Antidesma. 149 



Philippinen: Luzon, Manila (Guming n. 900!, 1820 ex p.), Calawan (Callery 

 n. 14, 20 bis , 38 bis ), Camarines (Aguilar n. 14336!). Mindanao, Cabadbaran, 

 Mt. Urdaneta (Eimer n. 13277!) 



Verwendung: Die Rinde findet Verwendung gegen Aphthen und schlaffes Zahn- 

 fleisch, doch ist nicht sicher, ob in der Notiz (Dragendorff , Heilpflanzen [l 898] 375) 

 wirklich A. pleuricum gemeint ist, da als Vaterland Zeylon angegeben wird und A. zey- 

 lanicum Lam. (= A. alexiteria) als Synonym. 



9 6. A. aruanum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Frutex vel arbor; ramuli glabri, 

 graciles. Petiolus 3 — 6 mm longus, cum limbo glaber; limbus 9 — 12 cm longus, 4 — 

 5Y2 cm l^us, ellipticus vel obovato-ellipticus, breviter et obtuse caudato-acuminatus, 

 basi acutus, firme chartaceus; costae secundariae utrinque 6 — 8, satis tenues; stipulae 

 trianguläres, acuminatae, 1 — 2 mm longae, mox caducae. Flores q^ ignoti. Spicae Q 

 2 — 3 cm longae, parum ramosae vel simplices, pedunculatae, glabrae; bracteae ovatae, 

 acutae; flores brevissime pedicellati, pedicello circ. Y2 mm longo. Calyx ultra medium 4-, 

 rarius 5-lobus, extus glaber, intus basi breviter pilosus, lobis ovatis, obtusis, hyalinis; 

 discus glaber; ovarium glabrum; stigma laterale. 



Papuasische Provinz: Aru Inseln (Warburg n. 20640!). 



97. A. leptobotryum Müll. Arg. in Flora XLV1I. (1864) 529, in DG. Prodr. XV. 

 2. (1866) 250; Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 645 ex parte. — Ramuli 

 tenues, breviter pubescentes. Petiolus 1 — 4 mm longus; limbus 8 — 15 cm longus, 3 — 

 5 cm latus, elliptico-lanceolatus vel oblanceolatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, apice ipso ob- 

 tusus, basi acutus, glaber, subcoriaceus, tenuiter reticulato-venosus, nitidulus; stipulae 

 e basi ovata lineari-lanceolatae, ad 4 mm longae, persistentes. Racemi q 1 axillares, 

 2Y2 — 5 cm longi? graciles, dissitiflori, basi longiuscule nudi et bracteis sterilibus adpressis 

 onusti; rhachis recta, glabra; bracteae lanceolato-ovatae, acuminatae, patulae, y 2 mm 

 longae; pedicelli calycem aequantes. Calyx q? 1 mm latus vel paulo latior, ad medium 

 5-fidus; sepala suborbicularia, obtusa, parce ciliata; disci glandulae liberae, parvae, 

 pilosae; stamina 5; connectivum latum; loculi penduli; ovarii rudimentum satis magnum, 

 obconicum, truncatum, apice pilosum. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Kamerun, Efulen (Bates n. 428). Gabun 

 (Bates n. 513), Sierra del Crystal (Mann n. 1714!). Unterer Kongo (Smith). 



Nota. Specimen a Staudt sub n. 342 lectum a Hutchinson pro specie nostra sump- 

 tum est Thecaeoris gymnogyne Pax. 



98. A. Staudtii Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 327; Hutchinson in 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 644. — A. pendulum Pax in Sched. — Frutex 3—4 m 

 altus; ramuli juveniles fulvo-tomentosi, rami breviter pubescentes vel glabri. Petiolus 

 2 — 5 mm longus, pubescens, demum glabrescens; limbus 11 — 26 cm longus, 4 — 9 cm 

 latus, oblongus vel oblongo-obovatus, cuspidatus, basin versus angustatus, ima basi 

 obtusus vel subacutus, membranaceus vel chartaceus, supra in costa media, subtus in 

 costis puberulus; costae secundariae utrinque 6 — 10, subtus prominentes; stipulae 

 lineari-lanceolatae, subulato-acuminatae, 7 — 1 mm longae, ferrugineo-pubescentes. Flores 

 O? ignoti. Spicae Q longissimae, ad 55 cm longae, pendulae, pubescentes; bracteae 

 reflexae, ovatae, acutae, =b 1 mm longae; pedicelli brevissimi; flores reflexi. Calyx Q 

 ad medium 3 — 4-lobus, extus intusque pubescens, lobis acutis; discus cupularis, pubes- 

 cens; ovarium cinereo-pubescens ; Stigmata infra apicem inserta, erecta. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Kamerun, Bipindi (Zenker n. 988!, 3208!). 



99. A. pachybotryum Pax et K. Hoffm. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLV. (1911) 236 ; 

 Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 647. — Frutex vel arbor ad 5 m alta; 

 ramuli dense fulvo-tomentosi, tarde glabrescentes. Petiolus 5 — 10 cm longus, tomentosus; 

 limbus 9^2 — * 9 cm longus, 31/2 — 8 cm latus, oblongus vel obovato-oblongus, breviter 

 et obtuse acuminatus, mucronatus, basi angustata obtusus, subcoriaceus vel coriaceus, 

 supra nitidus, griseo- viridis et ad costam mediam puberulus, subtus in costis rufo- 

 pubescens, subtus prominenter reticulatus; costae secundariae utrinque 7 — 10; stipulae 

 7 — 10 mm longae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, pubescentes, persistentes. Inflorescentiae 



