Cleidion. 297 



Species quoad genus dubiae. 



15. C. claoxyloides Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 184; in DG. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 986. — Folia ad apicem ramulorum conferta; petiolus purpurascens; 

 limbus spathulato-lanceolatus, obtusus vel emarginatus, basi sensim in petiolum brevem 

 angustatus, glaber, costis purpurascentibus. Flores q 1 fasciculato-racemosi; rhachis 

 purpurascens, foliis paulo brevior, pubescens. Calyx q? subglaber; antherae rubellae, 

 emarginatae, in series verticales circ. 8 dispositae; stamina 40 — 45; connectivum 

 levissime productum; filamenta basi haud dilatäta. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Araukarienprovinz: Neu-Kaledonien, Berge bei Balade (Vieillard n. 1156 

 ex parte!, 11 66). 



16. C. nicaraguense Hemsl. in Biol. centr. amer. III. (1883) 130. — Frutex 

 vel arbor glabrescens; rainuli graciles, juveniles ± hirti, ferruginei. Petiolus 5 — 7 mm 

 longus, puberulus; limbus 10 — 18 cm longus, 4 — 5 cm latus, oblongo-lanceolatus, longe 

 caudato-acuminatus, obtusus, basi obtusissimus vel obsolete bilobatus, grosse crenato- 

 serratus, dentibus utrinque saepius 8, membranaceus, praeter costam parcissime pube- 

 rulam glaber; costae secundariae utrinque saepius 8, in dentes excurrentes; stipulae 

 3 — 5 mm longae, angustae, acutae. Flores q? fasciculato-racemosi; racemi fere ^/^cm 

 longi, pauciflori, axillares; flores (jj 1 hirsuti, 5 — 6y 2 mm diametientes, breviter pedi- 

 cellati. Sepala 3; stamina circ. 35; filamenta filiformia ; connectivum latiusculum, apice 

 minute penicillatum. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Nicaragua, Cbontales (Täte n. 352, 455). 

 Nota. Species quoad genus incerta, a cl. autore dubitanter ad Cleidion relata. 



17. C. gabonicum Baill. Adansonia XI. (1874) 129; Prain in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 

 1. (1912) 930. — Frutex vel arbor, ad 16 m alta; rami teretes, grisei, parce pube- 

 ruli. Petiolus nunc brevissimus, 1 / 2 mm longus, nunc, rarius, longiusculus, 2Y2 cm 

 longus, puberulus; limbus 10 — 17 cm longus, 4 — 8 cm latus, oblongo-obovatus, ple- 

 rumque longiuscule acuminatus, basi saepius longe cuneato-attenuatus, ima basi acutus 

 vel obtusus, nunc suborbiculatus, inaequaliter et remote crenatus vel denticulatus, sub- 

 membranaceus, glaber, penninervius, basi saepius subtrinervius; costae secundariae paucae, 

 saepius 6, late inter se haud procul a margine anastomosantes, subtus prominentes; 

 venae reticulatae, parum conspicuae; stipulae ovatae, acutae, 4 mm longae. Flores 

 utriusque sexus aut in planus distinctis aut in ramis diversis racemosi vel spicati, q 1 

 in spicas graciles, elongatas, 15 — 25 cm longas, axillares vel oppositifolias dispositi, 

 Q racemosi; rhachis parce pilosa vel glabra; pedicelli breves, fructigeri 1 — 2 cm longi; 

 bracteae (j 1 parvae, acutae, 3 — 6-florae, remotae. Calyx glaber, stamina numerosa, 

 verticaliter multiseriata, arcte imbricata, ex Baillon mutica. Sepala Q 3; ovarium 

 subglobosum, 2 — 3-loculare, villosulum; styli longiusculi, 1 cm longi, subfiliformes, bi- 

 fidi. Fructus subglobosus, trigonus, 1 1 / 2 cm diametiens, glaber, stylo diu coronatus. 

 Semina subglobosa. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Oberguinea, Goldküste, Akim, am Dansu- 

 flusse (Johnson n. 437); Aschanti, Tappa (Chipp n. 101), Coomassie (Chipp n. 141). — 

 Gabun, Pyrat (Griffon du Bellay n. 2). 



Species excludendae. 



Cleidion coriaceum Baill. Adansonia II. (1862) 218 = Macaranga coriacea 

 (Baill.) Müll. Arg. 



C. lutescens Pax et Lingelsh. in Fedde, Repert. III. (1906) 25 = Macaranga 

 lutescens Pax. 



C. Mannii Bak. in Kew Bull. (1910) 58 = Plukenetia conophora Müll. Arg. 



G. platystigma Schlechter in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIX. (1906) 150 = 

 Ramelia spec. 



C. populifolium Zippel in Linnaea XV. (1841) 349 = nomen nudum. 



C. Preussii Bak. in Kew Bull. (1910) 343 = Plukenetia conophora Müll. Arg. 



