Veconcibea, Wetria. 219 



alabastro 2V2 mm diametiens, per anthesin 2 — 3-partitus ; lobi reflexi; stamina 50 — 60; 

 filamenta 7 — I 1 mm longa; antherae latiores quam longae. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 

 Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Costarica, am Rio Blanco, Llanuras de 

 Santa Clara, Comarca de Limon, 300 m (Pittier n. 13425!). 



34. Wetria Baiii. 



Wetria*) Baill. Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 409; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. 

 III. 5. (1890) 57; J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10 (1910) 470. — 

 Pseudotrewia Miq. Fl. Ind. Batav. I. 2. (1859) 414. — Älchornea Sect. Wetria Müll. 

 Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 167; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 900; 

 Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 315. — Alchomea Baill. Hist. pl. V. 

 (1874) 212 ex parte. 



Flores dioici, apetali. Discus nullus. Calyx q? in alabastro globosus, clausus, 

 per anthesin valvatim 3 — 4-partitus. Stamina 25 — 30; filamenta basi vix connata, 

 receptaculo convexo affixa; thecae basi liberae, curvatae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Ovarii rudimentum nulluni. Sepala Q 5, persistentia; ovarium triloculare; styli basi 

 breviter connati, elongato-lineares, bifidi, intus grosse papillosi. Ovula in loculis soli- 

 taria. Capsula tridyma, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens. Semina ecarunculata, globosa; 

 albumen carnosum; cotyledones latae, planae. Arbor. Folia bistipulata, alterna, bre- 

 viter petiolata, ampla, basin versus cuneato-attenuata, basin versus maculari-glandulosa, 

 penninervia, subcoriacea. Inflorescentiae axillares, spiciformes, elongatae. multiflorae ; flores 

 q? fasciculati, Q in axillis bractearum solitarii. Indumentum mox evanidum, simplex. 



Species 2, malayanae, quarum una vix rite nota. 



1. W. macrophylla (Blume) J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10 

 (1910) 471; Koorders, Exkursionsfl. Java II. (1912) 494. — Trewia macrophylla 

 Blume, Bijdr. (1825—26) 612. — Wetria trewioides Baill. Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 

 409. — Pseudotrewia macrophylla Miq. Fl. Ind. Batav. I. 2. (1859) 414. — Älchornea 

 Blumeana Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 167; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 90 0. — Arbor ad 20 m alta; ramuli juveniles pubescentes, mox glabrescentes. Petiolus 

 4 — 14 mm longus, crassus, semiteres; limbus 16 — 42 cm longus, S 1 /^ — 1 6 cm latus, 

 oblongo- vel lanceolato-obovatus, acuminatus, basin versus longe cuneato-attenuatus, ima 

 basi acutus vel obtusus, leviter et distanter denticulatus, subcoriaceus, nitidus, junior 

 sericeus, mox glabratus et tantum subtus secus nervös pilosus, basi supra maculari- 

 pluriglandulosus; costae secundariae utrinque 20 — 35; stipulae 6 — 8 mm longae, tri- 

 angulari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, ciliatae, dorso subcarinatae, puberulae. Inflorescentia 

 (j* circ. 20 cm longa, simplex, sessilis, pendula, laxa, multiflora, ex axillis squamarum 

 ramulorum brevissimorum, aphyllorum et etiam ad basin ramulorum novellorum folia- 

 torum sita; rhachis angulata, puberula; bracteae late trianguläres, ciliatae, carnosae, 

 2 — 4-florae; pedicelli 3 — 6 mm longi. Bacemi Q ex axillis squamarum vel foliorum 

 ad basin ramulorum novellorum siti, valde elongati, fructigeri 60 — 75 cm attingentes, 

 penduli, simplices, pubescentes, distanter florigeri; bracteae uniflorae; pedicelli 2Y2 — 

 5 mm longi. Calyx (J 1 pallide viridis, intus ad basin puberulus, extus parce hirtellus, 

 3y 2 mm longus; sepala ovato-triangularia, acuta vel obtusiuscula; filamenta alba; re- 

 ceptaculum parce pilosum. Sepala Q ovato-lanceolata, acuta, extus puberula, reflexa, 

 2 mm longa; ovarium pubescens; styli 7 — 9 mm longi. Capsula depressa, I Yi cm 

 lata, tridyma, tomentosa. Semen 6 — 7 mm longum, globosum, atro-brunneum. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java (Zollinger n. 837z!, Blume!), Banten, 

 Batavia (Koorders n. 30937/Ü), Preanger (Blume n. 1262!), Pekalongan, Semarang; 

 im Regenwald bis 500 m aufwärts. — Nach J. J. Smith auch auf Borneo und Su- 

 matra (Boerlage, Handl. Fl. Nederl. Ind. III. 1. [1900] 288). 



Einheim. Namen: Ki-sempoer, Ki-tjaloeng. 



*) Anagramma nominis Treuriae; cfr. p. 140. 



