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vel leviter puberuli, \ — 3 mm longi. Flores minutissimi. Calyx glaber vel vii pube- 

 rulus, lobis anguste triangularibus, acutis. Corolla glabra, lobis late ovalis, acutis, 

 \ mm longis. Pedunculus communis femineus gracillimus, 2 — G-florus, 2 — 3 cm longus; 

 pedicelli capillares, 3 — 15 mm longi. Ovarium subclavatum, glaberrimum, 4 — 5 mm 

 longum. Corollae segmenta 2 mm longa. Fructus fulvus, subcylindricus, superne leviter 

 dilatatus, basi rotundatus, laevissimus, 2,5 — 3 cm longus, apicc H — 4 2 mm crassus. 

 Semina pallide cinerea, obovata, utrlnque breviter et densiuscule muricata, margine 

 biseriatim dentato-tuberculala , basi obtuse attenuata, 6 — 7 mm longa, 6 mm lata, 

 1,5 mm crassa; ala leviter obliqua, albida, translucens, oblonga, apice subrotundata, 



9 mm longa, 4,5 — 5 mm lala. 



Monsungebiet: Papuasische Provinz: Neu-Guinea, Augusta7Fluß (Dr. L. 

 Schultze n. 170. — Herb. Berlin). 



3. A. timorana (Spanoghe) Roem. Syn. Farn. II. (1846) 117; Cogn. in DC. Mon. 

 Phan. III. (1881) 935. — Zanonia timorana Spanoghe in Linnaea XV. (1841) 205; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 1. (1855) 683. — Z. timorensis Walp. Rep. II. (1843) 194. — 

 Frutex scandens, ramis angulatis, pubescentibus. Foliorum petiolus teres; lamina simplex, 

 cordala, angulata, longe acuminata, margine denticulata, supra glabra, subtus in venis 

 pubescens. Pedunculi axillares, ramosi; pedicelli umbellati. Flores dioici. Calyx superus, 

 limbo 5-fido, laciniis minutis, acutis, reflexis. Corolla rotata, petalis rotundatis. An- 

 therae 5, in columnam coalitae. Styli 3, persistentes, exserti. Fructus cylindraceus, 

 stylo persistente coronatus, trilocularis. Semina circiter 12, superne membranaceo-alata. 



Monsungebiet: Austromalay ische Provinz: Timor (nach Spanoghe, 1. c). 

 Nota. Speciem non vidi. 



4. A. rotundifoliola Cogn. n. sp. — Rami graciles, pluricostati, primum leviter 

 puberuli demum glabri. Folia trifoliolata: petiolus gracilis, brevissime denseque villosus, 



10 — 18 mm longus; petioluli 4 — 7 mm longi; foliola eglandulosa, cai*nosula, suborbi- 

 cularia, apice rotundata et apiculata, margine integerrima, basi leviter emarginata, 

 penninervia, utrinque brevissime sparseque pilosa praecipue ad nervös nervulosque, subtus 

 tenuiter reticulata, viridi-cinerea, lateralia 3 — 5,5 cm longa, 2,5 — 4,5 cm lata, satis 

 asymmetrica, intermedium 4 — 6,5 cm longum, 3 — 6 cm latum. Cirrhi graciles, elon- 

 gati, vix puberuli, apice biQdi, Flores ignoti. Pedunculus communis fructiferus gracilis, 

 vix ramosus, brevissime denseque puberulus, 4 — 15 cm longus; pedicelli graciles, 8 — 

 16 mm longi. Fructus pallide fulvus, cylindraceus, inferne leviter attenuatus, basi 

 acutus, apice truncatus, laevis, 5 — 6 cm longus, 14 — 18 mm crassus. Semina pallide 

 fulva, ambitu obovato-deltoidea, utrinque leviter tuberculata, margine utrinque minute 

 bilobata, basi longiuscule attenuata, apice saepius bidentata, 6 — 7 mm longa, 3,5 — 

 4 mm lata, 1 mm crassa; ala leviter obliqua, albida, pellucida, obovata, apice subrotun- 

 data, 11 — 12 mm longa, 6 — 7 mm lata. 



Monsungebiet: Papuasische Provinz: Neu-Mecklenburg, Buragamata bei 

 Namatanai (Peekel n. 471. — Fruchtend Juni 1910. — Herb. Berlin). 



5. A. sarcophylla (Wall.) Roem. Syn. Fam. II. (1846) 118; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. 

 (1873) t. 6017; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. (1879) 634; Cogn. in DC. Mon. 

 Phan. in. (1881) 929. — Zanonia sarcophylla Wall. List. (1828) n. 3724, PI. asiat. 

 rar. II. (1831) 28, t. 133. — Alsomitra clatngera King, Mat. Fl. Malay. Penins. (1898) 

 386 (non Roem.). — Caulis alte scandens, satis robustus, glaberrimus. Folia trifoHo- 

 lata: petiolus robustus, 0,5 — 1 cm longus; petioluli 2 — 5 mm longi; foliola eglandu- 

 losa, valde carnosa, ovata, obtusa, margine integerrima, basi trinervia, obtusa vel acu- 

 tiuscula, utrinque glaberrima et intense viridia, subaequilonga, 6 — 9 cm longa, 3 — 

 6 cm lata. Cirrhi graciles, longissimi, glabri, apice bifidi. Pedunculus communis 

 masculus gracilis, glaber vel puberulus, multiflorus, 15 — 20 cm longus; rami fiüformes, 

 erecti, 5 — 10 cm longi; pedicelli capillares, subglabri, 2 — 4 mm longi. Calyx sparse 

 pilosus, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 2 mm longis, Corolla pallide straminea, 

 8egmentis ovato-ellipticis, acutis, 3 mm longis. Flores feminei: Ovarium clavatum. 

 Fructus fulvus, cylindraceus, basi rotundatus vel subacutus, apice truncatus, laevis, 



