Antidesma. 129 



i — 10 mm longus, hirsutus; limbus 3 Vi — 8 cm longus, 1 t^— 3 cm latus, in fructu 

 interdum 1 — 1 3 cm longus, ad 4 cm latus, oblongus vel oblongo-lanceolatus, apice 

 sensim acute acuminatus, mucronatus, basi rotundato- obtusus, tenuiter chartaceus, supra 

 costa parce puberula excepta glaber, subtus in costis breviter setuloso-pubescens ; costae 

 sccundariae utrinque 5 — 8, subtus prominentes, in axillis lanato-pubescentes; stipulae 

 mox deciduae, lineari-subulatae, acutae, 4 — 5 mm longae, setuloso-pubescentes. In- 

 florescentiae (f 3 — 4-ramosae; rami pergraciles, 1 y 2 — 2 cm longi; rhachis parce 

 pubescens; bracteae stipulis similes, sed breviores; pedicelli patuli, demum vix 1 mm 

 longi, glabri. Sepala tf 4, late transverse oblonga, glabra; stamina 4; discus carnosus, 

 glaber. Flores Q ignoti. Infructescentiae pergraciles, 3-ramosae, 6 — 8 cm longae; 

 rhachis parce puberula vel subglabra; pedicelli patuli vel leviter reflexi, 3 — 4 mm longi. 

 Sepala triangularia, glabra; discus crassus, glaber; fructus junior oblique ellipsoideus, 

 glaber, stylis brevissimis coronatus. 



Zentralchina: West Szetschuan, Kiating (Veitch Exp. n. 4058, 4419), Mt. 

 Omei (Veitch Exp. n. 4480). 



Nota. Species a nobis non visn , in affinitatem A. japoniei pertinere videtur; ad 

 A. mma.su etiam accedit. 



40. A. cuspidatum Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 67; in DC. Prodr. XV. 

 2. (l8(ifi) 252; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) '60 ex parte. — Rami juniores cum 

 ramulis obscure cinereo-pubescentes, demum glabrati. Petiolus 6 — 10 mm longus, 

 pubescens; limbus 15 — 20 cm longus, 4 t / 2 — 6 cm latus, oblongus, longe et acute 

 cuspidato-acuminatus, basi subacutus, utraque pagina nervo excepto glaber, chartaceus 

 vel submembranaceus, nitidus; costae secundariae utrinque dz 8. Spicae q? paniculato- 

 ramosae, 3 — 5 cm longae, pubescentes; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae , apicem calycis 

 attingentes. Flores q 1 breviter pedicellati; calyx depresso-globosus, profunde 4 — 5- 

 partitus, lobis late ovatis, denticulatis vel integris, extus dense pubescens, firmulus; 

 discus subinteger, dense breviter hirtellus; stamina 3 — 4, in excavationibus disci inserta; 

 ovarii rudimentum parvulum, obovoideum, pubescens. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malacca, Ching (Griffith!, Leman, Maingay 

 n. 1341!). 



41. A. Curranii Merrill in Philipp. Journ. sc. IX. C. (1914)466. — Arbor parva, ramulis 

 juvenilibus inflorescentiisque exceptis glabra; ramuli juveniles leviter pubescentes. Petiolus 



I — 1 72 cm longus; limbus 9 — 15 cm longus, 8^/^— 5 l /a cm l atus > oblongus vel oblongo- 

 ovatus, leviter acuminatus, basi acutus vel obtusus, chartaceus vel subcoriaceus, glaber, 

 nitidus, subtus pallidior; costae secundariae utrinque 7 — 9, subtus prominentes; stipulae 

 oblongae, pubescentes, 3 mm longae. Flores q^ ignoti. Inflorescentia fructigera axillaris, 

 paniculata, 2 — 3 cm longa, puberula; rami paniculae breves, 1 cm longi; bracteae lanceo- 

 latae, acuminatae, 1mm longae vel paulo longiores; pedicelli 1mm longi. Drupa rubra, 

 anguste ovoidea, compressa, glabra, 4 mm longa; Stigmata terminalia. Calycis persis- 

 tentis lobi tubum superantes oblongi, obtusi, 1 mm longi. 



Philippinen. Luzon, ßenguet, Baguio, Flußtäler (Curran n. 5087). 



Nota. Species a nobis non visa est, ex autore in affinitatem A. pentandri pertinet. 



42. A. costulatum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Arbor ad 6 m alta; ramuli 

 graciles, juveniles dense fulvo-pubescentes, deinde hirtuli, tarde glabrescentes. Petiolus 

 10 — 15 mm longus, gracilis, hirto-pubescens; limbus 10— 15 cm longus, 3V2 — 5 cm 

 latus, !anceolato-oblongus, longiuscule acute acuminatus, basi acutus, membranaceus, 

 supra ad costam mediam, subtus in costis pilosus; costae secundariae utrinque 7 — 10, 

 angulo semirecto insidentes; stipulae 3 — 4 mm longae, lineares, pubescentes, caducae. 

 lnflorescentiae 7 — 10 cm attingentes, paniculato-ramosae, pubescentes, Qp densiflorae: 

 bracteae obovatae, acutae, 1 mm fere longae; pedicelli bracteas aequantes vel superantes. 

 Calyx cf ultra medium 4-partitus, extus glaber, intus pilosus, lobis fere orbicularibus; 

 stamina 4, in excavationibus disci glabri inserta; ovarii rudimentum majusculum, cylindricum, 

 glabrum. Pedicelli fructigeri 3 — 4 mm longi. Drupa (an matura?) 4 mm longa, 3'/2 mm 

 lata, glabra, ellipsoidea, foveolata; stigma terminale. 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogaroa.) 147. XV. 9 



