58 F. Pax, — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Antidesminae. 



subtus cum venis prominentes; stipulae mox caducae. Inflorescentiae (J* in ramis - 

 vetustioribus Orientes et simul axillares, fasciculatae , 6 — 23 cm longae, laxe racemi- 

 formes, breviter pubescentes; bracteae parvae, J / 2 mm longae, 4-florae; pedicelli 2 — 3 mm 

 longi, medio articulati. Flores q? 3 — 4 mm lati, odorati, dilute lutei; sepala 4, utraque 

 pagina papilloso-pubescentia, anguste hyalino-marginata, oblonga, subacuta; disci glan- 

 dulae globosae, parvae; stamina 6 — 8; ovarii rudimentum fusiforme vel cylindricum, 

 apice dilatatum. Racemi Q. lignicoli, 14 — 21 cm longi, pubescentes; bracteae parvae, 

 quam q? latiores, acuminatae, 6-florae vel ramulum 2 — 3-florum proferentes; pedicelli 

 5 — 6 mm attingentes. Sepala Q 4, oblonga, obtusa, zh 8 mm longa, extus intusque 

 breviter pubescentia; ovarium 3-loculare, dense tomentosum; Stigmata bifida, fimbriata. 

 Fruetus (an maturus?) 19 mm longus, 17 mm latus, subglobosus, apice et basi an- 

 gustatus, subglaber. — Fig. 7. 



Papuasische Provinz: Neu Guinea, Engl. Neu Guinea, Mekeo Distrikt (Barton); 

 Kaiser Wilhelmsland ohne Standortsangabe (Ledermann n. 10 418!), Hauptlager Malu 

 (Ledermann n. 6933!, 7140!, 7816!, 11530!), Pionierlager (Ledermann n. 7436!), 

 Aprilfluß (Ledermann n. 8543!), Augustafluß, 2. Station (Ilollrung n. 668!, 770 !), 

 Sepik (L. Schultze n. 12l!, 124!), Ramufluß (Tappenbeck n. 2l!, 103!, 153!). — 

 Im Alluvialwald. 



24. B. brevipes Hook. f. Fl. Brit, Ind. V. (1887) 372. — Arbor parva; ramuli 

 pubescentes vel tomentosi; rami crassi. Petiolus 2 — l 1 /^ cm longus, breviter pubescens, 

 satis robustus; limbus 20 — 35 cm longus, 10 — 14 cm latus, obovato-oblongus vel ob- 

 longus, acuminatus, basi in petiolum attenuatus, ima basi obtusus, acutus vel cordatus, 

 chartaceus, integer, supra glaber, subtus ad nervös pilosus vel tomentosus ; costae se- 

 cundariae utrinque circ. 12, subtus cum venis transversis prominentes, adscendentes, 

 leviter curvatae. Inflorescentiae q? in ramulis annotinis fasciculatae, ad 25 cm longae, 

 papilloso-pubescentes ; bracteae lanceolato-ovatae, 2 mm longae, 2 — 3-florae; pedicelli 

 2—3 mm longi, supra medium articulati. Flos q? 2*^ mm latus. Sepala 4 — 5, obovata 

 vel oblanceolata; stamina 4 — 8; filamenta tenuia, apice inflexa; disci glandulae parvae; 

 ovarii rudimentum cjlindricum, apice dilatatum et excavatum. Spicae Q truncicolae, 

 ad 25 cm longae; flores sessiles. Sepala circ. 8 mm longa; ovarium ovoi- 

 stigmata brevia, biloba. Fruetus subglobosus, 3-locularis, 

 12 — 25 mm diametiens, pubescens, lutescens vel cerinus. Semina compressa, laevia, 

 6 — 8 mm longa, arillo cyaneo. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malacca (Griffith n. 4908, 4909, Maingay 

 n. 1366, 1367, 1405). Perak, Larut (King's Collector n. 3055!, Scortechini, 

 Wray). Borneo (nach Hooker). 



2 5. B. minutiflora Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2 (18 66) 463; J. J. Smith in 

 Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10 (1910) 257; Koorders, Exkursionsfl. Java II. (1912) 

 482. — B. sanguinea J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10 (1910) t. 309. — 

 Arbor parva, 6 — 7 m alta; ramuli glabri, valde juveniles brevissime puberuli, mox 

 glabrati. Folia in apice ramulorum conferta; petiolus 1 — 6 cm longus, glaber; limbus 

 8 — 17 cm longus, 4 — 8Y2 cm latus, oblongus vel obovato-oblongus, obtuse acuminatus, 

 basi euneata acutus, integer vel repando-suberenatus, evolutus glaber, coriaceus; costae 

 seeundariae utrinque 5 — 7, parum curvatae, subtus prominentes; venae laxe reticulatae, 

 tenues; stipulae trianguläres, acutae, 5 — 8 mm longae, carinatae, dorso parce puberulae. 

 Inflorescentiae q? solitariae vel fasciculatae, axillares vel in ramulis laterales, laxe spici- 

 formes, 9 — 2 4 cm longae, puberulae vel pubescentes; bracteae ovatae, acutae, parvae, 

 3 — 5-florae; pedicelli 1 1 / 2 — 3^2 nim longi, medio articulati. Flores q? flavi, odorati, 

 3 — 3 Vi mm lati. Sepala 4, late triangularia, obtusa, extus intusque subpapilloso-tomen- 

 tella; disci glandulae parvae; stamina 6 — 8, brevissima; ovarii rudimentum stamina 

 aequans vel superans, quoad formam valde inconstans. Racemi Q in ramis crassioribus 

 siti, penduli, laxi, 7 — 20-flori, 7 — 25 cm longi, puberuli; peduneuli partiales patentes, 

 brevissime puberuli, 3 — 7 mm longi, 1 — 3-flori; bracteae minutae. Flores Q pedicellati, 

 obovoidei. Sepala 4 — 5, elliptica vel ovata, obtusa, farinaeeo-puberula, 7 — 10 mm longa; 





