Antidesma. 133 



mediam subtus parce pilosus; costae secundariae utrinque 8-9, tenues; stipulae lanceo- 

 latae vel lale lineares, 5—8 mm longae, puberulae. Inflorescentiae 6 — 9 cm longae, 

 subglabrae, laxiflorae, paniculato-ramosae vel simplices; bracteae parvae, trianguläres, 

 acutae; pedicelli q? bracteam aequantes, y 2 mm l° n g>? robusti, Q paulo longiores. 

 Calyx (j 1 ad medium fere 3-Iobus, extus glaber, intus basi pilosus; stamina 3, in 

 excavationibus disci crassi, glabri inserta; ovarii rudimentum cylindricum, glabrum. 

 Calyx Q maris; discus annularis, glaber; ovarium glabrum; stigma terminale. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Yünnan, Wälder im Süden des Koten Flusses 

 (Henry n. 13667!, 13688!). 



54. A. Ledermannianum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Frutex 1 — 2 m altus; 

 ramuli valde juveniles parce pubescentes. mox glabrati, demum cinereo-corticati. Petiolus 

 3 — 8 mm longus, cum limbo glaber; limbus 9 — 18 cm longus, 4 — 9 cm latus, ellipticus, 

 breviter et obtuse acuminatus, mucronulatus, basi obtusus, vix vel brevissime contractus, 

 subcoriaceus, subtus laxe reticulatus: costae secundariae utrinque 5 — 7; slipulae citissime 

 caducae, 1 — l^ram longae, anguste trianguläres. Inflorescentiae q? ad 5 cm longae, 

 in axillis foliorum vel ad ramos defoliatos fasciculatae, pubescentes; bracteae ovatae, 

 concavae, pedicellos !/ 3 mm longos paulo superantes. Calyx rf fere ad basin 4-lobus, 

 extus intusque glaber; lobi ovati, cüiati; slamina 3, in excavationibus disci glabri inserta, 

 filamentis satis brevibus; ovarii rudimentum obsoletum. Flores Q et fructus ignoli. 

 Papuasische Provinz: Neu Guinea, Kaiser Wilhelmsland, am Sepik, Station 

 Gubugai, Sumpfwald (Ledermann n. 7759!). 



Nota. Spccies incomplele nota est, sed verisimiliter in %Venosa peitinet, ubi A. contr ac- 

 tum floris structura in mentem revocat. 



55. A. contractum J. J. Smith in Nov. Guinea VIII. (1910) 229, 786, t. 56. — 

 Frutex 1 — 2 m altus; ramuli validiusculi, glabri, novelli vix puberuli. Petiolus 5 — 10 mm 

 longus, validus, supra sulcatus, mox glabratus; limbus 1 2 V2 — 25 cm longus, 4 72— I I cm 

 latus, ovato-oblongus, longe et acute acuminatus, basi longiuscule vel longe in petiolum 

 spurium contractus, evolutus glaber, novellus puberulus, coriaceus, subtus laxe promi- 

 nenter reticulatus; costae secundariae utrinque 9 — 15, patentes, prominentes; slipulae 

 deciduae, subulato-filiformes, puberulae, 5 — 9 mm longae. Inflorescentiae rf in innovatio- 

 nibus breviter pedunculatae, simplices, laxe multiflorae, puberulae, 6 — 8 cm longae; 

 bracteae late ovatae, concavae, y 2 mm v * x longiores. Flores (f breviter ('/ 2 — 1mm) 

 pedicellati, parvi. Calyx ultra medium 3 — 5-lobus, intus ad basin pilosus; lobi late 

 ovati, ciliolati; stamina 2 — 4, in excavationibus disci semiglobosi, glabri inserta; ovarii 

 rudimentum obsoletum. Inflorescentiae Q axillares, subfasciculatae, simplices vel basi 

 pauciramosae, pedunculatae, tenellae, laxe multiflorae, puberulae, 4 — 16 cm longae; 

 bracteae parvae. Flores Q parvi, vix pedicellati. Calyx ovario haud adpressus, cupuli- 

 formis, ultra medium 4-partitus, lobis ovatis, ciliolatis; ovarium glabrum; Stigmata 

 terminalia; discus annulari-cupuliformis, glaber. Drupa subglobosa, paulo compressa, 

 7 , /-2 — 8 mm longa et lata, rubra, sicca valde compressa, reticulato-venosa. 



Papuasische Provinz: Niederländisch Neu Guinea, Van Rees, Bergwald 

 (Moszkowski n. 400!); Geluks Hügel, 50m(Versteeg n. 1730, 1734!); am Noordfluß 

 (v. Römer n. 697), am Nepentheshügel (Versteeg n. 1770); Etna Bay (Koch n. 78); 

 Kuskushügel, 45 m (v. Römer n. 615^*, Signalhügel, 50 m (v. Römer n. 641). 



56. A. plumbeum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Frutex (vel arbor); ramuli juve- 

 niles ferrugineo-hirto-pubescentes, mox glabrati. Petiolus 2 — 3 mm longus, glaber; 

 limbus 12 — 15 cm longus, 2*/ 2 — 3*/ 2 cm latus, lineari-lanceolatus, acute cuspidatus, basi 

 in petiolum spurium zb */ 2 cm longum attenuatus, chartaceus vel subcoriaceus, glaber, 

 supra plumbeo-viridis, tenuiter venosus; costae secundariae ulrinque ± 12, tenues; 

 stipulae 7 — 9 mm longae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, pilosae. Flores ignoti. Racemus 

 frucliger (unus tanlum visus) 7 cm longus, hirtellus; pedicelli ad 5 mm longi, patentes. 

 Drupa 8 — 9 mm longa, 5 — 6 mm lata, oblique ellipsoidea, leviter compressa, acute 

 marginata, reticulata, glabra; stigma terminale. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Borneo, Sarawak, Kutcin (Beccari n. 154!). 



