Molinaea, Laccodiscus. 1131 



squamulatis, 3,7 — 4,3 mm altis, 2,5 — 2,8 mm latis, basi pilosis. Disco piloso. Stamini- 

 bus 8, antheris pilosis, filamentis villosis, in masculo flore 3 — 4 mm altis, in femineo 

 2 mm. Germine triloculari, 6 mm alto, stipitato, villoso; stylo recto, simplici, 2,5 — 

 3,5 mm alto, 3 lineis stigmatosis. Fructus capsularis, junior regularis trialatus, maturus 

 valde inaequalis, curvatus, 1-locularis, galearis, duabus alis pendentibus, stipitatus, 

 18 — 22 mm altus, 12 — 17 mm latus, loculicide valvatus, stylo laterali, semine arillato.« 



In Madagascar (in regione Boina dicta frequens esse videtur): Perrier de la 

 Bäthie n. 6283, 6278, 6280 (Haut-Bemarivo), n. 2293, 6323 (Bemarivo), n. 6270 

 (Bongolava), n. 1302 (Madirovalo). 



Obs. Radlkofer ipse notam sequentem adjunxit: »Maxime affinis M.retusae Radlk. f. sub- 

 dentatae Radlk., nisi eadem.« 



M. rubicunda Ghoux, 1. c. 68. — »Frutex. Foliis pertinacibus, 4-foliolatis, foliolis 

 oppositis, suboppositis vel alternis, leviter coriaceis, ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, basi 

 acutis, breviter petiolulatis (petiolulo 2 — 3,5 mm longo), apice acutis vel acuminatis, 

 foveolatis, subglabris, marginibus integris, rarius subcrenulatis, 3,9 — 6,1 cm longis, 

 1,7 — 2,2 cm latis, petiolo 1,5 — 2,5 cm longo, rhachi 1,6 — 2,3 cm longa. Flores ignoti. 

 Fructus capsularis, trialatus, rubicundus, fere rectus, valde stipitatus (pedicello 7 — 

 8 mm longo), 2,1 — 2,3 cm altus, 1,8 — 2,3 cm latus, 1-seminatus, semine arillato.« 



In Madagascar: Perrier de la Bäthie n. 6316 (dans les bassins du Sakaleony 

 et du Mananjary). 



Obs. Affinis esse dicitur M. arboreae. 



82. Laccodiscus Radlk. 



Laccodiscus Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. IX. (1879) 477, 496, 535, XX. 

 (1890) 262, 290 et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 342; Engl. 

 Pflanzenwelt Afr. III. 2. (1921) 267, 280; Hutchinson and Dalziel, Fl. West Trop. Afr. 

 I. 2. (1928) 500. — Cupania sp. Baker, cf. lit. sp. 



Flores spurie polygami,(J et 5 (^ mentientes) in eadem stirpe, reguläres, majusculi. 

 Sepala 5, latiuscule imbricata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta, dorso praesertim 

 interiora J^ carinata (alabastra 5-costata efficientia), fusco-setulosa vel (in specie 3. et 

 4.) tomento brevi sufferrugineo vel ochraceo induta, intus pube cana brevi adpressa 

 vestita. Petala 5, extra discum inserta, sepalis dimidio longiora, lanceolata, infra 

 medium in unguem cuneatum villosum angustata, lamina infra medium villosa intus 

 tota densissime strigoso-tomentosa, supra unguem saepius utrinque appendicula mar- 

 ginali dentiformi deorsum barbata aucta. Discus regularis, medio excavatus, margine 

 crassiusculo sublobatus, glaber. Stamina 8 — 10, intra discum inserta, filiformia, petala 

 aequantia (floris 5 breviora), apice villosa; antherae elongate oblongae, acutae vel 

 interdum mucronulatae, introrsae, glabrae, vel dorso parce pilosae, dorso supra basin 

 emarginatam affixae; pollinis granula majuscula, subglobosa, 3-porosa. Germen 

 (floris (J rudimentarium) breviter obovatum, triquetrum, 3'-loculare, strigoso-tomen- 

 tosum; Stylus germen subaequans, supra medium incrassatus, curvatus, stigmatoso- 

 papillosus; gemmulae in loculis solitariae, axi infra medium lateraliter affixae, lenti- 

 culares, campylotropae, apotropae. Fructus capsularis breviter obovoideus, obtuse 

 trigonus, 3-lobatus, 3-locularis, apice retusus, fusco-setosus vel -tomentosus, loculicide 

 3-valvis, valvis medio septigeris obcordatis erectis rigide crustaceis intus dense setis 

 validis adpressis inferioribus horizontalibus superioribus erectis vestitis, pericarpio 

 corticoso trabeculis sclerenchymaticis radiatim percurso cellulisque resinigeris in parte 

 exteriore persito. Semina ex ellipsoideo breviter cylindrica, infra medium loculorum 

 angulum centralem hilo basali vel suprabasali transversim rhombeo latiusculo affixa, 

 erecta, testa tenuiter crustacea subfusca e cellulis parenchymaticis compressis exteriori- 

 bus et interioribus partim crystallophoris exstructa apice strato cellularum prismati- 

 carum erectarum quasi in operculum prominulum a reliqua testa strato carnoso (quasi 

 arillo adnato) obducta sulco circiilari separatum efformata. Embryo (quod singulare) 

 A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama.) 165. 72 



