Antidesoia. 121 



flores breviter pedicellati. Sepala valde lata, ciliata, hirsuta; discus cum ovario hirsutus. 

 Drupa obovoidea, acris, quam in A. ghaesembilla duplo major. 



Araukarienprovinz: Queensland, Rockingham Bay (Dallachy), Cooklown, 

 Finschbay (Warburg n. 19464!, 19465!). — Vielleicht auch in Nordaustralien. 



23. A. Helferi Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 357. — Kami glabri. Petiolus 

 6 mm longus; limbus 10 — 18 cm longus, ellipticus vel elliptico-oblongus, obtusus, basi 

 acutus, glaber, coriaceus; costae secundariae tenues; stipulae lineares, glabrae. Spicae 

 Q terminales, robustae, ad 4 cm longae; bracteae subulatae. Flores Q sessiles. 

 Galyx 5-partitus; lobi anguste oblongi, obtusi; discus cupularis, pilosus; ovarium oblique 

 globosum, tomentosum; Stigmata terminalia. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Tenasserim oder Andamanen? (Helfer 

 0. 4942). 



2 4. A. ärbutifolium [arbutifolia) Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIL (1887) 519. — 

 Arbor; ramuli lignosi, ferrugineo-pubescentes. Folia breviter petiolata, 5 — I cm longa, 



2 Y2 — ^ cm lata, oblonga, obtusa, basi obtusa, subcoriacea, glabra, subtus in axillis ner- 

 vorum haud foveolata. Racemi Q axillares, pedunculati, 2 x ji cm longi, dense pilosi; bracteae 

 ovata^; pedicelli flores aequantes. Calyx Q late campanulatus, dense pilosus, lobis 

 ovatis; ovarium globosum, pilosum; styli ovarium aequantes. 



Madagaskar (Baron n. 4062). 



25. A. longipes Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 355. — Frutex vel arbor; 

 ramuli albidi, graciles, puberuli. Petiolus robustus, 6 — 12 mm longus, puberulus; limbus 

 25- — 30 cm longus, V/2— 15 cm latus, oblongo-obovatus, basi rotundatus vel cordatus, 

 membranaceus, subtus puberulus; costae secundariae utrinque 15 — 20; stipulae ignotae. 

 Racemi Q longissimi, graciles, pedunculati, erecti, fructigeri penduli; bracteae minutis- 

 simae; pedicelli florigeri brevissimi, sub fructu filiformes, 8 — 12 mm attingentes. Sepala 

 Q 4, ovata, acuta; discus glaber; ovarium tomentosum; stigma subterminale. Drupa 

 12 mm longa, oblique ovoidea, compressa, acute marginata, rugosa, rubra, puberula. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Perak (King's Collector). 

 Nota. Species a nobis non visa est. 



26. A. rhynchophyllum K. Schum. in K. Schum. et Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. 

 Südsee, Nachtr. (1905) 294. — Ä. obovatum J. J. Smith in Nov. Guinea VIII. (1910) 

 230, 768, t. 57. — Arbuscula 6 — 8 m alta; ramuli tenues, novelli tomentelli. Petiolus 



3 — 8 mm longus, puberulus; limbus 5 — 14 cm longus, 2 — S 1 /^ cm latus, lanceolatus 

 vel obovatus, abrupte caudato-acuminatus, acumine obtuso et saepius emarginato, basi 

 cuneatus vel acutus, glaber, membranaceus, in axillis costarum subtus glanduloso- 

 incrassatus; costae secundariae utrinque 7—10; stipulae lineari - subulatae, caducae, 

 pubescentes, 3 — 5 mm longae. Inflorescentiae axillares vel ad ramulos annotinos laterales, 

 breviter pedunculatae, simplices vel basi ramosae, puberulae, 2 — 5 cm longae, q 1 laxi- 

 florae; bracteae late ovatae, parvae, 1 / 2 mm longae; pedicelli q 1 bracteas duplo superantes, 

 2 eas aequantes vel iis breviores. Calyx q? cupuliformis,' ad medium 4-lobus, glaber, 

 lobis late triangularibus, denticulatis, ciliatis; stamina 2, rarius 3, in excavationibus 

 disci majusculi, calycem superantis, apice pubescentis inserta; ovarii rudimentum parvum, 

 apice pubescens. Calyx Q campanulato-cylindricus, ovario adpressus, vix ad medium 

 4-, rarius 3-lobus, lobis ciliolatis; discus cupuliformis, longius ciliatus; ovarium parce 

 adpresse pilosum; stigma terminale. Drupa . brevissime pedicellata, subglobosa, 3 3 / 4 mm 

 diametiens. 



Papuasische Provinz: Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Ramufluß (Rodatz u. Klink 

 n. 12!); am Sepik (Ledermann n. 7305!). Niederl. Neu Guinea, NoordfluJß (v. Römer 

 n. 262), am Fuße des Nepentheshügels im Pandanussumpf (Versteeg n. 1258!), bei 

 Biwak Insel (Versteeg n. 1789!). 



27. A. densiflorum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Frutex vel arbor ad 10 m alta; 

 ramuli juveniles molliger pubescentes, zb cito glabrescentes. Petiolus 2 — 4 mm longus; 

 limbus 7 — 12 cm longus, 2 — i 1 / 2 cm latus, oblongo-lanceolatus, abrupte caudato-acu- 

 minatus, acumine emarginato, basi acutus, glaber, chartaceus vel ßrme membranaceus, 



