c. Hb. Calcutt.), n. 10165! (Singapore a. 1899, fl., sine alia indicatione 

 comm. c. Hb. Calcutt. et ex hoc comm. c. Hb. Monac); — in Sumatra: Teysmann! 

 (prov. Palembang, N. sp. 1. c. c. nom. vulg. Psegoek, si recte huc dueo speeimen fruetig. 

 ex Hort. Bogor. V. 95 missum, insignitum Nr. III. H. 8, Kapoelassan Koening, Psoe- 

 goeh, Palembang); H. O. Forbes n. 2836! (a. 1880, alab.; Hb. Berol.); — in Java 

 (eulta t. Koord. et Val. Bijdr. Booms. [1903] 185 annot., non spontanea 193): Lahaie! 

 (circ. 1792, fr. juv.; Hb. Ventenat, dein Delessert); Labillardiere! (eulta in Moluccis, 

 resp. ins. malaicis, praesertim circa Batavia 1. c. [1806] 476; speeim, fruetig. in Hb. 

 Juss. n. 11382); Reinwardt! (fl. $; Hb. Lugd.-Bat., sub nom. Euphoria Longana ut 

 in Blume, Bijdr.); Kollmann! (fl. <$; Hb. Boiss., Monac.); Blume! (in eultis Javae 

 occideritalis Rumph. 1. c; fl. <$, Hb. Lugd-Bat., olim sub scheda Euphoria Longana, 



